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Yahoo Japan is telling its 8,000 employees they can work anywhere in the country -- and even be flown into work when the job requires it -- bucking the trend of companies looking to return workers to ... ( read original story ...)

Gas giants are made of a massive solid core surrounded by an even larger mass of helium and hydrogen. But even though these planets are quite common in the Universe, scientists still don't fully ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's western prefecture of Osaka expects to record about 1,700 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, roughly tripling from a day earlier in their first rise beyond 1,000 since mid-September, public ... ( read original story ...)

An announcement from Sega has revealed that the game developer has opened a new studio in the city of Sapporo, which is located in Hokkaido, Japan. This comes from the Sega Corporation’s website today ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo Breweries Ltd. announced the revival of Sapporo Sakura Beer. For over eighty years since its first release in 1913, Sakura Beer was produced at a factory in Moji Ward (Kitakyushu City) and ... ( read original story ...)

Billie Jean King said it best: "Pressure is a privilege!" In Pressure Point, players, legends and coaches take a deep dive into the polarizing topic of pressure in tennis. This fi ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is currently experiencing a surge in new Covid-19 infections, largely attributed to the highly transmissible Omicron variant. As a result, the Tokyo government has started to tighten ... ( read original story ...)

An overhaul of Japanese stocks has culled the top class designed to lure foreign funds by 16%. Yet because the criteria prioritised size more than better governance, 1,841 still made the cut. A club ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is calling on companies to prepare for the possibility that more than 10 percent of their employees will be absent from work, due to the spread of the coronavirus. ( read original story ...)

In Japan, old houses are plentiful, cheap and sometimes even free. We speak to some of the property owners who have taken the plunge to create not just a holiday home but to enjoy a piece of Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka’s latest Nike collection is live, and this time she’s coming in hot as a triple threat. “Sooooooo I tried my best at styling, curating and photographing my newest collection with Nike. ( read original story ...)

Japanese authorities have reported that more than 500 people in the capital Tokyo were treated at hospitals on January 6 and 7 after falling due to ice and snow on streets and sidewalks ... ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo court dismissed Tuesday a lawsuit filed by three Taiwanese men born in Taiwan during Japan's colonial rule seeking to have their Japanese nationality reinstated after they automatically lost ... ( read original story ...)

Toyota Motor Corp and SoftBank Group Corp are among the 1,841 firms that will be placed in the highest trading tier when the Tokyo Stock Exchange implements its reorganization plan on April 4, the ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese appreciation for these art forms sometimes outshines our own gratitude for what came out of the black and blue American experience. Research the sound quality and price of Japanese record ... ( read original story ...)

More than 6,000 cases were reported throughout Japan on Tuesday, making the number of cases reported since the beginning of the pandemic around 1.7 million. ( read original story ...)