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The system will likely bring heavy rainfall to a part of eastern Japan, including Tokyo. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

While the Tokyo Deaflympics in 2025 have helped boost public awareness of the sporting event, there remain issues that need to be tackled almost a year on. Yamaha Motor Foundation for Sports conducted ... ( read original story ...)

On Thursday Takaichi Sanae, Japan’s prime minister, will reshuffle her cabinet. Ministers in many of the most important offices (including defence, finance and foreign-affairs) are expected to stay in ... ( read original story ...)

The White House jumped on a news report last week about tariffs prompting Sapporo Breweries to move production from Canada to the United States. The official White House X account posted a photo of ... ( read original story ...)

Takashi Miike brings trouble to Tokyo in a gory riff on Abel Ferrara’s corrupt cop drama – Toronto Film Festival ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has one of the highest life expectancies in the world. Researchers believe this national longevity is likely linked to low rates of obesity and healthy diets, widespread health screenings and ... ( read original story ...)

The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan surpassed a record 100,000 this year, the latest government figures show, underscoring the country's rapidly aging and declining population. The Health ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo Breweries Ltd. is shifting some production to the US from Canada due to 50% tariffs imposed on beer exports from the country, seeking to reinvigorate its North American operations. ( read original story ...)

The Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya features 43 standard sports alongside new disciplines such as mixed martial arts, teqball, and virtual taekwondo. ( read original story ...)

Starbucks may sell a majority stake of its Japan business, their biggest overseas company-operated market, in a deal worth around $3 billion, sources say. ( read original story ...)

Indian athletes, including wushu and table tennis contingents, arrive in Nagoya for the Asian Games facing initial check-in hiccups at cruise ship lodging ... ( read original story ...)

Tiremaker partners with the nonprofit to advance adaptive motorsports programs like Return to Dirt, helping disabled off-roaders get back behind the wheel. ( read original story ...)

T O MOVE OKINAWA forward…that is my mission,” said Koja Genta to a cheering crowd in Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost prefecture. Mr Koja, backed by the ruling Liberal Democ ... ( read original story ...)

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is likely to keep her reflationist ally Minoru Kiuchi as economy minister in a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, ( read original story ...)

South Korea's delegation slams the wooden containers housing its athletes at the Asian Games in Nagoya city. ( read original story ...)

Cate Blanchett will travel to Tokyo for the 39th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival, where five short films backed by the Displacement Film Fund will receive their Japan premieres. ( read original story ...)