Tag: japan

A woman and her son were arrested on suspicion of the illegal filming of female patrons at a bathing facility here, local police announced o ... ( read original story ...)

The new incentive comes on top of the $23,000 Japanese families can receive if they start a business or work in a small company while relocating. ( read original story ...)

The forthcoming financial incentive is more than triple the 300,000 yen (~$2,300) the government currently offers families who relocate. Officials hope the scheme will help reverse the effects of the country's struggling fertility rate while diversifying rural areas with a rapidly aging population of senior citizens. ( read original story ...)

Osaka remains on the tournament’s entry list, but the 25-year-old’s posts on her social media account appear to show her in Los Angeles. It follows a holiday in Europe with her rapper boyfriend Corade ... ( read original story ...)

The Australian Open is set to be robbed of another major drawcard as officials scramble to determine the playing status – and exact whereabouts – of two-time women’s champion Naomi Osaka. Without a ... ( read original story ...)

Two-time champion and former world No.1 Naomi Osaka seems almost certain to miss the Australian Open, having not played a match since last September. ( read original story ...)

A 212-kilogram bluefin tuna fetched 36.04 million yen (about $273,000) in the first auction of 2023 at Toyosu market here early on the mornin ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: A bluefin tuna fetched 36.04 million yen (US$273,000) on Thursday at the New Year's auction at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market, more than double the top price last year, as the restaurant and food industries look to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)

Trying to arrest rural depopulation, Japan wants people to quit its greatest metropolis. How about creating new ones instead? ( read original story ...)

Kioxia, which was spun off from Toshiba Corp, and Western Digital operate a joint flash memory chip plant in central Japan's Yokkaichi. When asked about the report, Kioxia said that it does not comment on market rumours or speculation, ( read original story ...)

Japan will toughen its COVID-19 border control measures for travellers from China from Sunday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, in response to a surge of infections. Additional measures will require negative coronavirus tests taken within 72 hours of passengers boarding direct flights from China, ( read original story ...)