Japanese manufacturers' confidence worsened to a five-month low in September as the fallout from the latest wave of COVID-19 put fresh pressure on the world's third-largest economy, the Reuters Tankan ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Is the Middle East’s Most Credible Player
Argument: Japan Is the Middle East’s Most Credible Player Japan Is the Middle East’s Most Credible P... | View Comments () Last month, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi visited Egypt, ... ( read original story ...)
Pascoe considered not going to Tokyo during ‘tough’ 2020
Pascoe won four medals - two golds, a silver and a bronze - in Tokyo but told Breakfast on Wednesday morning there were times she felt like she'd never get to Japan, let alone the podium. That was in ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Paralympics participants honoured by CEO SMVDSB
Rakesh Kumar and Jyoti Baliyan, two Para archers of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board’s Sports Complex who qualified for Tokyo Paralympics-2021 were felicitated by Ramesh Kumar, Chief Executive ... ( read original story ...)
President Herzog hosts Israeli Tokyo Paralympics athletes
You brought the whole people of Israel some extremely happy and moving moments," President Herzog told the 33 Paralympic athletes. ( read original story ...)
As a Tokyo-born New York mom living in rural Finland, I discovered the secret to the world’s happiest nation
The author Naomi Moriyama realized after moving to Finland that much of the country's success is based on having had women involved since early 1900s. ( read original story ...)
Ulsan keep alive hopes of retaining ACL crown while Nagoya advance in thriller
Defending champions Ulsan Hyundai, Nagoya Grampus and Al Hilal are the first three teams to advance into the AFC Champions League quarter-finals. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama plant earns Caterpillar certification
For the second straight year, Yokohama Off-Highway Tires plant in Tirunelveli, India, has been awarded platinum certification through Caterpillar Inc.'s Supplier Quality Excellence Process (SQEP). ( read original story ...)
South Korea Plans ‘Comprehensive Review’ of North Korea Policy Amid Talks with U.S., Japan
A South Korean Unification Ministry official told Newsweek that the country would "make a comprehensive review on its policy stance including its foreign policy." ... ( read original story ...)
Future of quantum information processing: Twisting light that switches direction at room temperature
Scientists have generated circularly polarized light and controlled its direction without using clunky magnets or very low temperatures. The findings, by Nagoya University researchers and colleagues ... ( read original story ...)
Contaminants found in Pfizer vaccine in cities near Tokyo, Osaka
Foreign matter has been found in four unused vials of Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine in two cities near Tokyo, the local governments said on Sept. 14. ( read original story ...)
Japan, US, S. Korea Urge N. Korea to Return to Arms Talks
Senior diplomats from Japan, the United States and South Korea urged North Korea on Tuesday to return to talks over its missile and nuclear development, a day after it announced it successfully tested ... ( read original story ...)
Hat-trick hero Swierczok steers Nagoya Grampus past Daegu in AFC Champions League classic
Polish striker Jakub Swierczok hit a stunning hat-trick to take Nagoya Grampus into the quarter-finals of the 2021 AFC Champions League on Tuesday as the J-League side fought back against a determined ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Pinball Hall Turns Makeshift Vaccine Centre
A pachinko parlour in Osaka turned into a vaccination site on Tuesday to accelerate the rollout of COVID-19 shots in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Contaminants found in Pfizer vaccine in 2 cities near Tokyo
Foreign matter has been found in four unused vials of Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine in two cities near Tokyo, the local governmen ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s outgoing prime minister to attend Quad summit in US
Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga The four nations — the United States, Japan, Australia and India — are promoting their “free and open Indo-Pacific” vision to form a security and ... ( read original story ...)