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All Nippon Airways (ANA) and US-based startup Joby Aviation are set to operate demonstration eVTOL flights during Expo 2025 in Osaka. The two companies have been cooperating for over a year on ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Post Holdings Co is considering cutting its stake in its Japan Post Bank Co business by around a third by the end of next month, in a share sale potentially worth nearly $9 billion, people ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese startup announced plans Tuesday to launch commercial space viewing balloon flights that it hopes will bring an otherwise astronomically expensive experience down to Earth. Company president ... ( read original story ...)

Lt. Ridge Alkonis was sentenced to three years after causing a deadly traffic accident in 2021. The case has irritated U.S. relations with a crucial military ally. ( read original story ...)

Giant panda Xiang Xiang is seen at a cage during her last viewing day at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo, Sunday, 19 February 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. - Xiang Xiang, who was born six years ago, i ... ( read original story ...)

Eilidh McIntyre (left) and Hannah Mills represented Great Britain in the 470 class at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Great Britain's Olympic gold medal-winning sailor Eilidh McIntyre has announced her ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo confirmed 1,451 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, down by about 800 from a week before. The seven-day average of new cases came to 1,240.4, compared with 1,757.1 a week earlier. The number of ... ( read original story ...)

Police in Yokohama said a man who was beaten with a stick on a sidewalk on Monday night died in hospital early Tuesday. According to police, the incident occurred at around 6 p.m. in Totsuka Ward. ( read original story ...)

Weather companies have started releasing their bloom forecasts for the “cherry blossom front,” which is expected to begin next month. Traditionally, cherry trees start ... ( read original story ...)

Japan kept its assessment of the economy unchanged in February as consumer spending remained on a recovery trend despite soft exports and factory output due to the global economic slowdown. ( read original story ...)

A justice ministry proposal is expected to be submitted to parliament soon, with the way rape crimes are prosecuted under scrutiny as well ... ( read original story ...)