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Hundreds of Japan Flights Canceled as Thursday Storm Looms
(Bloomberg) -- Hundreds of flights and bullet train services within Japan were canceled as severe tropical storm Krosa bore down on the country’s southwestern flank. The transportation services were ... ( read original story ...)
Brown bear that had been roaming around residential area of Sapporo shot and killed
SAPPORO – A brown bear that had been roaming around a residential district in Sapporo since the beginning of August was shot dead Wednesday morning, the Sapporo Municipal Government announced ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Stock Traders Look Past Bad Earnings to Bet on Turnaround
(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s equity investors are looking beyond the most disappointing earnings in three years, betting on a turnaround in the market on the view that valuations are cheap and the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo paralympics marathon to start earlier due to heat fears
TOKYO (Reuters) - The marathon race at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics will start 30 minutes earlier than originally scheduled, as part of the organizers’ efforts to tackle the heat threat to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Paralympic competition schedule unveiled
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) has unveiled the event line-up for each session of the Paralympic Games, which will be held from 25 August to 6 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan braces for tropical storm Krosa in peak holiday season
a spokesman for the Japan Meteorological Agency, told a news conference. He urged authorities to review evacuation plans in areas that could be hit by the storm. Krosa will arrive in the middle of ... ( read original story ...)
First-round NBA pick Hachimura scores 35 points in Japan’s win
He's got a great body for the NBA," Casey, who is in Japan for a coaching clinic and was at the game as a spectator, told Kyodo News. "I see Rui ... developing his game to move out to the 3-point line ... ( read original story ...)
Tropical Storm Krosa to Strike Japan Later This Week
Tropical Storm Krosa will strike Japan later this week ... s primary journalistic mission is to report on breaking weather news, the environment and the importance of science to our lives. ( read original story ...)
Investors in real estate keen on Niseko resort, but not on taxes
The Sapporo Regional Taxation Bureau pointed out the issue, involving about 10 cases, to the domestic and foreign firms and investors, ordering them to pay more than 600 million yen in additional ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama earnings drop in 2019 first half
Yokohama said it abides by the full-year fiscal projections for 2019 that it announced in May: operating profit of $590 million on sales revenue of $6 billion, for an operating ratio of 9.8 percent. ( read original story ...)
Iran’s Mes Loses to Nagoya Oceans at AFC Futsal Club C’ship
Three-time champion Nagoya Oceans sealed the top spot in Group D. Mes Sungun and Oceans, who had never previously met, came into the tie having already booked their places in the knockout stage after ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Gold Expands Sanru Gold Project in Northern Hokkaido
Genesis of Vein-hosting Fractures in the Kitami Region, Hokkaido, Japan. Resource Geology, v46(3), pp 151-166, 1996. Qualified Person The technical information in this news release has been ... ( read original story ...)
Concerns rise with Tokyo heat after rowers treated at Olympic test event
Kyodo news agency said several other athletes appeared to be “staggering” during the award ceremony. Medical officials conceded that further measures would be needed in an attempt to reduce the ... ( read original story ...)
How the Sea Forest Waterway became the Tokyo 2020 Olympic regatta course
With the World Rowing Junior Championships. and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games test event, introducing the venue to the world, there has been questions asked about how this location was chosen. Tokyo was a ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea to drop Japan from its fast-track trade ‘white list’
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Monday it plans to drop Japan from its "white list" of countries with fast-track trade status from September, a tit-for-tat move that deepens a diplomatic and ... ( read original story ...)