TOKYO: The mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were named during a ceremony in the Japanese capital on Sunday (Jul 22). The Olympic mascot, a blue-checked pointy-eared figure, was ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kuroda Says Strong Dollar a Sign of Economic Health: G-20 Update
This weekend’s meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bankers in Buenos Aires ... adding he doesn’t foresee any trouble negotiating the language with the U.S. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Ku... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Princess Mako begins visit to Brazil’s biggest city
SAO PAULO – Japan's Princess Mako has arrived in Sao Paulo as part of her two-week visit to Brazil to celebrate 110 years of the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to Latin America's biggest cou... ( read original story ...)
Plight of ‘Mizuho refugees’ stirs debate on banking services in Japan
Imagine wrapping up a tough work week and jumping into a three-day weekend. Maybe you just plan on lounging around at home with the air conditioner on at full blast. Or perhaps you’ll hit the road and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan heatwave: Warnings issued amid scorching temperatures
People across Japan have been urged to take precautions against a heatwave that has killed about 30 people. Thousands more have sought hospital treatment for heat-related conditions over the past two ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s PM: U.S. auto tariff will damage American, world economy
TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned the U.S that higher tariff on auto imports would backfire and harm not only America's jobs and economy but also devastate the global economy. Abe t... ( read original story ...)
Japan drops ban on Canadian wheat, but mystery over genetically modified samples lingers
By virtue of their hardiness they soon ended up in a government lab, and eventually led the Japanese government to impose a sweeping ban on the import of Canadian wheat, one it finally lifted on Frida... ( read original story ...)
Dying Alone in Japan: The Industry Devoted to What’s Left Behind
Han is director of Tail Project, a six-year-old company based near Tokyo that specializes in cleaning out and disposing of the property accumulated by the deceased, a service that’s increasingly in de... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s 1964 Olympics echo through the city’s 2020 games
Mariko Nagai walked outside Yoyogi National Stadium — the late-architect Kenzo Tange's masterpiece from Tokyo's 1964 Olympics — and pictured the city in that era. She was a university student from nor... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe: US auto tariffs will cost US jobs, harm economy
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned the U.S. on Friday that higher tariffs on auto imports would backfire and harm not only America's jobs and economy but also devastate the global ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Major Finance Firm SBI Opens Its Crypto Exchange to Traders
Japanese internet giant SBI Holdings formally launched the public version of its cryptocurrency exchange VCTRADE, according to an official announcement July 17. The move came after several months of d... ( read original story ...)
IOC leader happy with hosting options for 2026 Winter Olympics despite possible withdrawal of two cities
and Sapporo, Japan. “We are pretty happy with the status of this candidature procedure,” Bach said on Friday at a news conference after a three-day executive board meeting The IOC leader suggests fewe... ( read original story ...)
Japan has resumed Canadian wheat imports after temporary suspension: Ottawa
Ottawa says Japan has ended its temporary suspension of Canadian wheat imports. Japan had halted shipments after some unauthorized genetically modified wheat was found in southern Alberta. READ MORE: ... ( read original story ...)
Japan resumes Canadian wheat imports after Alberta GMO discovery
Prairie farmers received good news Friday as Japan, this country’s second-largest buyer of wheat, announced it would resume commercial wheat shipments from Canada one month after the discovery of a ha... ( read original story ...)
Should You Travel To Tokyo Or Osaka?
Osaka’s Imperial Hotel has made its own bit of history — though the building only dates back to 1996. But even in that relatively short span, the property has hosted political dignitaries, entertainme... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new casino law sets stage for global bidding war
TOKYO -- Japanese lawmakers on Friday night enacted controversial ... majority of the public did not want the bill passed during the current Diet session. In a Nikkei poll at the end of June, 53% of t... ( read original story ...)