Japanese household spending fell for a second month in December as rising inflation offset otherwise robust private consumption fuelled by the country's reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic. Real ... ( read original story ...)
Japan confirms FX interventions twice in Oct to support yen
Japan confirmed on Tuesday that it did intervene in the foreign exchange market twice in October to support its yen currency, Ministry of Finance (MOF) data showed on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Osaka Ferris wheel offers toasty winter ride with heated kotatsu table, oden hot pot
Japan's tallest Ferris wheel, towering 123 meters, is holding an event in which passengers can enjoy an "oden" winter hot pot dish in a gondola with a heated "kotatsu" table and stay warm while ... ( read original story ...)
Football: Japan to face Colombia in March friendly in Osaka
Japan will play an international friendly against Colombia at Osaka's Yodoko Sakura Stadium on March 28, the Japan Football Associati ... ( read original story ...)
NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Title Match Set For NJPW New Beginning In Osaka
New Japan Pro-Wrestling has announced that Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, and Ren Narita will challenge House of Torture (EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takashashi) for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Public Toilet Puts On a Mesmerizing Light Show
Tomohito Ushiro's design features billions of shifting lighting patterns and encourages people to use the restroom without "feeling stress." ... ( read original story ...)
7.5-foot-long sword from 4th-century Japan may have ‘protected’ deceased from evil spirits
Archaeologists have unearthed an oversized ceremonial iron sword and a bronze mirror shaped like a shield from a 1,600-year-old burial mound in Nara, Japan. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Long-Awaited Return to Geopolitics
Analysis: Japan’s Long-Awaited Return to Geopolitics Japan’s Long-Awaited Return to Geopolitics... | View Comments () In geopolitics, rarely do we realize that a tectonic shift is taking place the ... ( read original story ...)
Comfort women issue won’t be raised in Tokyo visit
Malacañang reiterated Monday that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will not raise the issue of World War II sexual slavery victims ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Letter: Birth policies seek to bolster waning population
Japanese people are having fewer children but, in the face of the climate crisis, should larger families be encouraged? ( read original story ...)
Golden girl HIdilyn vs Tokyo Olympian Ando
Paris Olympics is just around the corner. One year to go and everyone's getting excited. As in other sports, weightlifting too is feeling the heat.Everyone now is asking ... ( read original story ...)
As US planes bombed Japan in World War II, the Japanese sent balloons across the ocean to try to set the US on fire
Japan had limited resources, and bomb-laden balloons were a low-tech way to launch long-range attacks against the US mainland. ( read original story ...)
Canada isn’t doing enough to protect horses flown to Japan for slaughter, advocates say
Animal welfare advocates have filed a legal complaint with Ottawa after a December 2022 shipment of live horses to Japan exceeded the legal 28-hour limit without food, water or rest. However, the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo eyes chip revival, but its obedience to US in the way
On July 1, 1987, a group of US lawmakers staged one of the most iconic "Japan-bashing" acts during the height of the US-Japan trade war. Blasting Japanese electronics giant Toshiba for allegedly ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida Apologizes for Aide’s Anti-LGBTQ Comments
Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida apologized for discriminatory comments made by one of his aides last week, reiterating the government’s policy of “respecting diversity and creating an inclusive ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka Gas posts 9-month $10-mln loss on Freeport LNG project
Japanese natural gas distributor Osaka Gas Co posted a 1.3 billion yen ($9.9 million) loss for the April-December period, after a fire at the Freeport liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant which has yet ... ( read original story ...)