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Coca-Cola launched its first ever alcoholic drink on Monday in Japan -- a fizzy, lemon-flavoured concoction laced with spirits that seeks to capitalize on the growing popularity of "chuhai" alcopops enjoyed especially by young women. Although the U.S. firm ... ( read original story ...)

PARIS: Japan's Naomi Osaka displayed the best and worst sides of her game in a 6-2 7-5 first-round win against American Sofia Kenin at the French Open on Monday. The 21st seed seemed en route to a nice morning stroll on court 3 in Paris but lost her focus ... ( read original story ...)

These are external links and will open in a new window Coca-Cola has launched its first alcoholic drink, a lemon flavoured alcopop, in Japan in a bid to tap new markets and consumers. In a global first for the US drinks giant, three fizzy lemon drinks went ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he would seek to convince President Donald Trump of the crucial role his country’s automakers play in boosting the U.S. economy. The Trump administration decided last week to begin a ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that from April 2018 it has been supplying its BluEarth-A AE-50 tires to Volkswagen AG subsidiary ŠKODA for use as original equipment (OE) on the automaker's Kodiaq. The BluEarth-A AE-50 tires are ... ( read original story ...)

Five years after an injury at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament nearly ended his career at the age of 25, Georgian wrestler Tochinoshin will return to Nagoya in July as an ozeki. The 30-year-old, whose real name is Levan Gorgadze and who will become the ... ( read original story ...)

A single pair of premium melons on Saturday fetched a record 3.2 million yen (US$29,300) at auction in Japan, where the fruit is regarded as a status symbol. Seasonal fruit offerings in Japan routinely attract massive sums from buyers seeking social ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — One of Japan’s most prominent former leaders, Yasuhiro Nakasone, has turned 100, fitting in a country known for longevity. As a World War II naval officer, he witnessed the depth of Japan’s defeat and devastation. He presided over Japan in ... ( read original story ...)

The success of the first Japanese Industrial Park at Mandal has led to a second project at Khoraj, and a slew of investments from Japanese industrial giants. With the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro project and the Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed Rail project ... ( read original story ...)

At Indian Wells, Naomi Osaka looked like she could beat any tennis player in the world. She’d entered the tournament unseeded, having never won a WTA title before. But in the heat of the desert, she proceeded—efficiently and almost cruelly—to ... ( read original story ...)

Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki ("Yatogame-chan Observation Diary"), a humorous 4-panel comic by Masaki Andou about a blunt and ill-tempered girl who speaks in Nagoya dialect, is being adapted into a TV anime. The production is currently in the planning ... ( read original story ...)

There’s a new pest in town and health officials say it’s much more dangerous than the chafer beetle. The Japanese beetle was first discovered last summer in Vancouver’s False Creek neighbourhood and City officials say more than 7.5 hectares of land ... ( read original story ...)

Takahiro Ishida (Twitter) TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 60-year-old suspected burglar who has claimed responsibility for more than 100 cases, reports TBS News (May 25). Earlier this month, Takahiro Ishida, of no known occupation ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a man sought in the swindle an elderly woman out of 1 million yen in Higashi Kurume City last month, reports Nippon News Network (May 25). On April 18, the woman was told on the telephone by a person claiming to be ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese beetle has been spotted in Vancouver and the race is on to keep the invasive species from spreading. For the time being, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ordered that plants and soil can’t be moved out of False Creek, Chinatown and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Three-quarters of Japanese companies have made no changes to sexual harassment policies over the last year and don’t plan to do so, a Reuters poll found, though awareness of harassment is on the rise. The survey results come after a top ... ( read original story ...)