While progress has been made, gender equality in directing, screenwriting and producing is still slow, with women holding only 10-20% of these roles worldwide,” says Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) senior programmer Andrijana Cvetkovikj, ( read original story ...)
BREAKING: Naomi Osaka suffers heartbreaking blow, forced to miss Tokyo
Sadly, Osaka won't be able to play in her home tournament in Tokyo next week as she still deals with a back injury. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Film Festival Chiefs Talk Samurai, Japanese Buyers & Building Bridges Between Japan And The World
Chairman Ando Hiroyasu & programming head Shozo Ichiyama are improving ties between a reinvigorated Japanese film industry and international markets. ( read original story ...)
Leaders in string of robberies across Japan used names of warlord, novelist
Amid a spate of robberies in the Tokyo metropolitan area, there were also suspected related cases in Tochigi Prefecture and Sapporo, where an ( read original story ...)
Tokyo police arrest 4 Thais on suspicion of stealing copper cables
Police in Tokyo have arrested a group of Thai nationals on suspicion of stealing copper cables from a solar power generation facility in suburban Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ramen shops are grappling with rising costs
CNBC's Lin Lin reports on how ramen shops in Japan are trying to cope with rising costs and weigh passing those higher prices onto consumers. ( read original story ...)
Japan Union to Call for Continued Wage Growth of 5% or More
Japan’s largest labor union federation aims to secure wage increases averaging at least 5% in next year’s pay negotiations, in a bid to maintain momentum after major gains this year, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Huge supermoon puts on spectacular display over Sapporo
According to the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, the moon appeared larger because it approached about 357,000 kilometers from Earth, the closest distance at full moon. Compared with the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s inflation rate slows to 2.5% in September
The annual inflation rate in Japan fell to 2.5% in September 2024 from 3.0% in the prior month, marking the lowest reading since April. Electricity prices increased the least in three months as the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan top FX diplomat says recent yen moves “one-sided” in fresh warning
Japan's top currency diplomat, Atsushi Mimura, said on Friday that recent currency moves are "somewhat one-sided and rapid," in a fresh warning against speculative trading as the yen fell past the key ... ( read original story ...)
Man arrested after stealing four luxury watches from Osaka store
Police in Osaka have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of stealing four luxury watches from a store. According to police, the incident occurred at around 3:50 p.m. in Shinsaibashisuji, Chuo Ward, ( read original story ...)
Discrimination still haunts Japan’s Nobel-winning A-bomb survivors
Having survived the atomic bomb that flattened his hometown of Hiroshima when he was nine months old, Kunihiko Sakuma has never forgotten the stain it left on him in the eyes of some of his fellow ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Hopes Electric Cars Were Just a Bad Dream
A tale of two auto shows in Tokyo and Paris offers a surprising verdict about who’s better prepared for the future. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama TWS announces new company president
Yokohama TWS, an Italy-based tire manufacturer that’s part of the Japan-based Yokohama Rubber Co., has announced the appointment of Elio Bartoli as its new company president, effective Dec. 1. Bartoli ... ( read original story ...)
Yamamoto, Ohtani, Darvish showdown was Japan’s most watched MLB playoff game
A win-or-go-home Game 5 of the National League Division Series that featured starting pitchers Yu Darvish and Yoshinobu Yamamoto — and, of course, slugger Shohei Ohtani — became Japan’s most-watched ... ( read original story ...)
DoD Launches Program to Help Employees Who Have Had Trouble Getting Health Care in Japan
After a yearlong review by the Pentagon, Tricare's overseas contractor will create a call center to assist civilian employees with appointment scheduling and up-front payments. ( read original story ...)