The Japanese police found the Toyota abandoned on a street in Minato, Tokyo at around 6:30pm on May 8, according to Asahi . They found four male teenagers in an apartment in the Akasaka area, located ... ( read original story ...)
Sentences finalized for suit retailer execs in Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal
A suspended prison sentence handed down to the former chairman of Yokohama-based suit retailer Aoki Holdings Inc. for bribing a Tokyo Olympic ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo group calls for protection of entertainment workers’ rights amid AI advances
A Tokyo-based association submitted a written appeal on May 8 for protections for creators to Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs, amid conce･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Widow of Japan bureaucrat who suicided over doc scandal still wants ex-official questioned
The widow of a Japanese Finance Ministry employee who took his own life after being forced to falsify documents linked to the cut-rate sale o･･･ ...
Tokyo Stocks End Higher
Tokyo stocks ended higher on Tuesday after a mixed close on Wall Street, helped by a cheap yen as investors awaited key inflation data and earnings by major firms.
Ukraine’s envoy to Japan urges G7 to condemn any threat to use nuclear weapons
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations must condemn any threat to use nuclear weapons and vow "decisive action" against such a move when they hold a summit next week in the city of Hiroshima, ( read original story ...)
Downtown Osaka bustling again as COVID downgraded to same as flu
Tourists and young people swarmed to downtown Osaka's Minami area on May 8, many of them maskless, as Japan downgraded COVID-19's status to C･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo opens 24-hr, multilingual COVID hotline
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government opened a 24-hour, multilingual coronavirus hotline on May 8, the day COVID-19 was downgraded to a Class 5 d･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s spending downturn, wages decline heighten pressure on economy
Japan's consumer spending unexpectedly fell in March at the fastest rate in a year, while real wages marked a twelfth month of decline on persistent inflation, highlighting the challenges facing the economy in mounting a strong post-COVID revival. ( read original story ...)
FTX crypto collapse: Sam Bankman-Fried seeks to dismiss most criminal charges
Sam Bankman-Fried on Monday sought to dismiss most of the criminal charges he faces in connection with the collapse of FTX.
Japan, South Korea to link radar systems to track N.Korea missiles -source
Japanese and South Korean defence authorities are set to agree early next month to link their radars via a U.S. system to share real-time information on North Korea's ballistic missiles, a person with ... ( read original story ...)
NY Attorney General Poses Sweeping Crypto Regulation
Some say that the NYAG is methodically pushing the crypto industry out of New York. If the bill becomes law, crypto businesses would exit the State until Congress enacts preemptive federal legislation ...
G7 to discuss crafting emergency plans to deal with digital bank runs -Nikkei
Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies will discuss this week the idea of setting up individual emergency plans in case they face digital bank runs, the Nikkei reported on ...
U.S. man pleads guilty to Tokyo Games doping charges
A man that U.S. prosecutors charged with supplying performance-enhancing drugs to athletes at the Tokyo Olympics pleaded guilty on Monday, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District ... ( read original story ...)
Cherry tree planted in friendship 70 years ago brings former Yokota leader’s family to Tokyo
The tree has a distinctive history attached to it. It was a gift in the 1950s from leaders of the surrounding Japanese communities to the base and its commander at the time, Col. Fred Stevers, as a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says G7 to discuss strengthening global banking system
Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies will discuss this week ways to strengthen the global financial system, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday, as ... ( read original story ...)