Category: NEWS

Japan’s beloved Shinkansen trains are getting another upgrade – private rooms with doors in the upper class section. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Pride Parade celebrated its 30th anniversary over the weekend, with 15,000 people converging to celebrate the local LGBTQIA+ community. ( read original story ...)

Minerva University, recognized as the World's Most Innovative University for consecutive years, is excited to announce a strategic collaboration with The Nippon Foundation to tackle pressing issues in higher education. ( read original story ...)

Japan's annual business-to-business service inflation accelerated for the second month to hit 2.3% in March, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting firms continued to pass on rising labour costs thanks ... ( read original story ...)

Former Japanese prime minister Taro Aso, a senior figure in the country's ruling party, met with Donald Trump on Tuesday, becoming the latest U.S. ally seeking to establish ties with the Republican ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's defense minister on Tuesday said the United States will join search-and-rescue efforts for the seven missing Maritime Self-Defense Force members who crashed in two helicopters over the weekend ... ( read original story ...)

To be clear, Japanese automakers aren’t exactly conquering either the Chinese or Americans in the global EV race. Toyota has made commitments about a new-energy transition, but in recent years has clung more to a strategy centered around hybrids. But their future visions seem more cohesive and realistic. ( read original story ...)

“Sugar babies,” or people who typically seek financial support from an older romantic partner, are used to receiving a lot, be it lavish jewelry, vacations, or cars—but one 25-year-old woman got ... ( read original story ...)

The World Anti-Doping Agency accepted China's findings that 23 swimmers tested positive for a banned drug due to substance contamination. ( read original story ...)

A zoo in Japan has confirmed that a hippopotamus thought for seven years to be a he is, in fact, a she. A DNA test was carried out after zookeepers noticed that 12-year-old Gen-chan did not display typical male hippo behaviour. Gen-chan arrived in Osaka from Mexico in 2017, and customs documents at the time ...

Thankfully, filming got underway on the highly anticipated Emily in Paris season 4 in early 2024 following the resolution of the dual Hollywood strikes that delayed production. On April 18, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos confirmed that season 4 will be hitting our watch lists in the second half of the year. ( read original story ...

Japanese 'sugar baby' Mai Watanabe was sentenced to 9 years in prison for defrauding men on dating apps and selling a manual on how to do it. ( read original story ...)

The Chinese government said it is “unaware” of reports that a Chinese professor at a university in Tokyo has gone ( read original story ...)

Japan is on the brink of currency intervention if the yen weakens any further, according to one of the country’s former top currency officials. ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA--In an apparent contradiction with Japan’s pacifist Constitution, Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura said dying for one’s country is “highly moral behavior” and emphasized that people have a duty to ... ( read original story ...)

Harry Kewell says his Yokohama F-Marinos side can emulate his 2005 Istanbul  success with Liverpool and "do something magical" in Wednesday's Asian Champions League semi-final second leg. ( read original story ...)