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For your nighttime picnic under Tokyo's cherry blossoms, start with a comfortable blanket to sit on; waterproof is best for dewy evenings. Bring a compact, foldable chair if you prefer not to sit on ... ( read original story ...)

Deceitful contractors coax homeowners into undertaking costly and unnecessary repairs by falsely claiming their roofs are damaged. ( read original story ...)

Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday, five years after leaving an international body that regulates the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Olympic medalist and two-time world champion Shoma Uno of Japan is set to retire from figure skating. The 26-year-old placed fourth in March in the most recent world championships. He ... ( read original story ...)

Fantasy Springs guests will be able to enjoy sweet treats at all the port’s dining venues when it opens this June, but especially at the Ice Cream wagon. Fantasy Springs Ice Cream Wagon The wagon is ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Ano Kuwai will take part in her second Olympics in July with a whistle rather than a rugby ball in hand after being named in the 23-strong squad of match officials for the Sevens tournament in ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's inflation-adjusted real wages in March fell 2.5% from a year earlier, marking declines for two straight years, labour ministry data showed on Thursday.The pace of declines accelerated from the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s latest wage figures showed pay gains have now lagged inflation every month for two years even as a measure of the deeper trend points to steady growth. ( read original story ...)

Japanese trading house Itochu Corp. is in talks for a long-term contract to buy liquefied natural gas from the proposed Ksi Lisims project on Canada’s northwest coast, part of a wider push by Asian ... ( read original story ...)

It’s been almost 20 years, but there’s still a consensus across football that no final, matching club versus club on the international stage, has quite had the drama and suspense of the so-called ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese Defense Ministry is examining a video that purports to show a Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel in port, suspecting it ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka beats France's Clara Burel in straight sets in the Italian Open first round on her first appearance at the tournament since 2021. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Tokyo Disney Resort will open a new area on June 6 based on "Frozen" and other popular titles, aiming to boost visitor numbers and average customer spending by attracting young fans to the ... ( read original story ...)

Traders have abandoned expectations that Tokyo will intervene in the foreign exchange market to support the struggling currency. Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda sent a warning to the financial ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA, Japan -- The organizing committee of the 2026 Asian Games, to be held in the central Japanese prefecture of Aichi, plans to accommodate about 3,000 people in a docked cruise ship during the ... ( read original story ...)

They identified signaling from serotonergic neurons as important for maintaining reproductive function by sensing glucose availability and subsequently enhancing the release of the reproductive ... ( read original story ...)