Tag: Nagoya

Tokyo, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 47-year-old man for allegedly blackmailing the organizers of an exhibition featuring a statue of a girl symbolizing so ... ( read original story ...)

Nine buildings in the capital's Koto Ward caught on fire before dawn on Dec. 6 after a suspected arson case at a home, leaving a man with non ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks fell Monday morning, tracking declines on Wall Street late last week amid worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve may move to tighten its monetary policy soon, while large losses in ... ( read original story ...)

Tasmanian triathlete Jake Birtwhistle does not blame a farcical false start for a disappointing return from his maiden Olympic Games. More than four months after being caught up in arguably Tokyo's ... ( read original story ...)

Dozens of tanks and hundreds of soldiers fired explosives and machine guns in drills Monday on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, a main stronghold for a nation that is perhaps the world's ... ( read original story ...)

What would you do if you woke up safe and sound in Japan only to learn that your home country was collapsing into chaos? ( read original story ...)

The elevation of Izumi demonstrates the Democrats are shifting even further in a pro-business and militarist direction. ( read original story ...)

So why the coal? The answer is the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. In 2010 about one third of Japan's electricity came from nuclear power, and there were plans to build a lot more. But then the 2011 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has lagged other economies in pulling out of the pandemic-induced slump, forcing policymakers to maintain massive fiscal and monetary support even as other advanced nations dial back crisis-mode ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Princess Aiko celebrated her coming of age at Tokyo’s Imperial Palace after turning 20 on Wednesday. She is the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako #愛子さま成年行事 #愛子さま ... ( read original story ...)

Bobby Ray Parks and Nagoya could not weather the late-game storm of Perrin Buford as Shimane secured the 94-86 victory in the Japan B. League. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened lower Monday, weighed down by a moderate fall on Wall Street late last week and growing concerns over the impact of the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant on the global ... ( read original story ...)

Japan to lessen the present vaccine interval of eight months between the second and third COVID-19 vaccine shots in the wake of rising Omicron scare ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government is considering raising its economic growth forecast for fiscal 2022 to take into account the effects of its record $490 billion stimulus package, public broadcaster NHK ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s markets were set to dip on Monday, while investors will keep an eye on bitcoin prices after they fell sharply over the weekend. Japan’s Nikkei futures contract in Chicago was at 27,880 while ... ( read original story ...)

Young women in the late 1920s and ’30s exuded a sense of affluence and independence that is still apparent today. ( read original story ...)