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Japan’s prime minister says China’s blanket ban on Japanese seafood in reaction to the release of treated radioactive water from a tsunami-ravaged nuclear power plant contrasts starkly with broad unde ( read original story ...)

Osaka gave birth to her daughter Shai with boyfriend, rapper Cordae, in July, CNN and ESPN reported. Both media outlets said that she will have a busy schedule in 2024. The four-time major champion told ESPN, “It’s definitely way more tournaments than ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka stepped out for her first red carpet since the July birth of her daughter to celebrate the Victoria's Secret World Tour, kicking off New York Fashion Week. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo prosecutors say they have arrested a former vice foreign minister of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet on suspicion of accepting more than 61 million yen ($414,000) in bribes from a wind power company in return for his promotion of wind power and other favorable treatment. ( read original story ...)

The niece of Johnny Kitagawa, the late J-pop mogul at the centre of a sex scandal that has shocked Japan, said on Thursday that she had stepped down as the head of the talent agency her uncle had founded. ( read original story ...)

Defence chiefs from the U.S., South Korea and Japan on Thursday jointly condemned North Korea's recent test of missiles and agreed to accelerate missile tracking cooperation, South Korea's Ministry of National Defence said in a statement. ( read original story ...)

Space mission will attempt to land on the moon early next year and is carrying an onboard X-ray telescope ( read original story ...)

Japan launched its lunar exploration spacecraft on Thursday aboard a homegrown H-IIA rocket, hoping to become the world's fifth country to land on the moon early next year.Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the rocket took off from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan as planned and successfully released the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon ...

A venture company here creating apps for foreign workers in Japan and major automaker Suzuki Motor Corp. have teamed up to develop an app to･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

The South Korean government sold its first yen bond, worth ¥70bn ($474mn), on Thursday in a sign of improving relations with Japan and as debt issuers from around the world flock to Tokyo this year to take advantage of low borrowing costs. ( read original story ...)

I don't understand why the Japanese government made such a silly decision and based on what? No sufficient capacity to contain the radioactive water or just want to drop off the responsibility for han ( read original story ...)

A man who was later identified as Ryuji Kimura is arrested after what appeared to be a pipe bomb was thrown at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his visit at a port in Wakayama, western Jap ( read original story ...)

Fujishima ‘Julie’ Keiko has quit as president of Johnny and Associates, the Japanese talent agency that is embroiled in a poisonous child sex abuse scandal. The alleged abuses were committed over several decades by company founder the late Johnny Kitagawa, ( read original story ...)

Japanese left-hander Shōta Imanaga is going to be available to MLB teams this offseason. Per MLB Network's Jon Morosi, the Yokohama DeNA BayStars are going ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka has returned to the U.S. Open for the first time in about a year to participate in a panel about mental health in sports, a topic she helped focus a spotlight on two years ago. ( read original story ...)

In the heat of the 2023 US Open, Naomi Osaka is making headlines for a different reason. On Sept. 6, the tennis star participated in a mental health forum alongside Michael Phelps, titled "Mental Health and Sport: Why It Matters." For the occasion, Osaka revealed a new haircut: bangs. ( read original story ...)