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(TOKYO:4681) has announced that The Kahala Hotel & Resort Yokohama will open for business on September 23. One of the most famous hotels in Honolulu, The Kahala Hotel & Resort, has continued to be a ... ( read original story ...)

Once a premier industry event, Tokyo Game Show has been increasingly overshadowed by global competitors in recent years. But as the pandemic forces it online, some see a chance for reinvention. ( read original story ...)

It stands just over 18 metres tall and weighs 25 tonnes. And, after years of painstaking work, a life-size Japanese Gundam robot has just proved to its legions of fans that it really can move. ( read original story ...)

Six chunks of granite weighing between 5.1 and 7.6 kilograms each were found on a sidewalk beside a station building in this capital city o ... ( read original story ...)

A study last week from the University of Oxford showed Tokyo to be the most expensive Summer Olympics dating from 1960. And the meter is still running. ( read original story ...)

Seven matches. Seven masks. Seven names. Watching Naomi Osaka play the U.S. Open, I was inspired by how beautifully she wove her dominant athletic performance into another narrative. Believe me ... ( read original story ...)

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said his “best guess” is that next season will not start until at least January, acknowledging top players could miss next year’s Games. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened lower Wednesday amid continued concerns over the pace of global economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. In the first 15 minutes of trading ... ( read original story ...)

Located on the Yamashita Pier in Yokohama, Japan, the moving Gundam was constructed within a closed site where the public were not permitted. The 18-meter tall robot has been in the works since 2014, ... ( read original story ...)

Life-sized Gundam in Yokohama is now in testing mode.pic.twitter.com/51HVoraPb7 This is amazing, but it can’t possibly be real right? This is a deep fake, isn’t it? Part of me wants to know but ... ( read original story ...)

SAKAI, Osaka Prefecture--An inmate with a pre-existing condition plans to file a lawsuit against Osaka Prison, arguing that its rules have put him in a “life-threatening situation” of being infected ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Chinese President Xi Jinping are planning to hold talks by telephone on Friday, Kyodo News reported, their first discussion since Suga took over as Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

The only thing more difficult than staging next year's Tokyo Olympics in a pandemic might be convincing sponsors to keep their billions of dollars on board in the midst of ... ( read original story ...)

The Gundam Factory in Yokohama, just south of Tokyo, took their life-sized replica of the RX-78 model for a spin. Standing at 60-feet-tall and 25 tons, this marvelous recreation is capable of kneeling ... ( read original story ...)

MONEY HEIST is set to return for a fifth and final instalment, and fans of the Spanish thriller have predicted some major backstory about the show's narrator will finally be revealed. ( read original story ...)

21, 2020. People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk at a shopping mall in Yokohama near Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. A banner, front, reads " Yoshihide Suga ... ( read original story ...)