Tag: Nagoya

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority announced on Wednesday that would lift an operational ban on the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture after demanding counterterrorism measures. ( read original story ...)

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has praised Japan’s contribution to their military alliance, particularly a decision to allow Japanese-made Patriot guided missiles to be shipped to the United ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese luxury department store has apologised for delivering hundreds of collapsed strawberry Christmas cakes. Some 807 out of around 2,900 strawberry cakes delivered in the run-up to Christmas ... ( read original story ...)

In speaking out for her own mental health needs, tennis megastar Naomi Osaka opened the door for other athletes to speak more openly about their own struggles. This Q&A with journalist Ben Rothenberg, ( read original story ...)

It has been almost a year since we last saw Rafael Nadal in action. The Spaniard last played competitive tennis 344 days precisely at the 2023 Australian Open where he lost in the second round. The former World Number 1 has been suffering from injuries since then, ( read original story ...)

Luxury retailer Takashimaya says it "betrayed the expectations of many customers". ( read original story ...)

Blood donors are needed as the inventory of blood for transfusions in eastern Japan's Kanto-Koshinetsu region is now at its tightest for fisc･･･ ( read original story ...)

A move by Japan to provide Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine will have "grave consequences" for Russia-Japan ties, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese court has ordered the central and Tokyo Metropolitan governments to pay damages over the wrongful arrests and detention of three people suspected of involvement in what they considered to ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered the Tokyo metropolitan government and the state to compensate the president of a Yokohama-based ... ( read original story ...)

Daihatsu, the Japanese automaker owned by Toyota, has halted production after admitting it falsified data in safety tests for its vehicles for 30 years. ( read original story ...)

Toyota subsidiary has admitted falsifying data on some models for more than 30 years ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday on a weaker yen lifting exporters after a summary of opinions from the Bank of Japan's recent policy meet ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese take their Christmas cakes seriously. So when some “Strawberry Frill Shortcakes” ordered online from Takashimaya Co. started showing up at customers’ doorsteps in crumbled heaps, the incident was destined to become headline news, complete with deep-bowed apologies broadcast on national television. ( read original story ...)

Former No. 1 and new mom Naomi Osaka has hit the practice court ahead of the Brisbane International as she prepares for her much anticipated return to tennis. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s regulator cleared one hurdle for the nation’s top utility to restart the world’s largest nuclear power plant. ( read original story ...)