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The Metropolitan Police Department has received a total of 23 complaints since 2020 about the five bars where the women were arrested. ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has unveiled Hungarian auteur Béla Tarr as the recipient of its lifetime achievement award for the upcoming 37th edition of the festival. Tarr, known for ... ( read original story ...)

Mazuki Takarada, a self-declared sole proprietor from Chiba Prefecture, was arrested on Saturday over the death of a 75-year-old man in his Yokohama home last week. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Naomi Osaka said she will skip next month's Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Spain as she recovers from injuries that have kept her out of key tournaments during the WTA's Asian swing. The ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka's season appears to be over after she said she will not play at next month's Billie Jean King Cup finals because of injury. The four-time Grand Slam singles champion said in Tokyo on ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka has been sidelined since retiring from her last-16 match at the China Open against Coco Gauff in early October. ( read original story ...)

The plane, which features characters from the Disney movies 'Frozen,' 'Tangled' and 'Peter Pan,' will mainly fly on domestic routes until November next year. ( read original story ...)

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition is continuing to soften in the runup to this coming weekend’s election, two polls showed, indicating the possibility that the vote ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka's season appears to be over after she said she will not play at next month's Billie Jean King Cup finals because of injury. The Billie Jean King Cup finals would have been the final event ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened lower Monday as falling oil prices prompted selling of energy-related issues, while political uncertainty weighed ahead of Japan's general election. In the first 15 minutes of trading, ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA--Sludge generated through sewage treatment is set to be marketed by city officials here as the perfect fertilizer rich in nitrogen and phosphorus. ( read original story ...)

Less than six months remain until the curtains open on the 2025 Osaka-Kansai World Expo. Ticket sales have started at convenience stores and ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan holds a two-day policy meeting concluding on Oct. 31, days after a general election where new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a key test on his agenda to prop up wages and revitalise the country's weak regional economies. ( read original story ...)

Sleep duration in Japan is said to be one of the shortest in the world, and a majority in the country are unsatisfied with their sleeping hou ( read original story ...)

In the WTA Tokyo, Japan Women Singles 2024 Round of 32 on Sunday, we have a matchup featuring No. 126-ranked Mai Hontama against No. 68 Varvara Gracheva. Watch tennis, other live sports and more on Fubo. ( read original story ...)

The defense ministers of Japan, the U.K. and Italy have agreed to accelerate the joint development of a next-generation fighter jet. ( read original story ...)