Japanese bureaucrats and businesses are clinging on to the fax machine despite the minister for administrative reform’s crusade to end use of the outdated techn ... ( read original story ...)
Typhoon Damages Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkin Sculpture in Japan
A video showed violent waves thrashing the yellow pumpkin, a major tourist attraction, on the island of Naoshima. ( read original story ...)
Column: Japan’s Olympics were a success for everyone
Games concluded on Aug. 8, with basketball, cycling, track and rhythmic gymnastics among the concluding events. The elegant closing ceremony symbolized very appropriately the ultimate success of this ... ( read original story ...)
Japan immigration agency says ‘lack of crisis awareness’ behind Sri Lankan woman’s death
The Immigration Services Agency of Japan on Aug. 10 released a final report on the death of a Sri Lankan woman at a regional detention center･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Nuances between anti IR Yokohama mayor candidates: paper
Aside from three hard-line opponents of having casinos in Japan, some of the other five candidates in Yokohama’s mayoral election might have a more nuanced approach to the topic than has been reported ... ( read original story ...)
Japan apologises, pledges reform after woman’s death in immigration detention
Japan on Tuesday apologised for the death of a Sri Lankan woman in immigration detention and pledged to reform conditions in the system. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SoftBank reports 39% fall in Q1 net profit
Japan's SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) on Tuesday reported a 39% fall in first-quarter net profit, even as Vision Fund returns were boosted by listings during the period. ( read original story ...)
Support for Japan’s PM reaches all-time low over Covid-19, despite Olympics success
Public support for Yoshihide Suga’s cabinet dipped below 30%, despite widespread support for going ahead with the Games ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, parents of newborn babies are giving rice bags to their relatives to hug during the pandemic
Parents of newborns in Japan send rice bags weighing the same as their babies to relatives who want to hug the infants but can't during the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
A man who set out to kill ‘happy-looking women’ went on a rampage and stabbed 10 passengers on a Tokyo train
Yusuke Tsushima, 36, rampaged on a Odakyu Electric Railway train, seriously injuring a 20-year-old female college student and hurting nine others. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Deliberately Left Deadly New COVID Variant Out of Press Briefings During Olympics
Yusuke Harada/NurPhoto via GettyOn July 20, three days before the Olympics began, a woman in her 30s from Peru tested positive for COVID-19 at Haneda Airport in Tokyo and was immediately flagged as a ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic gold medallist Desiree Scott makes emotional return home to Winnipeg from Tokyo Games
Desiree Scott reached the zenith of her soccer career at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Now, back in Manitoba's capital city, she intends to celebrate that moment. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Games are least-watched Olympics ever for NBC
Delays, COVID-19, streaming competition and unforeseen circumstances drive down average prime time TV viewership to 15.5 million. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Draw Smallest Summer Games TV Audience Since 1988
Average nightly viewership was 15.5 million, NBCUniversal said, the lowest since it won exclusive U.S. media rights 33 years ago. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga and U.S. President Biden hold talks over phone -Kyodo
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden held talks over the phone on Tuesday morning, according to Kyodo. ( read original story ...)
Tennis player Naomi Osaka returns to Instagram for the first time since shock Olympic defeat to share behind-the-scenes photos from her time in Tokyo – after admitting she …
Osaka, 23, shared a series of images from the Olympics in an Instagram carousel on Sunday, captioning it simply, 'A[n] Olympic collage'. ( read original story ...)