First-time champion Ichinojo was rewarded for his July triumph Monday by earning re-promotion to komusubi in the Japan Sumo Associati ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Drying Rice Paddies Are Now a National Security Threat
Russian missiles pounding Ukraine have spooked Japan into boosting defense spending. Now, with tensions rising over the Taiwan Strait, calls are growing to address another security threat: shriveling ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo To Push For African Seat On UN Security Council: PM Kishida
Japan will use its place on the United Nations Security Council to push for an African seat on the top world body, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida s ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo ward finds 1-in-3 recluses don’t want gov’t help to reintegrate
A recent survey conducted in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward has shown that as many as one-third of "hikikomori," or social recluses, living there have no desire for the government to help them reintegrate into ... ( read original story ...)
Pan Pacific to open 2 hotels in one skyscraper in Tokyo
Pan Pacific Hotels Group has signed two new properties in partnership with Tokyu Hotels. Scheduled to open in the first half of 2023, the Bellustar Tokyo, a Pan Pacific Hotel and Hotel Groove Shinjuku ... ( read original story ...)
Neeraj Chopra gifts his Tokyo gold medal-winning javelin to Olympic Museum
With Neeraj Chopra back in the field once again the star javelin thrower donated his Tokyo 2020 gold medal-winning javelin to the Olympic Museum in Lausanne S ... ( read original story ...)
Send Air Force F-35s to Japan
Stationing F-35As at Misawa Air Base in Japan would boost military cooperation with U.S. allies, writes this author. ( read original story ...)
Gensler Says Crypto Treated Just Like The Market; 200 SEC Lawsuits Say Otherwise.
Some 200 lawsuits against crypto assets since 2017 suggests the SEC would prefer to litigate companies rather than make rules to guide them in compliance.
TOKYO FINANCE LTD. – Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Resignation of Statutory Auditors
Intimation of Resignation of Statutory Auditor in terms of Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements 2015. With reference to the above subject, this is to inform you that ...
US Open: Naomi Osaka praises Serena Williams ahead of her retirement
Naomi Osaka praises Serena Williams ahead of her retirement, describing her as "the biggest thing that will ever be in the sport." ... ( read original story ...)
Popular ibisPaint app bulks up with new features, targets 500m downloads
The feature-packed ibisPaint drawing software has become the most-downloaded mobile app from a Japanese company, with further enhancements planned to extend its reach. ibisPaint has been downloaded ... ( read original story ...)
Japan vows to work for ‘more resilient’ African economies
Tunis (AFP) – Japan will cooperate closely with African countries to promote "more resilient" economies, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the final session of an investment conference in Tunisia on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and the African Development Bank announce up to $5 billion in support for Africa’s private sector
Japan and the African Development Bank announce up to $5 billion in support for Africa’s private sector - The Maravi Post ...
More Japanese firms keen to invest
Eight new companies that are members of the Japanese Business Association of Cambodia (JBAC) have entered into the Cambodian investment scene in the first half of this year, the association boss ...
Tokyo to push for African seat on UN Security Council —PM
Japan will use its place on the United Nations Security Council to push for an African seat on the top world body, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday. ( read original story ...)
Assam CM hits back at Kejriwal: Compare Delhi’s education with New York and Tokyo, not Guwahati
The argument between the two chief ministers began last week after Kejriwal opined that the closing of schools was not a solution while sharing a link to a news report claiming the 'closure' of some ... ( read original story ...)