The Self-Defence Forces will conduct drills from Monday through Friday with the US military participating as an observer, a Japanese government source told Kyodo News. The exercises, which do not involve actual troop deployments, assume that the US and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Abe stresses U.S. alliance, calls for constitutional change in policy speech
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a policy speech at the ordinary session of the National Diet in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 20, 2017. (Xinhua/Ma Ping) TOKYO, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered a policy speech on Friday at ... ( read original story ...)
In uncertain times, Japan opts to save
By the early ’80s some 90 percent of Japanese felt they’d arrived. Frenzied, frivolous consumption characterized the “bubble” years that followed. The bubble burst in the early ’90s. The “lost decade” became lost decades. Today economists ... ( read original story ...)
Record 9.4 million foreign tourists visited Osaka in 2016
OSAKA – Over 9.4 million foreign tourists visited Osaka last year, the largest number ever, Osaka tourism authorities announced earlier this week. The figure represents a 31 percent increase on 2015, and is more than triple the number of foreign ... ( read original story ...)
Watching the inauguration in the divided states of America
Adam Walsh is a reporter for the St. John's Morning Show, currently working in Tokyo on a partnership with the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The noose of security is gradually tightening as the week progresses. Everywhere you look, there are police ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says isle name on 2018 Olympic website 'unacceptable."
TOKYO - Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says it is "unacceptable" that the official website for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics refers to disputed isles in the Sea of Japan under the South Korean name "Dokdo." The website introduces the islets by ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares close higher ahead of Trump's inauguration
TOKYO, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo shares closed higher Friday on hopes for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's fiscal stimulus plans as he is to take office later in the day. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 65.66 points, or 0.34 percent, from ... ( read original story ...)
How “Tokyo Rose” Became WWII’s Most Notorious Propagandist
During World War II, American servicemen regularly huddled around radios to listen to the “Zero Hour,” an English-language news and music program that ... exotic backstories for the woman they called “Tokyo Rose,” but few were stranger than the ... ( read original story ...)
Johanna Konta impresses opponent Naomi Osaka during Australian Open victory
Johanna Konta uses big words, according to Naomi Osaka, but the British number one had bigger shots too in her straight-sets win over the Japanese at the Australian Open. Osaka is widely considered a future star of the women's game, with her booming serve ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya Protocol Implications For Health, Flu Genetic Data On WHO Board Agenda
IP-Watch is a non-profit independent news service, and subscribing to our service helps ... recently published its analysis about the public health implications of the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources access and benefit-sharing, and in particular ... ( read original story ...)
Japan hotelier's Nanjing massacre denial angers China
A Japanese hotel chain has come under fire for its owner's claims that a World War Two massacre in the Chinese city of Nanjing did not take place. A book by Toshio Motoya, who owns APA Hotels, was found this week to be widely distributed in his outlets. ( read original story ...)
Forget World Cup heroics, says Japan coach Jamie Joseph
Japan coach Jamie Joseph wants to forget the country's astonishing 2015 World Cup run as he looks to create his own blueprint for the future. The former All Black had a baptism of fire after taking over the 'Brave Blossoms' last November and is under no ... ( read original story ...)
High-tech Japanese toilets to be more foreigner friendly
TOKYO - As more foreigners choose Japan as a holiday destination, the country's toilet manufacturers have joined forces to simplify the sometimes complicated business of washing and drying Japanese style. A 2014 survey found many foreigners have difficulty ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to clear up confusion over high-tech toilets for increasing tourists
Japan's toilet chiefs say they have come up with a plan to stop tourists getting their knickers in a twist over the country's mind-bogglingly high-tech loos. Under new guidelines, manufacturers will use the same eight pictograms to tell users which button ... ( read original story ...)
Konta Passes Osaka Test In Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Australia - No.9 seed and Apia International Sydney champion Johanna Konta kept up her hopes of another deep run in Melbourne with a decisive 6-4, 6-2 win over Japan's Naomi Osaka to reach the third round of the Australian Open. Konta opened Day ... ( read original story ...)
2016 Yokohama Hot-Rod and Custom Show
Each December at the annual Yokohama Hot Rod & Custom Show. That it’s in Yokohama not Yorba Linda perhaps should not be surprising. For when Japanese wax nostalgic their imaginations often head out on a desert highway, into a mythical land they first ... ( read original story ...)