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TOKYO -- A Tokyo metropolitan government panel reviewing costly Olympic venues has proposed downgrading the expensive rowing and canoeing site for the Tokyo Games to temporary quality, or moving the events to an existing site in northern Japan. The city ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo has been clamouring for some time for the Myanmar leader ... Larry Jagan is a specialist on Myanmar and a former BBC World Service News Editor for the region. ( read original story ...)

Three of Japan's biggest shipping companies are merging their container operations to become more efficient. Nippon Yusen, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha said the joint venture would see savings of more than 110bn yen ($1bn; £820m ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo closes streets in it's iconic Shibuya district for the first time as Halloween revelers converge by the thousands. Megumi Limm reports. Reuters is the news and media division of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international ... ( read original story ...)

SHANGHAI – No one from Japan has more than Hideki Matsuyama's three PGA Tour victories. No one from Japan ever won a World Golf Championship. None of this might have been possible if Matsuyama had never left home so quickly. Even after he blew away a ... ( read original story ...)

Three of Japan's biggest shipping companies are merging their container operations to become more efficient. Nippon Yusen, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha said the joint venture would see savings of more than 110bn yen ($1bn; £820m ... ( read original story ...)

Some hardcore fans believe that "Tokyo Ghoul" Season 3 is not happening despite the report from Anime Maru. Whether or not the series is arriving in winter 2016 remains to be seen but a report from Anime News Network agrees on the 2016 release window. ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – The Osaka Municipal Government will begin accepting applications from minpaku private inn service operators Monday, in a bid to help ease the accomodation shortage in the city caused by the increase in foreign tourists. The services to let ... ( read original story ...)

Three of Japan's biggest shipping companies are merging their container operations to become more efficient. Nippon Yusen, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha said the joint venture would see savings of more than $1bn (£820m) a year. The move ... ( read original story ...)

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OSAKA – The Osaka Municipal Government started accepting applications Monday from the minpaku industry, which involves paid accommodations using private houses or apartments, in a bid to offset lodging shortages as foreign visitors flock to the city. The ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese high school student was allegedly slapped and had his hair shaved off for showing up to class with a hairdo his teacher didn't like, media report. The boy had shown up to Kofu Josai Yamanashi Prefectural High School Oct. 24 with the sides of his ... ( read original story ...)

Pikotaro, as he is known, debuted a two-minute "long" version of the 45-second song and answered a wide range of questions at a Tokyo news conference in from the song's origin to whether the Japanese prime minister has called him. Sort of. His responses ... ( read original story ...)

Dressed in his trademark yellow outfit with snake and leopard patterns, Pikotaro debuted a two-minute “long” version of his 45-second song before taking questions at a Tokyo news conference Friday. His responses had the packed audience of journalists ... ( read original story ...)

10/27 TOKYO ELECTRON: Patent Issued for Bonding Apparatus, Bonding System and Bonding.. 10/20 TOKYO ELECTRON: Patent Issued for Joining Method and Joining System (USPTO 9463.. 10/20 TOKYO ELECTRON: Patent Issued for Method of Manufacturing Thermal ... ( read original story ...)

Who wore it better? [Image by Anthony Chodor/Flickr] A Rocket News report writes about photographer Naoko Tatibana, who has not only dedicated her life to advancing the LGBT cause, but also put up a a cross-dressing studio in Tokyo called Taiyodo ... ( read original story ...)