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When the Tokyo market was focused on a dramatic tussle for the hotel and property group Unizo in mid-2019, Stephen Schwarzman placed calls to some of Japan’s most powerful and well-connected business ... ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga reiterated there was no need for Japan to enter a national state of emergency, even as health groups declared their own state of emergency for the medical system as ... ( read original story ...)

Holding 2020 Olympics next July — as Japan appears determined to do — is crazy. Kudos to Michael Phelps for stating the obvious: “The fact that you’re going to put ten thousand plus athletes, plus all ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. Open singles champion Naomi Osaka acknowledged athlete participation in protesting racism and police brutality in an op-ed that was published in the New York Times on ... ( read original story ...)

When the bodies of a mother and daughter were found in their apartment in Osaka's Minato Ward on Dec. 11, the latter had just 13 yen (about 1･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

The International Olympic Committee won’t require coronavirus vaccines of athletes competing at the Tokyo Games next summer, but the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is working on a plan to ... ( read original story ...)

A rare giant squid measuring 10 feet in length was found washed ashore, largely intact, on the western coast of Japan, according to a local press report. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Finance Ministry approved a budget of $51.5 billion for the Defense Ministry, which is $3.5 billion lower that the Defense Ministry requested in September. ( read original story ...)

A Trump-supporting group in Japan's Osaka help a march campaigning for the re-election of the former president. Participants of the march carried placards showing "stop the steal", "four more years" ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya Grampus clinched third place and an Asian Champions League playoff berth with a 1-0 win over Sanfrecce Hiroshima on Saturday, the last day of the J. League top flight season. Naoki Maeda struck ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's cabinet approved on Monday a record $1.03 trillion budget draft for the next fiscal year starting in April 2021, the Ministry of Finance said, as the coronavirus and stimulus spending puts ... ( read original story ...)

We’re affected by bias and racism, just like everyone else. Why shouldn’t we say so? By Naomi Osaka Ms. Osaka is an athlete. Naomi Osaka at the 2020 U.S. Open women’s singles final.Credit...Chang W. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks closed lower on Monday as investors weighed the impact of spreading Covid-19 infections on the economy against the positive effects of new US and Japanese stimulus packages. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Cabinet approved a ninth straight increase in the nation's defense budget as the government bolsters funding to develop longer-range cruise missiles and stealth fighters ... ( read original story ...)

The support group of a former information technology minister held a political fundraising party at a hotel here on the evening of Dec. 18, w･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's cabinet on Monday approved a record budget proposal for the next fiscal year from April, including stimulus for the pandemic-hit economy and another hike in defence spending to counter China. ( read original story ...)