Lin Zhu (No. 35 ranking) will meet Ashlyn Krueger (No. 123) in the final of the WTA Osaka, Japan Women Singles 2023 on Saturday, September 16.Zhu is favored (-160) to win the tournament versus ( read original story ...)
Protesters demand that Japan save 1000s of trees by revising a design plan for a popular Tokyo park
Dozens of demonstrators against a divisive plan to redevelop a beloved Tokyo park are forming a human chain outside the Japanese Education Ministry to demand a revision. ( read original story ...)
Philippines Says Japan, Australia Keen on Joint Maritime Patrols
The Philippine armed forces said Japan and Australia “expressed willingness” to take part in joint maritime patrols with it and the US in disputed waters. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Asakusa Samba Carnival returns after 4-yr COVID hiatus
The Asakusa Samba Carnival, a late-summer Tokyo highlight, returned Sunday following a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ... ( read original story ...)
Exploring Tokyo Jazz Joints
Tokyo Jazz Joints documents these vibrant vinyl listening spaces – gaining traction across the globe – in a photo project, podcast and new coffee table book ... ( read original story ...)
WTA Osaka, Japan Women Singles 2023 Betting Odds and Match Previews for September 15, Women’s Singles
Today there are four matches scheduled for the semifinals and the quarterfinals in the WTA Osaka, Japan Women Singles 2023, highlighted by No. 35-ranked Lin Zhu going head-to-head with No. 39 ( read original story ...)
Southwest Japan railway hit by rain disaster reborn as pioneering bus service
The July 2017 torrential rain disaster sowed much destruction across Japan's northern Kyushu region, including wiping out a section of railway passing through this village. But six years later, the line has been restored to the local citizens and travelers in the form of a bus rapid transit (BRT) service, ( read original story ...)
All public school trips in Tokyo’s Minato Ward to be overseas
(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Third-year students at all public junior high schools in a central Tokyo ward will go abroad for their school trips starting from April 2024, with subsidies of around 500,000 ... ( read original story ...)
Old Japan video misrepresented as Morocco earthquake
Social media posts claim a video of a home's interior shaking shows an earthquake that hit Morocco in 2023. This is false; the clip was taken in Oita, Japan in January 2022 . ( read original story ...)
Japan to give $3 mil. in emergency aid to quake-hit Morocco
Japan will extend around $3 million in emergency aid to Morocco through humanitarian organizations after it was hit by a deadly earth ... ( read original story ...)
Is China’s Economic Predicament as Bad as Japan’s? It Could Be Worse
China is facing some economic challenges that Japan didn’t after its 1980s bubble. ( read original story ...)
Japan Post Plans Redevelopment of Urban Centers, Nikkei Says
Japan Post Holdings Co. is planning to convert some 20 properties it owns into mixed-development complexes in a bid to reduce reliance on financial operations, according to the Nikkei. ( read original story ...)
Japan calling: foreign digital nomads embrace work and travel lifestyle in Tokyo and beyond
Japan is laying the welcome mat to attract foreign digital nomads to work and travel in cities and towns across the country More tech-savvy workers from around the world are already embracing the ... ( read original story ...)
Retro Japan: Architect’s residence in Kyoto Pref. blends in beautifully with nature
A Japanese architect's fifth residence harmonizing with nature in this western Japan town is said to be the culmination of his pur･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Big in Japan: how an Englishman abroad turned his blunders into a bestseller
The video “12 things NOT to do in Japan” begins with an Englishman explaining that he did most of his reading about the country’s etiquette “on the horrific 12-hour flight between London and Tokyo, ... ( read original story ...)
Ukrainian tennis champion Kichenok shuns post-match handshake with Russian player after triumph in Japan
Ukrainian doubles tennis player Nadiya Kichenok refused to shake hands with Russian Anna Kalinskaya after winning the WTA 250 doubles tournament in Osaka, Japan on Sept. 16. ( read original story ...)