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Brendan Fraser glowed while promoting his comeback movie The Whale at a press conference in Tokyo this week. Helmed by Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky, The Whale starred Brendan as a ... ( read original story ...)

Tune In Tokyo will hold an in-person memorial service for co-founder Greg Hignight this Saturday (April 8). The event will take place at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center with doors ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Thursday following a mixed Wall Street close as investors fearful of recession await key US jobs data due later this week.The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 0. ( read original story ...)

OSAKA ORGANIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY will be releasing earnings Q1 on April 7. Wall Street analysts expect OSAKA ORGANIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY will report earnings per share of ¥47.10. Go here to track OSAKA ... ( read original story ...)

What’s the point of fast food if it isn’t fast? That’s more or less the premise behind ramen noodle shop owner Kota Kai’s recent phone ban at his Tokyo restaurant, Debu-chan, per a new report from CNN ... ( read original story ...)

It’s been 30 years since most Japanese workers had a noteworthy pay raise. So it was with great fanfare that Tokyo’s trade union confederation recently announced a 3.8% bump, the biggest since 1993. ( read original story ...)

Japan's JERA said on Thursday it had made sufficient disclosures when it issued a $300 million bond in Singapore last year, after a climate activist group alleged the power firm had not properly disclosed systemic risks over its investments in LNG. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The new 225-meter-tall skyscraper in the Japanese capital's popular Kabukicho nightlife district was shown to the media Thursday ahead of its April 14 opening. With 48 floors above ... ( read original story ...)

FILE PHOTO: A passerby walks past an electric monitor displaying recent movements of various stock prices outside a bank in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato ... ( read original story ...)

A remote Japanese town has taken to selling bear meat from a vending machine, sourcing its supply to Asian black bears, listed as a vulnerable species, caught in traps or in the mountains by hunters. ( read original story ...)

OSAKA--Visitors can leave their money at home as the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo will be the first to go completely cashless. ( read original story ...)

The legal team said it obtained permission from the family of Wishma, who died at the age of 33 in the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau facility two years ago. “We want people to know the ... ( read original story ...)

Approximately 7 minutes of roughly five total hours of government-provided security camera footage showing Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali, who died at the age of 33 while being held at the Nagoya ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics has been slowed by fallout from the still-developing corruption scandal around the 2020 Tokyo Games ... ( read original story ...)

An annual cherry blossom viewing event began Thursday at the Japan Mint in Osaka, with elderly and disabled invitees enjoying the sig ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks extended losses Thursday, weighed down by a drop in technology shares on worries about an economic recession in the Unit ... ( read original story ...)