Tag: Nagoya

Joint Russia and China patrol over the Pacific signals stronger military ties between Moscow and Beijing ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese people from the United Kingdom from Thursday following the emergence of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, public broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka, writing in The New York Times on Monday, urged athletes to use their platforms to speak out on social issues and defy those telling them to stick to sports. En route ... ( read original story ...)

The official cost of the postponed Tokyo Olympics has increased by 22% to $15.4 billion, according to the local organizing committee. ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesday he wanted to meet with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden as soon as possible to discuss the U.S.-Japan security alliance, the coronavirus pandemic ... ( read original story ...)

The official cost of the postponed Tokyo Olympics has increased by 22%, the local organizing committee said Tuesday in unveiling its new budget. In an on-line news conference, organizers said the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo has dedicated Y57.6 billion ($557 million) to its developmental F-X fighter in its next financial year starting 1 April 2021, as well as earmarking funds for a range of other aircraft. ( read original story ...)

One of Hokkaido's most well-known shrines is Hokkaido Shrine, also called Hokkaidō Jingū, and it is one of the go-to "power spots" in the prefecture. From locals to sightseers from abroad, there are ... ( read original story ...)

When the Tokyo market was focused on a dramatic tussle for the hotel and property group Unizo in mid-2019, Stephen Schwarzman placed calls to some of Japan’s most powerful and well-connected business ... ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga reiterated there was no need for Japan to enter a national state of emergency, even as health groups declared their own state of emergency for the medical system as ... ( read original story ...)

Holding 2020 Olympics next July — as Japan appears determined to do — is crazy. Kudos to Michael Phelps for stating the obvious: “The fact that you’re going to put ten thousand plus athletes, plus all ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. Open singles champion Naomi Osaka acknowledged athlete participation in protesting racism and police brutality in an op-ed that was published in the New York Times on ... ( read original story ...)

When the bodies of a mother and daughter were found in their apartment in Osaka's Minato Ward on Dec. 11, the latter had just 13 yen (about 1･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

The International Olympic Committee won’t require coronavirus vaccines of athletes competing at the Tokyo Games next summer, but the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is working on a plan to ... ( read original story ...)

A rare giant squid measuring 10 feet in length was found washed ashore, largely intact, on the western coast of Japan, according to a local press report. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Finance Ministry approved a budget of $51.5 billion for the Defense Ministry, which is $3.5 billion lower that the Defense Ministry requested in September. ( read original story ...)