The Takamikura throne, left, and Michodai, a curtained platform, placed at the Kyoto Imperial Palace (Kyodo News via AP) The monumental imperial throne for the coronation of Japan’s new emperor has ar... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics begin search for 80,000 unpaid volunteers
Tokyo Olympic organizers began their search Wednesday for 80,000 unpaid volunteers to staff many of the venues when the Olympics and Paralympics open in just under two years. The closing date for appl... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Smoke cannabis retail stores are Coming to Manitoba
25, 2018 /CNW/ - Tokyo Smoke, the Canadian Cannabis Awards Brand of the Year, has completed the Cannabis Retail Organization Agreement and Cannabis Store Retailer Agreements with the Province of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: 10 World Premieres Set for Main Film Festival Competitions
Filipino auteur Brilliante Mendoza will head the jury and be joined by 'Star Wars' and 'Westworld' producer Bryan Burk. The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) will feature 10 world premieres in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan-U.S. shared broad understanding over trade: Japan economy minister
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the United States have reached a broad understanding ... a scheduled summit of the two countries’ leaders on Wednesday in New York, Kyodo News reported. “We were able to re... ( read original story ...)
Caesars, Melco, MGM, and Wynn Submit Japan Casino Plans to City of Yokohama
Japan’s second-biggest city, Yokohama, has received 12 proposals for integrated resorts following a request for information (RFI) process that concluded on September 21, local newspaper, the Kanagawa ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Whale Sells $230 Million of Bitcoin in Mt. Gox Wind-Down
Digital coin investors closely follow the moves of Kobayashi, who is known in crypto circles as the “Tokyo whale” because of the heap of tokens he controls. Japan-based Mt. Gox, once the largest Bitco... ( read original story ...)
Japan preschools using tablets to prep tots for digital age
YOSHIKAWA, Japan — It’s drawing time at this suburban nursery school in Japan, but instead of crayons, tiny fingers are tapping on colours on iPad screens and taking selfies. Digital schooling ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese student’s body was found in suitcase, murder trial hears
Disturbing new details on the murder of Japanese exchange student Natsumi Kogawa are coming to light as her alleged killer's trial gets underway in Vancouver. Kogawa was found dead on the grounds ... ( read original story ...)
Trial for man charged with murder of Japanese student Natsumi Kogawa to start
READ MORE: Second-degree murder charge laid in death of Japanese student Natsumi Kogawa ... In an exclusive interview with Global News in December 2016, Kogawa’s close friend Jay Vergara ... ( read original story ...)
WTA roundup: Pliskova snaps Osaka streak for title
Fourth-seeded Karolina Pliskova handed U.S. Open champ Naomi Osaka a 6-4, 6-4 defeat to claim the title at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. It ended the third-seeded Osaka’s 10-match victory ... ( read original story ...)
NatureLab. TOKYO Launches in Select Urban Outfitters & on UrbanOutfitters.com
View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/naturelab-tokyo-launches-in-select-urban-outfitters--on-urbanoutfitterscom-300717248.html ( read original story ...)
Osaka withdraws from Wuhan Open citing viral illness
(Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Wuhan Open in China on Sunday, hours after losing to former world number one Karolina Pliskova in the final of the Pan Pacific Open in ... ( read original story ...)
Your Monday News Briefing: Brett Kavanaugh, China, Japan
• Christine Blasey Ford agrees to testify. Dr. Blasey, who accused the Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, above, of sexual assault, negotiated a deal over the weekend to “provide her firsth... ( read original story ...)
Asia and Australia Edition: Your Monday News Briefing: Brett Kavanaugh, China, Japan
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Japan’s Abe finds himself on sidelines amid outreach with North Korea
“Japan will be left alone forever as a lonely island country if it persistently behaves like Don Quixote,” it added. North Korea had built a regime of fear based on the idea that a U.S. invasion is im... ( read original story ...)