YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan’s culture of cute makes no exceptions for poop. It gets a pop twist at the Unko Museum in Yokohama near Tokyo. Here, the poop is artificial, nothing like what would be in a ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya Basho historically significant for foreign wrestlers and sumo fans
When you think of the Nagoya tournament what first comes to mind? For many it’s something like the scene in “Fight Club” where the narrator tries not to think of the words “searing” or “flesh.” No ... ( read original story ...)
Title appears up for grabs at upcoming Nagoya Basho
Any discussion of who will emerge victorious in Nagoya this month has to start with the veteran yokozuna, but rather than an era defined by a rivalry, we are now deep into sumo’s version of the ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea says may retaliate against Japan high-tech export curbs
Both sides showed no signs of backing down in the trade dispute. Kyodo News Agency reported on Tuesday that Japan was considering expanding its export controls to more items bound for South Korea. ... ( read original story ...)
Got a Tokyo Olympics ticket? Unrivaled demand causes turmoil
TOKYO - Overwhelmed by unprecedented demand ... let down last month when they came away empty-handed in a lottery for next year's Olympics. The bad news is that - despite a last-minute change of plans ... ( read original story ...)
Five things to know about Japan’s upper house election
TOKYO -- The campaign for Japan's upper house election officially ... Some 55% of respondents to the latest Nikkei-TV Tokyo survey said they want the ruling coalition to retain control of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei gains on Fed rate cut hopes
Headline indices of the Japan share market advanced on Thursday, 04 July 2019, on tracking solid gains on Wall Street overnight as data pointed to slowing economic growth in the United States, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan weather warning: Flood alert sees one million evacuated – 20 inches of rain to fall
Japanese authorities have urged more than one million people across the Japanese Island of Kyushu to evacuate due to heavy rain which poses a threat to life. Residents in parts of Kagoshima and ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close higher after Wall Street records
Tokyo stocks closed higher on Thursday, taking a positive lead from record-setting gains on Wall Street, with investors waiting for the release of US unemployment figures. The benchmark Nikkei 225 ... ( read original story ...)
Whale meat fetches ‘celebration prices’ after Japanese hunt
TOKYO -- Chunks of meat from the first whales caught since Japan resumed commercial whaling this week have fetched "celebration prices" at auction. The meat sold Thursday for up to 15,000 yen ($140) ... ( read original story ...)
Japan upper house poll begins, Abe’s constitutional reform hopes at stake
Abe is also highlighting his call to revise the post-war constitution to further legitimize Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF), as its military is known. "We have pledged in our party platform to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan service sector growth picks up in welcome boost for strained economy: PMI
TOKYO (Reuters) - Activity in Japan's services sector expanded at a slightly faster pace in June than the previous month, a business survey showed on Wednesday, suggesting domestic demand remains ... ( read original story ...)
Japan-South Korea Feud Takes Dangerous Turn as Trump Stays Quiet
Yonhap News reported, citing a government official. The U.S. helped broker the 1965 treaty establishing ties between Japan and South Korea that included a payment from Tokyo of about $300 million ... ( read original story ...)
Japan offers to be ‘honest broker’ for Palestinian-Israeli peace
“We can play an honest broker in the Middle East, as we have no colonial history or negative footprint in the region,” he told Arab News in a wide-ranging interview at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in ... ( read original story ...)
Heavy rain in south Japan, over 1 million directed to leave
TOKYO -- Japanese authorities on Wednesday directed more than 1 million residents in parts of the southern main island of Kyushu to evacuate to designated shelters as heavy rains batter the region, ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, a whole city of 600,000 people was ordered evacuated amid hard rain
Japan’s southern city of Kagoshima on Wednesday ordered its nearly 600,000 residents to take shelter in evacuation centres and other safe areas as torrential rains threatened landslides and ... ( read original story ...)