TOKYO (WNCT) — Cherry blossom trees were in full bloom in Tokyo from Wednesday, March 22, the Japan Meteorological Corporation said. Footage by Ted Chicago shows cherry blossom trees dotting Kunitachi ... ( read original story ...)
Health ministry reports 893 new COVID cases in Tokyo on Friday
Japan's health ministry reported 893 new cases of the coronavirus in Tokyo on Friday. The figure is up 262 from a week earlier. ( read original story ...)
Annual ceremony for Tokyo bombing victims includes American POWs for first time
The names of 62 American prisoners of war killed in the bombing of Tokyo during World War II were read aloud for the first time, along with those of other bombing victims, at a memorial event earlier ... ( read original story ...)
Lawyers urge Osaka school not to forcibly cut students’ hair
OSAKA--A group of lawyers is calling on a local private high school for boys to stop forcibly cutting the students’ hair on inspection day, arguing that it violates their human rights. Although the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo gets 1st official ‘summer day’ this year: Japan weather agency
TOKYO -- For the first time in 10 years, Japan's capital hit 25 degrees Celsius on a day in March, reaching the temperature threshold to be an official "summer day" at around 11:30 a.m. on March 24. ( read original story ...)
Trevor Bauer pulls on No. 96 for Yokohama’s BayStars
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Trevor Bauer apparently was shunned by every major league team, so he's signed a one-year deal with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. Before about 75 reporters in a Yokohama hotel, he ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama transforms into a tech innovation hub of East Asia
Yokohama’s investment in resources and incentives to support innovative startup companies is paying dividends as the Japanese city climbs the Global Cities of the Future rankings. In 2020 ... ( read original story ...)
One of the world’s best Chinese restaurants is in Tokyo
After all, this Japanese chef has achieved a feat no other restaurateur has before; he’s created the world’s only three-Michelin-star Chinese restaurant in a non-Chinese-speaking city. Not an easy ... ( read original story ...)
2 Tokyo care home residents locked in room for 11 days during COVID cluster infection
TOKYO -- Two residents were confined to a room for 11 days last December when a COVID-19 cluster broke out at a care home here for people with physical or mental disabilities, the Mainichi Shimbun has ... ( read original story ...)
Lawyers advise elite Osaka high school to improve hairstyle inspection practices
A boy is seen with a "Seifu cut" in this photo provided by a student. OSAKA -- A bar association here has advised an elite boys' high school to rethink its method of checking whether the students have ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s consumer inflation off 41-year high but cost pressure persists
Japan's core consumer inflation slowed in February but an index stripping away energy costs hit a four-decade high, data showed on Friday, suggesting cost-push pressures may persist longer than ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s consumer inflation off 41-year high but stays above BOJ goal
Japan's core consumer inflation slowed sharply in February from a 41-year high in the previous month, government data showed on Friday, as the effect of government subsidies to curb utility bills ... ( read original story ...)
Marketmind: Japan CPI a distraction amid thickening global fog
So Asia opens on Friday to firmer world stocks, lower yields, mix U.S. yield curves, higher global rates after the UK and Swiss hikes - but a growing sense that the world policy peak is in sight - a ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama: ‘Difficult to project’ Russian sales in 2023 due to war
TOKYO—Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has offered clarification for its Russian sales forecast, saying it is "difficult to project annual sales in Russia owing to the situation in Ukraine." In its financial ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Rocks A Sporty Crop Top And Her Baby Bump In Japan
Naomi Osaka’s latest Instagram post captured the expectant mother rocking her baby bump while out in Japan. The 25-year-old tennis champion’s baby bump peeped out from under her cropped forest green ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka creates meditations for children as she anticipates motherhood
Naomi Osaka, the four-time Grand Slam champion, is preparing for motherhood in a special way. In a recent exclusive interview for People, Osaka shared about her project of narrated meditations that ... ( read original story ...)