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The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee appointed Hiroshi Sasaki on Wednesday as the head creative director for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics and ... ( read original story ...)

Offering medical care to both regular patients and COVID-19 patients in Japan are becoming difficult, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Wednesday, as daily infections rose to record highs ... ( read original story ...)

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune has become the first of Japan’s Big Four law firms to let foreign lawyers become full equity partners, as the quartet fights international rivals for advisory work on ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Olympics officials on Wednesday announced a new creative team that will be responsible for redesigning the opening and closing ceremonies at next year's Games, which will be pared back due to ... ( read original story ...)

Organisers of the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics said Wednesday they have picked a new creative director to redesign "simpler and more restrained" opening and closing ceremonies for next ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese man dubbed the "Twitter killer" has withdrawn an appeal of his guilty verdict and death sentence over the murder of nine people, a court official said Wednesday. Takahiro Shiraishi, 30, ... ( read original story ...)

A truck laden with kitchen sinks, cutlery, pots and pans pulls up to a warehouse in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, and workers begin to unload the goods taken from shuttered restaurants - victims of the ... ( read original story ...)

A specialty store selling more than 250 kinds of face masks has opened at a shopping and entertainment complex in this city south of Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

Joint Russia and China patrol over the Pacific signals stronger military ties between Moscow and Beijing ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese people from the United Kingdom from Thursday following the emergence of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, public broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka, writing in The New York Times on Monday, urged athletes to use their platforms to speak out on social issues and defy those telling them to stick to sports. En route ... ( read original story ...)

The official cost of the postponed Tokyo Olympics has increased by 22% to $15.4 billion, according to the local organizing committee. ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesday he wanted to meet with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden as soon as possible to discuss the U.S.-Japan security alliance, the coronavirus pandemic ... ( read original story ...)

The official cost of the postponed Tokyo Olympics has increased by 22%, the local organizing committee said Tuesday in unveiling its new budget. In an on-line news conference, organizers said the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo has dedicated Y57.6 billion ($557 million) to its developmental F-X fighter in its next financial year starting 1 April 2021, as well as earmarking funds for a range of other aircraft. ( read original story ...)

One of Hokkaido's most well-known shrines is Hokkaido Shrine, also called Hokkaidō Jingū, and it is one of the go-to "power spots" in the prefecture. From locals to sightseers from abroad, there are ... ( read original story ...)