With safety measures in place, fashion weeks in these Asian fashion capitals will return to physical showcasing in October. ( read original story ...)
Unlike Tokyo’s Koike, Osaka Gov. Yoshimura enjoys freer hand in coronavirus fight
Osaka’s leaders understand very well that their counterparts in Kanto face unique challenges that they do not. ( read original story ...)
Japan builds up military to meet Chinese threat
Japan is racing to build up its armed forces in the face of increased political and military assertiveness by China, even as it struggles to reconcile the nationalist ambitions of its prime minister ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new karaoke machine feature gives singers clearer voice amid virus
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Karaoke lovers can now sing their hearts out and hear their voices clearly even with their face masks on, thanks to a new feature recently installed on karaoke machines across Japan. ( read original story ...)
‘No Solution Today’ For Tokyo Olympics As Bach Announces Re-election Bid
Thomas Bach said Friday he will stand in 2021 for a second term as president of the International Olympic Committee, admitting however there is "no solution today" to the challenges posed by ... ( read original story ...)
Coradorables expands brand, partners with Amazon, Hankyu
Coradorables was originally slated to sell to Hankyu in Hakata and Osaka for pop-ups, as well as Mitsukoshi ... "It was a blessing to come full circle and donate our intellectual property to the very ... ( read original story ...)
Securing Japan from Chinese ‘Predatory Economics’
Japan pushed for building rules for data governance and constructing a new regime underpinned by “data free flow with trust” (DFFT). Navigating Sino-U.S. targeted decoupling, techno-nationalism, and ... ( read original story ...)
Legal advice: Will my neighbour’s Japanese knotweed affect my property?
Q My neighbour has recently discovered Japanese knotweed growing in their garden. What are the implications of this for my property?A Japanese knotweed is an invasive plant species, not native to the ... ( read original story ...)
The Next Big Tech IPO Could Be a Little Known Chip Business Inside SoftBank
The last major chip company IPO was nearly a decade ago. The dry spell could end with Arm Holdings, whose chips power 95% of the world’s smartphones and tablets. ( read original story ...)
Baseball team finds new use for unsold beer
Professional Japanese baseball team Yokohama DeNA Baystars has found a novel use for a large quantity of beer that went unsold due to the coronavirus. Baystars Ale is produced by a brewer in ... ( read original story ...)
Active microrheology of a bulk metallic glass
2 School of Physics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul 02455, Korea. 3 Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan. See allHide authors and affiliations The glass ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics: Organisers announce schedule for rearranged Tokyo Games
TOKYO/BERN, Switzerland (Reuters) - The Tokyo Olympics next year will use the same venues and follow an almost identical competition schedule as the one originally planned for this year before the ... ( read original story ...)
15 Stunning Hotel Gardens
From the rolling hills of Ireland’s countryside to an urban Japanese forest that once belonged to samurais, these gorgeous green spaces are an oasis. ( read original story ...)
Japan earmarks ¥1.6 trillion to finance phase two of 3/11 restoration plan
The government on Friday decided on a plan to spend about ¥1.6 trillion over a five-year period from fiscal 2021 for reconstruction measures related to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The ... ( read original story ...)
Weird, Z-shaped faults could trigger a large earthquake on California’s San Andreas Fault
It's impossible to know when the San Andreas Fault will erupt with its next big earthquake — a temblor that could impact the nearly 13 million people who live in the Los Angeles metro area — but it ... ( read original story ...)
World Athletics unveils revised schedule for Tokyo Games
World Athletics on Friday released a revised 10-day track and field programme for the Tokyo Olympics, which was postponed to 2021. ( read original story ...)