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VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - Japan lost 1-0 to Poland on Thursday but survived to become the only Asian side to qualify for last 16 of the World Cup in Russia — and the first team ever to progress thanks to FIFA’s new disciplinary tie-breaker rule. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s tightest labor market in decades just got even tighter, driving companies to hire more workers in full-time, permanent positions. That’s positive news for the Bank of Japan as it struggles to generate 2 percent inflation. Consumer prices in ... ( read original story ...)

New Westminster-born Mike Mason is taking it one meet at a time, one high jump at a time – and admits the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics is his main motivation. “At this point, I think that’s kind of a good end-game,” Mason said following Tuesday’s ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has altered its lineup in a nod to the heat (temperatures are in the high 90s at the start) and humidity in Volgograd. However, Eiji Kawashima remains in goal. A huge day in Group H... TEAM NEWS (1/2) // #JPNPOL #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/3ti1MOX1O4 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has altered its lineup in a nod to the heat (temperatures are in the high 90s at the start) and humidity in Volgograd. However, Eiji Kawashima remains in goal. A huge day in Group H... TEAM NEWS (1/2) // #JPNPOL #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/3ti1MOX1O4 ... ( read original story ...)

NTN will run a booth at 'Automotive Engineering Exposition 2018 NAGOYA.' With the theme 'Contributing to NAMERAKA* Society,' the booth will feature the 'eHUB', Hub Bearing with Motor Generator Function, the 'sHUB', a Hub Bearing with Steering Assist ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Wednesday passed an anti-smoking ordinance that is stricter than the national version currently under consideration, in a move intended to rein in secondhand smoke and create a tobacco-free 2020 Olympics. The capital city ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – A leader of Japan's ruling party has sparked an uproar by calling people without children selfish, in the latest in a series of comments by senior politicians urging women to have more babies. Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the Liberal ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s smoke-filled pubs and coffee shops may soon be a thing of the past as the country readies to tighten regulations ahead of the 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly passed an ordinance Wednesday that essentially bans smoking inside 84 ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, June 27 (IANS) Tokyo on Wednesday approved an anti-smoking ordinance that will ban smoking in most bars and restaurants in the capital from April 2020 and is stricter than the bill designed by the central government with a view to the Olympic Games ... ( read original story ...)

Shogo Ito (Twitter) TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 28-year-old member of a fraud ring who recruited persons to collect money from victims, reports TBS News (June 28). In April, a 75-year-old woman living in Nerima Ward was told by ... ( read original story ...)

Its round-trip mission is set to take six years. "Everything has gone as planned," a spokesman for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) told a news conference. "The probe has arrived at the asteroid." Hayabusa 2, named for the peregrine falcon ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo, Japan's capital and host of the 2020 Summer Olympics, passed a tough anti-smoking law on Wednesday that will effectively ban smoking in most of the city's bars and restaurants in the run-up to the games. Japan lags many countries ... ( read original story ...)

Passengers sailing from Yokohama, Japan’s Osanbash cruise terminal will be sent off in style, as the port has organized a farewell ceremony for every ship call. Tourists, locals and terminal employees will gather with yellow cloth handkerchiefs (provided ... ( read original story ...)

Researchers at Nagoya University develop a composite material that, by adjusting its composition and exposing it to different types of light, can mimic animals' changes in color. Nagoya, Japan - A range of creatures, including chameleons, octopuses ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's city government Wednesday passed strict new anti-smoking rules ahead of the 2020 Olympics, leapfrogging national legislation on lighting up that has been watered down after opposition from pro-smoking MPs. Japan has long been an outlier in the ... ( read original story ...)