Foundation and Yokohama link up in New York

This was followed by free in schools coaching at St Mark the Evangelist School for youngsters within the local communities of Harlem and a Yokohama Skills Challenge 24 hours later, again at Randall’s Island. The four-day activity concluded with coaching ... ( read original story ...)

Japan PM’s approval ratings dive over land sale scandal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was grilled by opposition lawmakers in parliament on Monday over a widening school land sale scandal linked to his wife, as his Cabinet's approval ratings plunged to their lowest levels. Opposition lawmakers renewed ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Exports Expand for 15th Month Despite Holidays in Asia

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s trade balance returned to surplus in February, with strength in the global economy supporting export growth even as lunar new year holidays caused a drop in sales to China. Highlights The value of exports increased 1.8 percent in ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Steel to hold product prices steady in April

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd ... describing the dumping of these products in the U.S. market as “an assault on our country”. Imamura said the news on the U.S. tariffs has helped boost prices of steel products in that country ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s February exports, imports grow amid trade war fears

Japan's exports in February grew 1.8 percent compared to the same month a year ago, according to Ministry of Finance data released Monday, March 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) TOKYO/March 18, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) —Japan’s exports grew 1.8 percent in ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka dominates Kasatkina for career-first title

(Reuters) - Japan’s Naomi Osaka claimed her first career title with a commanding 6-3 6-2 victory over Russian Daria Kasatkina in a battle of 20-year-olds at the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday. The unseeded Haitian-Japanese player became the youngest Indian ... ( read original story ...)

Triumphant Osaka draws Serena Williams in first round at Miami

(Reuters) - Indian Wells champion Naomi Osaka will have little time to celebrate in her first career victory with the Japanese drawing eight-time champion Serena Williams in the first round of next week’s Miami Open. Osaka scored a commanding 6-3 6-2 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan exports slow on Lunar New Year holidays, uptrend intact

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports rose for a 15th straight month in February but slowed sharply from the prior month as shipments stalled because of Lunar New Year holidays - an event analysts dismissed as a one-off blip in the context of solid overseas ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka beats Kasatkina 6-3, 6-2 to win Indian Wells title

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Naomi Osaka routed Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 6-2 to win the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday in a matchup of 20-year-old rising stars and earn the first title of her career. Osaka's victory capped a run that included beating two-time winner ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka tops Kasatkina to win Indian Wells title

Unseeded Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese player to win the Indian Wells final, routing Russian Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday for her first WTA Tour title. World number 44 Osaka rolled over Kasatkina, breaking her serve four times and winning the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan cult spinoffs persist two decades after sarin attack

More than two decades after Japan's Aum Shinrikyo cult plunged Tokyo into terror by releasing a nerve agent on rush-hour subway trains, its spinoffs continue to attract new followers. Cult head Shoko Asahara is on death row, along with 12 of his disciples ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka stuns Halep as rising stars reach Indian Wells final

(Reuters) - Japan's Naomi Osaka made short work of a subdued world number one Simona Halep on Friday, the unseeded 20-year-old racing to a 6-3 6-0 semi-final victory to set up a surprise BNP Paribas Open final against Daria Kasatkina. The Russian ... ( read original story ...)

Spring comes to Tokyo with first cherry blossoms

"Warm temperatures in late February and early March hastened the growth of buds," an agency official told reporters to the cheers of visitors at the shrine in central Tokyo. The story hit the headlines with Jiji Press reporting it as breaking news ... ( read original story ...)