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OSAKA – Former Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto will visit Washington this month and is trying to set up a meeting with senior aides to President Donald Trump, sources close to him said Friday. Hashimoto, a high-profile politician whose candid remarks have ... ( read original story ...)

China's Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Japan's Kyodo news agency, citing diplomatic sources, said Tillerson was expected in Japan on March 17-18 and would meet Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. Tillerson and Kishida ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy coasted along with only slight improvements in January despite a rebound in corporate investment. Core inflation excluding volatile food prices rose 0.1 percent, mainly due to an uptick in energy prices, data released Friday showed. The ... ( read original story ...)

At the memorial service to mark 75 years since Japan first attacked Western Australia, the country’s deputy mission has expressed his country’s remorse for the first time. Takashi Katae told the crowd at Broome’s Bedford Park that he was honoured to ... ( read original story ...)

From right: Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC Managing Director S.R. Gnanam hands over the sponsorship contribution to The Music Project Trustee Shalini Wickramasuriya Tokyo Cement announced partnering with The Music Project, a non-profit initiative ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks declined Friday morning as Wall Street’s overnight losses created a dour market mood, while some investors opted for profits and to square away positions ahead of the weekend. stocks The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 27.22 points, or 0 ... ( read original story ...)

Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara on Friday criticized current Gov. Yuriko Koike over stalling the plan to relocate the famous but aging Tsukiji fish market. Ishihara admitted responsibility for giving final approval for the relocation plan as the head ... ( read original story ...)

The 84-year-old politician and writer will be summoned as a sworn witness on March 20 to a committee at the Tokyo metropolitan assembly looking into the relocation. To have fuller access to the Kyodo News website, it is necessary to subscribe. We offer a ... ( read original story ...)

To get an idea of just how popular the emulsion is in Japan, consider Tokyo’s mayonnaise museum, MayoTerrace. The building includes a wooden replica of a 450 g Kewpie squeeze bottle – the “Mayonnaise Dome” – and a Kewpie kitchen where you can try ... ( read original story ...)

The Investigative Project on Terrorism kindly allows Modern Tokyo Times to publish their articles. This important think tank provides essential information in the area of terrorism. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday issued a sharp warning to the private club set to host golf at the 2020 Tokyo Games: admit women or you’re out. On a visit to Tokyo to check on the city’s Olympic preparations, IOC vice ... ( read original story ...)

Kim Jong-nam reportedly fell out of favor with his father, the late Kim Jong-il, in 2001, when he was caught trying to enter Japan on a false passport to visit Tokyo Disneyland. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The club that is set to host the 2020 Olympic golf tournament must change its policy of excluding women as full members or the event will go elsewhere, IOC vice-president John Coates said Thursday. Coates, in Tokyo for a two-day co-ordination ... ( read original story ...)

Owls fluff up their feathers and preen beneath the stroking fingers of customers at Owl Village, one of many owl cafes that have popped up around Japan amid the nation’s pet cafe boom. Here children can play and pet the eight owls, while adults take ... ( read original story ...)

Last week, Sapporo staged the Asian Winter Games for the third time, and by most accounts it was a success, bringing in more athletes, coaches and officials than the city’s landmark 1972 Olympics. Akimoto recently told Kyodo News about the decision to ... ( read original story ...)

His more recent works still depict violence, though the Japanese director says the nature of the violence has changed -- from whimsical "cyberpunk" horror to horrifying reality. That's why he identified so closely with Martin Scorsese's grueling epic ... ( read original story ...)