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Maryse Zeidler is a reporter for CBC News in Vancouver, covering news from across British ... It was 75 years ago this week when the federal government issued an Order in Council to remove Japanese-Canadians from a 160-kilometre area off the B.C. coast ... ( read original story ...)

"Tokyo Ghoul" season 3 has been a long time coming, and fans are getting impatient with every passing day. However, the studio that animates the manga is not ready to break some news about its release. The anime's production team are giving no updates ... ( read original story ...)

THE Wellington Hurricanes have pulverised Japan Sunwolves in the opening match of their Super Rugby defence, winning 83-17. Last year’s champions battered the two-year-old side from pillar to post in their first foray to Japan, running in 13 tries to ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly heavyweight Shigeru Uchida, a former secretary-general of the ruling liberal Democratic Party’s Tokyo chapter, said Saturday he will not seek re-election when his current term ends in summer, citing age and health concerns ... ( read original story ...)

The 34-year-old was looking to better compatriot Dennis Kimetto's mark of 2:02.57 and wrest back the world record he lost in 2014 but was unable to take sufficient advantage of a new course design. "Today I was really feeling good and the course was very ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Wilson Kipsang of Kenya missed out on the world record but ran the fastest time ever on Japanese soil to win the Tokyo Marathon in two hours, three minutes and 58 seconds on Sunday. The 34-year-old was looking to better compatriot ... ( read original story ...)

With a new course that has eliminated some of the toughest elements, fast times are expected at the Tokyo Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday (26). Japan’s 2000 Olympic champion Naoko Takahashi, who ran the first sub-2:20 marathon in Berlin ... ( read original story ...)

2017 Tokyo Marathon top elites Wilson Kipsang, Dickson Chumba, Tsegaye Kebede, Amane Bersio, Amane Gobena, Birhane Dibaba, Masato Imai, Kazuhiro Maeda and Yuma Hattori. When we were kings - Kipsang, Chumba and Kebede, CR holders of Japan's three major men ... ( read original story ...)

"The ISSF Executive Committee and Administrative Council unanimously approved the recommendation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic program that aims ... Editing by Alison Williams) Next In Sports News ( read original story ...)

Workers in Japan are being told to cut out early as the country rolls out its new Premium Friday initiative. Companies are encouraged to let staff leave at 3 pm on the last Friday of every month. The hopes are the happy staffers will go out, have fun ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Fans of Haruki Murakami rushed to Japanese bookstores Friday to get his latest work with an esoteric title. "Kishidancho Goroshi," or "Killing Commendatore," is a two-part story about a 36-year-old portrait painter and what happens after his wife ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Prime Minister will spend Friday afternoon meditating while staff at some of the country’s biggest firms are also quitting work early – in time for a bit of shopping or maybe a boozy train ride. Welcome to Premium Friday, Japan’s latest bid ... ( read original story ...)

Men and women could be competing against each other in up to three Olympic shooting events at Tokyo in 2020, if a plan goes ahead to help achieve the IOC's goal of 50 percent female participation in the Games. Following a two-year evaluation process ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Asian markets slipped in muted trading Friday amid worries over U.S. trade policies that may affect regional economies. A stronger yen weighed on Japan's exporters. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 edged 0.2 per cent lower to 19,339.56 ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese first lady has resigned as "honorary principal" of a private elementary school run by a man with ultra-nationalistic views following an escalating controversy over the low price the school paid for government land. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ... ( read original story ...)

Media captionJapanese men compete in a bald tug-of-war contest More than 30 bald men in Japan are holding their annual get-together which includes an unusual variant of the tug-of-war rope pulling game. Competing "follicly challenged" individuals strived ... ( read original story ...)