Five high school students in the Kanagawa Prefecture city of Kawasaki have been referred to prosecutors for obstructing police officers' d・・・ ( read original story ...)
Tennis-Osaka doing her homework on clay ahead of French Open
Naomi Osaka picked up her first win on clay in two years on Wednesday and while the former world number one is adapting to the slower surface ahead of the French Open she has no plans to abandon the ... ( read original story ...)
Madrid Open 2024: Naomi Osaka vs Liudmila Samsonova; Preview, Head-to-Head, Prediction
Naomi Osaka picks up from where she left off two years ago! The Japanese tennis star recently clinched her first clay-court win since the 2022 Madrid Open. by defeating Belgium's Greet Minnen in the ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka doing her homework on clay ahead of French Open
Naomi Osaka picked up her first win on clay in two years on Wednesday and while the former world number one is adapting to the slower surface ahead of the French Open she has no plans to abandon the ... ( read original story ...)
Morgan Stanley Warns of Possible Tokyo CPI Yen Shock Before BOJ
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities economists flagged a risk of Tokyo inflation data causing a “knee-jerk reaction” in foreign exchange markets Friday morning just hours ahead of the Bank of Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)
New method introduced to crack down on street prostitution in Tokyo’s Kabukicho district
Police in the Japanese capital have introduced a new method to crack down on repetitive street prostitution in Shinjuku Ward's Kabukicho ente ... ( read original story ...)
What the End of Negative Rates Means for Japan
Japan’s experiment with negative interest rates is finally over. The Bank of Japan raised rates last month for the first time since 2007, and abandoned a yearslong commitment to keep government bond yields close to zero. ( read original story ...)
Battling climate change, Japan looks to seagrass for carbon capture
On a recent Saturday, some 100 volunteers gathered on a popular beach in the Japanese port city of Yokohama, wading in the shallows to plant strands of light-green eelgrass on the seabed. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s lunar lander still powers away 3 months later. What to know about SLIM mission
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA,) shared an image Wednesday on social media that SLIM beamed back to Earth as proof of life. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama reaches Asian Champions League final by beating Ulsan in penalty shootout 5-4
Japan's Yokohama F. Marinos advanced to the Asian Champions League final for the first time after a 5-4 penalty shootout win over against Ulsan HD of South Korea in a dramatic semifinal that ended 3-3 ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka funnily shares one ‘ironic’ thing she’d like to happen
Naomi Osaka reveals she would like to win a clay tournament but funnily admits that her first post-pregnancy title coming on the dirt would be ironic. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s moon lander has survived longer than the space agency expected after reaching 3 months on the moon
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency did not anticipate its moon lander, SLIM, to survive 1 weekslong lunar night on the moon and it has now lasted 3 after reaching the moon's surface on Jan. 20. ( read original story ...)
20-year-old woman arrested for stabbing husband in Sapporo
Police in Sapporo, Hokkaido, have arrested a 20-year-old woman on suspicion of assaulting her husband, who is in his 30s, by stabbing him with a kitchen knife. According to police, the incident ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka notches first clay-court win since 2022
Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka earned her first win on clay in two years by defeating lucky loser Greet Minnen 6-4, 6-1 in the first round of the Madrid Open. ( read original story ...)
Osaka Seals First Win On Clay Since 2022 In Madrid
Naomi Osaka says she is "embracing the clay a lot more now" as she captured her first victory on the surface since 2022 in the Madrid Open first round on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
FinCity.Tokyo says lack of resources hinder ESG integration in Japan
Smaller Japanese firms lack resources to comply with environmental, social and governance principles, a stumbling block in advocating corporate ESG in Japan, according to Keiichi Aritomo, executive director of FinCity.Tokyo, a quasi-government body that promotes Tokyo’s financial industry. ( read original story ...)