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Lydia Jacoby still seems a bit shell-shocked. The Alaskan darling of the Tokyo Games, she’ll be watching the Paris Olympics from home. If she watches at all. ( read original story ...)

In Singapore, U.K. firm Trowers & Hamlin has hired another new partner for its new city office. Cassandra Lim is rejoining the firm as a partner following the recent addition of former Squire Patton ... ( read original story ...)

The entrance fee for Himeji Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Hyōgo Prefecture, is currently 1,000 yen — roughly $7 — for visitors ages 18 and up. At a news conference Sunday, Himeji Mayor Hideyasu Kiyomoto said he would like foreigners to pay $30 and locals to pay $5, with the intent of putting ...

As the flood of overseas tourists shows no sign of slowing, complaints about overcrowding and poor behavior by visitors are prompting some in Japan to look at ways of controlling the flow without losing income, ( read original story ...)

JAPAN had more than three million visitors for a third straight month in May, official data showed on Wednesday (Jun 19), as the weak yen helped continue a record pace for inbound tourism. Read more at The Business Times. ( read original story ...)

Two employees of the Osaka Municipal Government repeatedly slandered "buraku" discriminated communities in an official vehicle and also talke･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

With a record number of more than 50 candidates expected to run in the Tokyo gubernatorial election and the NHK Party fielding a huge slate, it will have a bevy of spaces to sell. The unusual move by ... ( read original story ...)

Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs clocks fastest 100m time since Tokyo - Jacobs went under 10 seconds for the first time this season in Finland ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka bowed out of the Berlin Open after falling short in a three-set thriller against an inspired serving display from Zheng Qinwen. The former world number one battled, but ultimately came up ... ( read original story ...)

Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs ramped up his preparations for the Paris Games by breaching the 10-seconds mark twice on Tuesday to win gold at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland.The Italian ... ( read original story ...)

Shiraishi shot to fame when she was just 20, freshly graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo, with her “Tamago no Furu Machi,” translated as “The Town that Rains Eggs” — a surrealist portrayal of Japan’s wartime destruction. ( read original story ...)

World No. 8 Zheng Qinwen made a good start to the grass season by beating Naomi Osaka for the second time in a row but afterward had only positive words about the Japanese four-time Grand Slam ... ( read original story ...)

World No. 8 Zheng served 23 aces, the most on the WTA Tour this season, to start her Wimbledon preparations with a win. ( read original story ...)

The Takanawa submarket will receive a large amount of attention, given the anticipated TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY project slated for completion from 2025.  The first stage of the project, THE LINKPILLAR I ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's weak yen sharply boosted the value of exports in May but the volume of sales shrank for the fourth consecutive month, highlighting that global demand is still relatively soft and complicating ... ( read original story ...)

China's tennis star Zheng Qinwen hit a season-high 23 aces to outplay former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka in the first round of the WTA 500 Berlin Open on Tuesday. Zheng Qinwen of China hits a return ... ( read original story ...)