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The delegation of China march in during the opening ceremony of the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, northern Japan, Feb. 19, 2017. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao) SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) - The eighth Asian Winter Games raised its curtain here at the Sapporo ... ( read original story ...)

Koike said in a recent interview with Kyodo News. “The problem is very likely to be protracted.” The relocation issue will be a major focus of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election as it is unclear who decided to build the new market at the site ... ( read original story ...)

In 2016, residents of Tokyo found over 3.67 million yen ($32.5 million) on the streets of the city and handed money over to the police, BBC reports. Police was able to track the owners of 2.7 billion yen found on the streets of Japan’s capital city. ( read original story ...)

Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics now say ¥43.8 billion will be needed to build and remodel 11 facilities outside the capital, plus about ¥50 billion to turn the athletes’ village into condominiums after the games, the sources said. Although the ... ( read original story ...)

If the electronic menu board at the restaurant wasn’t convenient enough, the abundant amount of vending machines (approximately 2.7 million of them) located throughout the city of Tokyo offering people beer, cigarettes, fruits, vegetables, hot and cold ... ( read original story ...)

North Korean International Olympic Committee member Chang Ung expects big things from the Asian Winter Games being held in Sapporo and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to follow. Speaking to Kyodo News on Friday night, Chang indicated his nation will compete next ... ( read original story ...)

Good morning everybody. Heading out now to run the new Tokyo Marathon course. Will report on all the new sections. pic.twitter.com/me3T1VH3ne — Japan Running News (@JRNHeadlines) February 18, 2017 The new course keeps the start in front of the Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (TR) – Two male doctors and and a medical student allegedly ... intoxicated and unable to resist in the apartment in Ota Ward rented by Kaminishi, TBS News reports (Feb. 16). On that day, the men were drinking with numerous women in the room ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike appears likely to wait until after the July 2 metropolitan assembly election to decide whether to approve the relocation of the Tsukiji fish market amid unrelenting contamination concerns at the new site in the Toyosu district ... ( read original story ...)

Japan ailing? Japan suffering? Nonsense. “Japan is the richest country in the world,” proclaims Sapio magazine. And the best. And the happiest. The brightest future looms. It’s an interesting identity crisis Japan is going through. Is it a rich ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese women's team overcame Chinese Taipei 20-2 in their first match at the Sapporo Winter Asian Games here on Saturday. China, silver medalist in the Pacific-Asia Championships in 2016, did not give their ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO, Japan - For members of Qatar women's curling team, just about everything is a new experience. Curling, a sport that has links with medieval Scotland and is more suited to the Canadian prairies, has taken a small foothold in the Middle East. Just ... ( read original story ...)

Pharmacy is the science and technique of preparing as well as dispensing drugs and medicines. It is a health profession that links health sciences with chemical sciences and aims to ensure the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs. The scope of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Robot probes sent to one of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear reactors have suggested worse-than-anticipated challenges for the plant's ongoing cleanup. The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the remote-controlled "scorpion" robot was ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Bekana Chinese cabbage leaves harvested aboard the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA New Delhi: Astronauts, who are currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), are harvesting their fifth on-orbit crop of Chinese cabbage on ... ( read original story ...)

... ton class patrol ships a year instead of one heavier 5,000-ton class destroyer which Tokyo produces annually, three informed sources told Taiwan-based Central News Agency. Japan’s cabinet approves record $43.6bn military budget amid tensions with ... ( read original story ...)