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Three Chinese nationals were arrested for operating a poker gambling den in Tokyo, police said, suspecting they made over 60 million yen ($413,000) in less than a year. Wang Yi, a 42-year-old resident ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reiterated on Sunday that he will aim for the elimination of all tariffs in trade negotiations with the United States. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong-based Ulana Switucha won a 2025 Sony World Photography Award for her photos of Tokyo public toilets. She explains their draw. ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo government has begun work to redevelop a two-kilometer expressway which encircles the capital's Ginza shopping district into an elevated greenway for pedestrians by the 2040s. The Tokyo Sky ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese police have arrested three Chinese nationals in the Amami Islands, near Okinawa, after thousands of protected hermit crabs were found stuffed into multiple suitcases. ( read original story ...)

Every day, a company in Japan receives some 15,000 complaints -- a number you'd think would tire even the best listener -- but in fact one co ... ( read original story ...)

Upstate New York woman Jessica “Jesse” Arguinzoni Olsen was only 37 at the time of her death last October 27 in Sasebo, Japan. ( read original story ...)

The Sapporo District Public Prosecutors Office has decided to have a 43-year-old man arrested on suspicion of killing his 10-year-old son undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he is ... ( read original story ...)

Former World No. 1 Naomi Osaka has won eight straight matches on clay and is in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia Round of 16 for the second straight year. ( read original story ...)

Osaka was followed by the Netflix crew throughout the 2019 and 2020 seasons before her documentary released in 2021. ( read original story ...)

A man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder for stabbing a male university student at the Tokyo Metro's Todaimae Station has stated he wa･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Two men suspected of breaking into an elementary school in the Japanese capital and attacking staff are facing new accusations of inflicting ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama FC forward Keisuke Muroi found the net in the 59th minute to secure a much-needed 1-0 win at home to Avispa Fukuoka in J-League first-division football on Saturday. Manager Shuhei Yomoda's ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama F. Marinos, stylised as Yokohama F·Marinos, is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League ... ( read original story ...)

The Rizin Fighting Federation heavyweight grand prix will wrap up its opening round next month. Via a press release sent out on Friday, the promotion broke the news of several new matchups that would ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Eighty-five years after his ticket was first issued for a similar event, a man was allowed to use it at this year's World Expo in Japan. ( read original story ...)