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‘I am very excited to visit Japan with Chelsea and Yokohama, said Lampard. ‘I can’t wait to meet as many of the Chelsea fans in Tokyo as possible. ‘Japan is home to some of the most passionate and loyal football supporters in the world and I love ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo police have formed a squad of female officers to guard first lady Melania Trump when she and President Trump visit Japan in a few days, Japanese media reported today. The squad will also protect Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter and one of his ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A marketing company in Tokyo has opted for a novel perk for its employees: an extra week's holiday for those who are nonsmokers. A spokesman for Piala, Hirotaka Matsushima, said Thursday that the company began offering the six days of vacation to ... ( read original story ...)

Japan was riveted as the news media disclosed more grisly details from the second day of the investigation, reporting that Mr. Shiraishi, 27, had confessed to finding the victims, who he said were considering suicide, on Twitter. In Japan, a low-crime ... ( read original story ...)

The Wallabies will open their 2019 Rugby World Cup bid at Sapporo in Japan's north before shifting their base to Tokyo. The Wallabies will open their 2019 Rugby World Cup campaign at Sapporo in Japan's north but plan to base themselves in Tokyo for the ... ( read original story ...)

Park views North Koreans as misunderstood victims. "I feel news about North Korea is really exaggerated, especially in Japan," he said. "They depict it as though it's hell on Earth." Kum Son Gyun, 17, a student at a North Korean school, visited North Korea ... ( read original story ...)

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Motoko Rich, The Times’s Tokyo bureau chief, discussed the tech she's using. What kind of tech tools do you use to cover news in Japan? Probably the most important piece of hardware I regularly use — aside from my laptop and cellphone — is a backup ... ( read original story ...)

Working through the Department of Sustainable Development in Saint Lucia, the agencies have developed and released two short videos on the Nagoya Protocol. The two videos – a short two and a half minutes and longer 10 minutes production – introduce ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama, Japan: The first thing you encounter at the Yokohama Tram Museum is seven Yokohama municipal tram cars, each with a conspicuous ad on its front. Such ads were common when the municipal tram network was in service, and the ones in the museum ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese police release information only through limited official statements or through news conferences that are exclusive to journalists in the police press club. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - A Japanese man who confessed to killing and dismembering the nine bodies police found in his apartment has been sent to prosecutors for further investigation. Police say 27-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi is being questioned by Tokyo prosecutors ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Shinzo Abe was re-elected prime minister on Wednesday after his ruling bloc's big election win last month and days ahead of a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump that is expected to be dominated by concerns over a volatile North ... ( read original story ...)

Drones are delivering food to residents of a Japanese town devastated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster where access to shops is limited. Residents were allowed to return to the Minamisoma area last year but obtaining supplies can be difficult. Operators ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japanese police found nine dismembered bodies hidden in coolers ... The gruesome case captured attention in a country known for public safety, topping news with reports that showed the building where the suspect lived in a small studio apartment. ( read original story ...)

Security camera footage from a nearby train station showed Mr. Shiraishi and the missing woman walking together, the Japanese news media reported. On Tuesday, a crowd of reporters gathered around the townhouse, which the police had blocked off with yellow ... ( read original story ...)