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Tokyo Marathon top 10 results from men’s and women’s elite races. Full results are here. ... Men 1. Benson Kipruto (KEN) — 2:02:16 2. Timothy Kiplagat (KEN) -- 2:02:55 3. Vincent Kipkemoi (KEN) -- ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government is discussing officially stating that the country’s economy has overcome deflation, Kyodo reported Saturday, citing several unidentified people familiar with the matter. ( read original story ...)

A Thai man whose disappearance in Osaka prompted an online plea for help has been located, his brother said on Saturday afternoon. ( read original story ...)

Japan's lower house of parliament passed the government's budget for the coming fiscal year in a rare Saturday session, a win for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida whose public support has slumped.The vote ... ( read original story ...)

In the U.S. and Canada, FloTrack will stream the Tokyo Marathon starting at 6:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 2. The men’s and women’s elite fields will start racing at 7:10 p.m. ET and are expected to ... ( read original story ...)

PV Expo Tokyo 2024, Japan's main solar industry event, has concluded with record numbers, innovative products, and new trends. Storage auctions and new rules for power purchase agreements (PPAs) are ... ( read original story ...)

Only 1,100 lucky audience members were there to hear the yet-to-be published short story “Kaho,” read aloud by bestselling Japanese author Haruki Murakami himself. ( read original story ...)

Travelers from JFK would previously have had to fly All Nippon Airways (ANA) or Japan Airlines, or connect through another city to reach Tokyo.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya has a new high-rise hotel with some of the best sweeping views in the city. Without a doubt, it will delight travelers with money to burn on its larger rooms and suites — while confounding ... ( read original story ...)

Not a single Tokyo district managed to crack the top two "desirable places to live" in the national capital region survey for 2024, run by Re･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

There’s no better place to see them in than a park called Harvest Hill in Minami Ward, Sakai City, just south of Osaka, where you can find over 500,000 of the yellow blossoms. As Osaka Prefecture’s ... ( read original story ...)

As a Japanese moon lander again went dormant, controllers bid farewell. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei stock index made gains during trading Friday, continuing its climb into record territory and closing the week just shy of the 40,000 mark. The Nikkei gained 744.63 points or 1.9% Friday ... ( read original story ...)

Average prices for new apartments in Japan’s capital of Tokyo hit a record high last year, with the average price of new apartments surpassing ¥100mn ($665,000) for the first time. Over the past five ... ( read original story ...)

While honoring the 82nd anniversary of the Doolittle Raiders April 18, 1942 attack on Tokyo, let’s remember Gowanda Raider Joseph W. Manske. Just 34 months before the mission that stunned Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)

Two former Cabinet ministers belonging to Japan’s governing party’s key faction behind a major corruption scandal that has rocked the government renewed denial they had any role in running slush funds ... ( read original story ...)