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Experts have warned that the rising trend of infections in northern regions could be the result of people spending time in poorly ventilated rooms as temperatures drop. ( read original story ...)

A central Japan zoo housing the world's largest variety of primates issued an apology on its website on Nov. 5 over an inappropriate post on ... ( read original story ...)

Experts have warned that the rising trend of infections in northern regions could be the result of people spending time in poorly ventilated rooms as temperatures drop. ( read original story ...)

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH SPEAKING ABOUT UPCOMING TOKYO OLYMPICS 2. (SOUNDBITE)(English) INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH, SAYING: "Making the ... ( read original story ...)

As befits someone who likes to buy funds and hold them for many years, I struggle to ditch the poor performers in my portfolio. When confronted with a serial underperformer, my first instinct is to ... ( read original story ...)

On Thursday, fellow Japanese player and friend Kei Nishikori served up some news on behalf of Osaka by wearing her newest Nike kicks. Osaka teamed up with Nike and Japanese fashion brand Comme des ... ( read original story ...)

The four-country friendly gymnastics event in Tokyo on Sunday will be a run-through for COVID-19 safety protocols in the run-up to the rescheduled Olympics. They were moved from July of 2020 to July ... ( read original story ...)

Nearly 49 million people have been infected world-wide and more than 1.23 million have died, according to Johns Hopkins. **Japan:** The country reported 1,054 new cases, the first time since Aug. 21 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - At an upscale hotel in Tokyo, gymnasts from the United States, Russia, China and Japan are getting a taste of what more than 11,000 athletes might experience when the city hosts the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index closed on Friday at its highest level since November 1991 as individual investors bought up the shares of blue-chip companies at the expense of smaller, more speculative ... ( read original story ...)

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news ... ( read original story ...)

A lone daikon radish has been attracting attention from locals after it was recently discovered growing by the foot of a busy pedestrian overpass in the heart of the metropolis of Osaka in western ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama FC forward Koki Saito will move to Belgian second-division side Lommel at the end of the season, club sources said Thursday. The 19-year-old Saito ... ( read original story ...)

The meet itself involving 30 gymnasts is largely meaningless. What’s important is for Japanese government and Olympic officials to show that foreign athletes can enter Japan safely and not spread ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo this weekend hosts an international gymnastics competition described as a "litmus test" of its ability to hold sports events during the pandemic, less than a year before the virus-delayed ... ( read original story ...)

Birth rate remains stubbornly low despite series of government initiatives encouraging couples to have bigger families ... ( read original story ...)