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News of the winning bid comes as experts warn that the total 2020 Summer Games budget could hit an eye-popping $30 billion - four times the initial estimate and almost triple that of the 2012 London Olympics. Tokyo metropolitan government officials ... ( read original story ...)

The Church will continue to grow in Sapporo, he said. “Members here are pioneers. ” sarah@deseretnews.com @SJW_ChurchNews The LDS Church News is an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The publication's content ... ( read original story ...)

He leaves on Tuesday. Some of the events on his itinerary include the Canada Food Expo in Tokyo and Taste Alberta and Canada Beef Food Festival in Shanghai. Bilous is also meeting with government and industry representatives. The cost of sending Bilous on ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. reported net income of 8.5 billion yen on net sales of 410.2 billion yen for the first three quarters of the year ended Sept. 30, 2016. That compares to income of 18.3 billion yen on sales of 443.7 billion yen in the year-ago ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya has been featured heavily in magazines and TV programs recently as the city that people hate the most. Magazines and broadcasters are branding the people of Nagoya as closed-minded and stingy, and ridiculing its unique cuisine, including toast with ... ( read original story ...)

... for groping an elderly woman and a university student at a department store in the Umeda area of Osaka City while intoxicated, Nippon News Network reported on Sunday (Nov. 13). Iori Fukumoto, 23, of the Toyonaka Police Station, allegedly groped the ... ( read original story ...)

Of course, this will still be seen in "Tokyo Ghoul" Season 3. With his new self as half ghoul half human, he will fight the desire to eat human flesh in order to stay alive. There are have been news that "Tokyo Ghoul" Season 3 is arriving before this year ... ( read original story ...

A man used his fists to beat his superior who later died from his injuries in Tokyo (TBS News) TOKYO (TR) – A man beat his drunk superior who later died from his injuries to his face in Kita Ward, police said on Sunday. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Asian shares were mostly lower Monday but Japan's benchmark ... The dollar being sought as a safe haven after the U.S. election is also good news for Japan Inc.'s giant exporters. WALL STREET: The Dow lost 0.2 per cent on Friday to 18,847.66. ( read original story ...)

But since the election result, the yen has fallen against the dollar. That makes Japanese goods cheaper abroad, which is good news for the country's exporters. The latest official data showed the world's third-largest economy expanded by 0.5% compared with ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka, Japan, 13 November 2106 – After lunch yesterday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama continued his explanation of Shantideva’s ‘Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life’. In his summary of the essence of the text he stressed that the most important ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said the male driver was attempting a left turn at an intersection in Koganei City when he struck 61-year-old cyclist Yuko Matsuda, who suffered a strong blow to her head when she was thrown off, Nippon News Network ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese pitcher Shohei Otani added to his reputation as a powerful hitter on Sunday when he hit a fly ball that didn’t come down. Otani’s towering fly ball in the seventh inning of an exhibition game against the Netherlands got lodged ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police said on Friday. The driver was trying to park his car when he careened over a parking block into a Family Mart branch in the Misono area at around 1:30 p.m., Nippon News Network reports (November 11). Two customers were struck by ... ( read original story ...)

At the same time, Uber’s expansion in cities such as Tokyo has been limited by strict regulations which limit ride-sharing services to locations too small to support public transport. Only licensed black car or taxi drivers are permitted to ferry ... ( read original story ...)

“Japanese stocks rose to their highest level since April in the morning, and we saw profit taking before heading into the weekend,” said Masayuki Otani, chief market strategist at Securities Japan Inc. in Tokyo. “There might be more references to ... ( read original story ...)