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The idea was said to have been put forward last summer by the then-mayor of Osaka Ichiro Matsui, who is said to have a fondness for cats. Earlier this year, the Japan Association for the 2025 World ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks extended their losses Thursday morning amid fears of prolonged U.S. monetary tightening, while the 10-year Japanese government yield hit its highest level in over nine years. The yield on ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's service sector activity expanded at a slightly slower pace in July as new business growth eased and cost pressures remained high, but the overall performance of the sector stayed solid amid the fading impact of COVID-19, ( read original story ...)

Warner Bros. apologizes for promoting 'insensitive' 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' memes after sparking backlash in Japan. ( read original story ...)

Residents in Okinawa, Japan, were warned to be on high alert for “storms, high tides, and landslides” for three days, as Typhoon Khanun lashed the country’s southernmost islands on August 2.Japan’s weather service said the storm was packing maximum sustained wind speeds of over 100 mph, ( read original story ...)

A metalworking company in the city of Osaka has won the inaugural Mini 4WD car racing tournament in which 35 manufacturing busi ... ( read original story ...)

It’s one of the world’s biggest comic book conventions. The third annual Tokyo Comic Con kicked off—just weeks since the death of comic book superhero legend Stan Lee. Reuters correspondent Mayu ... ( read original story ...)

Matchday 22 goes underway as SanFrecce Hiroshima faces Shonan Bellmare for a chance to win three flattering league points. Recent data from five direct H2H clashes show two (2) stalemates between the ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka's agent Stuart Duguid has credited Allyson Felix and her brother-cum-agent, Wes, for making it easy for him to deal with NIKE, among other sponsors, during the former World No. 1's ... ( read original story ...)

At least one person died and 35 were injured as Typhoon Khanun hit the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa Wednesday, leaving more than a third of households without power. ( read original story ...)

Warner Brothers has apologized after Barbie’s Japanese Twitter account said the main Barbie account's engagement with mashup memes was “extremely regrettable.” ( read original story ...)

A research group from Nagoya University has accurately simulated air turbulence occurring on clear days around Tokyo using Japan’s fastest supercomputer. They then compared their findings with flight ... ( read original story ...)

High winds hit power lines in Japan's popular tourist destination Okinawa, knocking out electricity to more than 200,000 households on Wednesday morning, as powerful and slow-moving Typhoon Khanun neared the country's southwestern islands. ( read original story ...)

Nomura Holdings, Japan’s largest brokerage by revenue, suffered its biggest one-day stock-price fall in more than two years Wednesday after its earnings showed weakness outside Japan. Nomura shares closed 8. ( read original story ...)

Deputy Governor Shinichi Ichida said there is "still a long way to go" before BOJ would even consider raising short-term interest rates to 0%. ( read original story ...)

The Warner Bros. Film Group has apologized after the Twitter account for its “Barbie” film sparked backlash over its embrace of memes that appeared to depict the character immersed in atomic blast imagery from Universal’s film “Oppenheimer. ( read original story ...)