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TVC NEWS The proposed rowing venue for the 2020 Tokyo Games should not be changed as part of cost-cutting measures as it is the only one that meets Olympic standards, the International Rowing Federation (FISA) said on Thursday. The International Olympic ... ( read original story ...)

As Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte prepares to make his first visit to Japan since taking office in June, Tokyo is looking to play peacemaker between Washington and Manila as the tough-talking leader threatens to change the geopolitical calculus in ... ( read original story ...)

Sports has the power to change the world, and Tokyo should use its role as host city of the 2020 ... Bragging seemed impolite," Qualtrough said in an interview with Kyodo News. "But one of the things we did going into 2010 (Vancouver Winter Games) was ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – Japanese media reports say the first woman to climb ... "I was the 36th person to climb Everest." Japan's Kyodo News agency said that Tabei scaled peaks in more than 60 countries. Japanese public broadcaster NHK said she continued climbing ... ( read original story ...)

NK World, Tokyo [Japan], Oct. 22 : Priests from all over India recently performed a mega non-stop prayer-cum-ritual for nine days to strengthen political and spiritual relations between India and Japan. Speaking to ANI, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's health ministry is set to conduct the first large-scale survey on the nation's medical services for foreign patients as part of its efforts to improve such services and boost the number of facilities friendly to them ahead of the 2020 Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Matsuri Takahashi's dream career at Japan's top ad agency, Dentsu, ended with her suicide as her overtime pushed past 100 hours a month. "I'm emotionless and only wish to sleep," she wrote, exhausted and depressed, in a Twitter post in October ... ( read original story ...)

A powerful earthquake in western Japan knocked loose roof tiles, toppled store shelves and caused power outages Friday afternoon, but apparently caused no widespread damage. At least seven people were injured, one seriously. The Japan Meteorological Agency ... ( read original story ...)

X Japan are one of Japan's most famous heavy metal rock bands. In the 1980s they helped pioneer the "visual kei" movement associated with brightly coloured hair and flamboyant costumes. But the band's history has been marked with tragedy, including the ... ( read original story ...)

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck western Japan on Friday, but there was no risk of tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the earthquake occurred at 2:10 p.m. local time in the Tottori prefecture, about 700 kilometres ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese use extremely formal language to refer to the imperial family, and the phrase used for Akihito's stepping down is literally "abdicate while alive." Hailed as a Cinderella figure when news of her engagement broke, the most enduring image of the ... ( read original story ...)

... Doll Association has written to Universal Studios Japan saying its haunted house makes the dolls seem "cursed or scary", and will damage the business of manufacturers and retailers, the Kyodo news agency reports. "Japanese dolls are excellent works of art. ( read original story ...)

It is located at Marunouchi Reading Style Cafe on the fourth floor of the KITTE Marunouchi complex. The new anime series premiered on Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK)’s General channel on Oct. 8, the day before the cafe opened. It is based on Chika Umino ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - A job-matching company is pairing students from Southeast Asian nations, especially Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, with Japanese employers via an online service. More than 2,500 students from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations -- which ... ( read original story ...)

As World War 3 news decline to subside, Japan has recently reprimanded China over a scramble of military flying war machines over disputed territories in the midst of a debate concerning islands in the East China Sea. According to reports, China sent a ... ( read original story ...)

He will be greatly missed." Former Japan international and member of the World Rugby Hall of Fame Yoshihiro Sakata said, "It is very sad news. He was such an important person and was so young." Japan Rugby Football Union chairman Noriyuki Sakamoto said ... ( read original story ...)