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The Triathlon New Zealand team are counting down to Yokohama this weekend, the third event in the World Triathlon Series. Five athletes will take to the start line including female series leader Andrea Hewitt. In the men's race; Ryan Sissons, Tony Dodds ... ( read original story ...)

Korean carrier EastarJet in the 3 rd quarter of 2017 plans to introduce add service to Hokkaido, with the offering of Seoul Incheon – Sapporo New Chitose route ... in 2010 and continues to provide breaking news on new routes and schedule changes to ... ( read original story ...)

“There’s a certain amount of relief in the market,” Mitsuo Shimizu, deputy general manager at Tokyo-based Japan Asia Securities, told Bloomberg News. The dollar dipped to 112.77 yen from 112.80 yen in New York Friday. A weaker yen is positive for ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's benchmark stock index rose 1.35 per cent at the start today after pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron swept his far-right rival Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election. Tokyo's benchmark stock index rose 1.35 per cent at the start today ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Tokyo's benchmark stock index rose at the start Monday after pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron swept his far-right rival Marine Le Pen in France's presidential election. The Nikkei 225 added 1.35 per cent, or 263.31 points, to sit at 19,709.01 ... ( read original story ...)

But in Japan, the orphan from Prince Edward Island is more than just a quaint Canadian import - she's a national heroine. As he approached the farmhouse with the forest green shutters and opened the old-fashioned wooden door, Terry Dawes readied himself ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA, Japan – The head of the Asian Development Bank ... ADB President Takehiko Nakao told reporters at a news conference wrapping up the bank's annual meeting that it "isn't really good" that the second largest shareholder in the development bank ... ( read original story ...)

French expats in Japan queue up outside the French embassy in Tokyo to cast their vote in the second round of the French Presidential Election. Rough cut. No reporter narration. ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION). French expats queue up to cast their ... ( read original story ...)

Practising in his cramped Tokyo apartment, Yusuke Momochi demonstrates to Gotsu ... At Hot Docs earlier this week, Gotsu pointed out to CBC News that "gamers are living in a 60 frames-per-second world." Daigo Umehara, the film's other main focus, is ... ( read original story ...)

Most major media covered the March 22 Tokyo news conference where Sachiko Kishimoto of the nonprofit organization Oocyte Donation Network (OD-Net) explained how a woman in her 40s had recently given birth to a daughter who had been conceived using the ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people paraded through Tokyo’s Shibuya district on Sunday, demonstrating their hopes Japan will further embrace gender equality and diversity. The parade was held as the finale of the annual Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

Posing at the newly opened bronze statue of Hanako the elephant in Tokyo are sons of late politician Somwang Sarasas, |who gave the pachyderm as a gift of friendship to Japan in 1949. From left, Sriphob, Chinavais and Ukrit Sarasas. A BRONZE STATUE of ... ( read original story ...)

In Japan, a dye job can do you in. According to a new survey published by Tokyo news outlet The Asahi Shimbun, 57% of public high schools in the city require students to prove that their hair color is natural. The measure is designed to uphold strict ... ( read original story ...)

Naoki Ohashi allegedly posed as a sex parlor worker in sexually assaulting a woman at a love hotel in April (TV Asahi) TOKYO (TR ... to receive training at a hotel to be hired,” TBS News reported (May 4). After the incident, Ohashi told the victim ... ( read original story ...)

I’ve never seen such a spectacle in my life. After two days of attending conventions and business meetings in Tokyo, it was time to fulfill my lifetime dream to watch the concert of a living legend Paul McCartney who is turning 75 on June 18. ( read original story ...)

people in Japan are now paying for impostors. Ryuichi Ichinokawa runs something called a "rental family" company and business has never been better. For a fee, he and his staff will impersonate your parents, your boss, even your spouse, reports CBS News ... ( read original story ...)