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Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto is set to discuss the fate of the city's bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics with Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) Pr･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Bad news for Japan railway fans, why one country might ban airplane pilots from wearing perfume, the world’s most popular unfinished building edges closer to completion, and Fat Bear Week kicks off in style. ( read original story ...)

Yoji Yamada has directed 90 films, including “Tora-san,” which tops the Guinness World Records for the longest-running movie series starring the same actor. ( read original story ...)

A wave of new luxury hotels has come ashore in Tokyo this year. The properties push the limits of what people expect in a five-star resort. Here's what you'll find. ( read original story ...)

Sapporo has decided to withdraw its bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the city’s mayor said Friday. ( read original story ...)

Yokohama is again expanding the scope of its Geolandar pickup/SUV tire line with the launch of the all-season Geolandar CV/4S designed for CUVs. ( read original story ...)

The Debrief: Tokyo’s Space Startups Win U.S. Business—Is This ‘Japan Inc. 2.0’? is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership. ( read original story ...)

Sapporo is set to abandon its bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics at the request of the Japanese Olympic Committee, and will inste ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo has decided to walk away from bidding for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, it has been reported. ( read original story ...)

Sapporo mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto will meet with the Japanese Olympic Committee next week to request the change. ( read original story ...)

A heated toilet seat was an immediate turnoff, but by the end of her trip, Insider's reporter welcomed the warmth and technology of Japan's bathrooms. ( read original story ...)

Japan have made a single change for their crunch Rugby World Cup Pool D fixture against Argentina in Nantes on Sunday as Siosaia Fifita comes onto the left-wing for the crucial clash, where victory will seal a quarter-final place. ( read original story ...)

When it comes to spicy food, there’s often a trend to push the limits of human pain tolerance and make hotter and hotter varieties of chili peppers. But with so much focus on the brute force of ... ( read original story ...)

Japan on Friday said a task force from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit the Fukushima nuclear power plant later this month for the first time since it started releasing the plant's treated radioactive water in August. ( read original story ...)

Argentina has picked Santiago Carreras ahead of Nicolas Sanchez at flyhalf for the decisive Rugby World Cup match against Japan. ( read original story ...)

Officials of the northern Japanese city of Sapporo plan to drop their bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics and seek to host the Games in 2034 or later. ( read original story ...)