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Disgraced Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has made a last-ditch attempt for eligibility at the Tokyo Olympics by lodging an appeal against his eight-year ban ... ( read original story ...)

A vacation rental company in Tokyo is giving couples the chance to get out of their tiny apartments during coronavirus lockdown and avoid #coronadivorce in the process. ( read original story ...)

Exotic dancer Aya Yumiko has been living off her savings since March waiting for the bars and clubs in Tokyo where she performs in burlesque shows to reopen. But a decision by Prime Minister Shinzo ... ( read original story ...)

Eight years after arriving from Brazil, Rennan Yamashita sat in a government office in central Japan, filling out forms for unemployment insurance after losing his job for the ninth or 10th time - he ... ( read original story ...)

In some cases, patients have been turned away from dozens of hospitals, even though Japan, with fewer than 15,000 cases, has relatively few Covid-19 patients. It also has more hospital beds a head ... ( read original story ...)

Beer brand Sapporo Australia has appointed independent agency Cummins&Partners as its new strategic and creative partner following a competitive pitch. Cummins&Partners will work on relaunching ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo Australia has appointed Cummins&Partners as their new strategic & creative partner after a competitive pitch. ( read original story ...)

As governments around the world weigh the pros and cons of reopening their economies before the novel coronavirus has been contained or cured, individual populations are debating how confident they ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese television network apologized for using the photograph of South Korea's first lady in a graphic depicting North Korea's ruling family. ( read original story ...)

FujiFilm's flu drug favipiravir (Avigan) has shown to be effective against Covid-19, and Japan is now shipping it to 43 countries for clinical trials. ( read original story ...)

Business Nissan to retrench further in new plan to focus on U.S., Japan, China. Posted . Nissan will reportedly pull back from Europe and elsewhere to focus on the United States, ... ( read original story ...)

Shinzo Abe says lockdown measures will remain in place in all regions until 31 May ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has extended the country’s state emergency until the end of the month, amid warnings that relaxing social distancing advice too early could flood already crowded ... ( read original story ...)

World Tokyo aquarium asks people to call their "lonely" eels. Posted . With no visitors gazing into their tank these days, staff at the Sumida Aquarium in Tokyo have come up with ... ( read original story ...)

Official leading COVID-19 response says number of new cases coming down, but not fast enough with hospitals still struggling. ( read original story ...)

Nissan Motor Co Ltd will pull back from Europe and elsewhere to focus on the United States, China and Japan under a plan that represents a new strategic direction for the embattled carmaker, ... ( read original story ...)