Japan's core consumer inflation likely hovered at a near two-year high in December as surging fuel and raw material costs continued to push up living costs for households, a Reuters poll showed on ... ( read original story ...)
We want to prove Tokyo wasn’t a one day wonder, says Indian women’s hockey coach Schopman
The extraordinary performance at the Tokyo Olympics was not a one day wonder, asserted Indian womens hockey team chief coach Janneke Schopman, who is looking forward to this years World Cup. ( read original story ...)
Elderly Tokyo woman robbed of 30 million yen in gold scam
A Tokyo woman in her 80s fell victim to a scam involving a phone call from a fake family member in distress and was bilked of gold bullion worth about 30 million yen ($261,000) and 600,000 yen in cash ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Claims North Korea Lauched Ballistic Missile, Third In Two Weeks
Japan's chief Cabinet secretary said that North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, which would be the country's third test in two weeks. ( read original story ...)
Camus meets Chandler in Japan, via the hall-of-mirrors thriller ‘My Annihilation’
"Turn this page, and you may give up your lie," warns Fuminori Nakamura in his latest thrill ride of an existential mystery, "My Annihilation." ... ( read original story ...)
Two Japanese appointed as honourary consuls general of Vietnam
Two Japanese have been appointed as Honourary Consuls General of Vietnam in Nagoya and Mie cities who pledged to do their utmost to develop the ties between Japan and Vietnam. Vietnamese Ambassador to ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka tops Forbes list of highest-earning female athletes ahead of Serena and Venus Williams
Japanese star Naomi Osaka pipped both Serena & Venus Williams to take the top spot on Forbes list of highest-paid female athletes ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s daily COVID cases top 4,000 for 1st time since late Aug.
Tokyo confirmed 4,051 daily coronavirus cases Friday, topping the 4,000 mark for the first time since Aug. 27, the metropolitan government said, Kyodo reports. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s daily COVID-19 count tops 4,000 as US military reports fewer than 1,000 cases in Japan
The U.S. military population on Friday finished its fifth day of a 14-day stay-at-home order aimed at curbing the coronavirus surge in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new net-zero project will use more energy than it produces
Japan's plan to use ammonia in coal-fired power plants to bring down its emissions is fraught with inefficiencies. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo registers 4,051 new COVID cases on Jan. 14
Japan's capital recorded 4,051 new coronavirus infections on Jan. 14, after recording 3,124 cases the previous day, the metropolitan governme ... ( read original story ...)
Uber Eats rider in Tokyo indicted without arrest for fatal crash during delivery
A 28-year-old man has been indicted without arrest for professional negligence resulting in an elderly man's death, after he crashed into him ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo projects daily cases to average nearly 10,000 in 1 week
The Tokyo metropolitan government projected Thursday that the seven-day rolling average of new COVID-19 cases will surge to 9,576 daily in a week if cases increase at the current pace, as an apparent ... ( read original story ...)
Japan team carries out world-first spinal cord stem cell trial
A Japanese university said Friday it has successfully transplanted stem cells into a patient with a spinal cord injury, in the first clinical trial of its kind. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM sees no need to change FY2025 budget balancing target, for now
"at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url=" Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan has no immediate need to change its key budget-balancing target for fiscal 2025, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks down on Fed policy fears, Japan’s COVID surge
Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday on growing expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy this year, while concerns over increasing COVID-19 infections in Japan also weighed ... ( read original story ...)