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Osaka recently shared a picture of herself on social media striking a pose and her fans are overjoyed. In the caption she also slyly inserted a reference to a pink-haired Anime character Sakura Haruno ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s minister for women’s empowerment and gender equality, Tamayo Marukawa, is among a group of conservative MPs who have opposed a legal change that would allow women to keep their birth name ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd aims to achieve record sales revenue of ¥700 billion (€5.43 billion) and business profit of ¥70 billion in 2023, under a new medium-term management plan. Alongside the Yokohama ... ( read original story ...)

Tamayo Marukawa among 50 conservative MPs to urge local body not to support change in policy ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will lift states of emergency in its western regions that had been in place for more than six weeks, underscoring progress against a coronavirus surge that has battered the economy and Prime ... ( read original story ...)

The Osaka District Court has ruled the national government's reduction of base welfare benefit amounts illegal in a lawsuit filed by a group of welfar ... ( read original story ...)

The amulet appears to be the “hissho” (go for victory) lucky charm from Shirasaki Hachimangu shrine in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, based on its color and design. During the tournament, Osaka, 23, ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government said on Friday it would end a state of emergency in all but Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures at the end of this month, a week earlier than scheduled, as new coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

Survivors of a house fire that killed a couple in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi filed an approximately 140-million-yen (about $1.3 m ... ( read original story ...)

Australian Open 2021 champion Naomi Osaka surprised a ballgirl from the Grand Slam tournament by posting a picture of her celebrating on social media. ( read original story ...)

Nearly half of Tokyo high schools ask students with hair that is wavy or not black to submit certificates confirming that their hair is not artificially altered, public broadcaster NHK has reported. ( read original story ...)

Japan will end a coronavirus state of emergency early in some regions as the pace of infection slows, reports said Friday, less than five months before the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)

Golf has surged in its popularity in Japan amid the coronavirus pandemic as a sport that can be enjoyed in the great outdoors, avoid ... ( read original story ...)

There are many questions heading into the 2021 J.League season: How will having 22 teams and four relegated affect the action? When will all the foreign players have arrived in the country? And could ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government is looking to end a state of emergency in all but Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures at the end of this month, a week earlier than scheduled, the minister in charge of ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's industrial output rose for the first time in three months in January thanks to a pickup in global demand, in a welcome sign for an economy still looking to shake off the drag of the ... ( read original story ...)