During a recent interview on Night and Day Network, Tokyo Toni shared it’s hard to believe her daughter, Blac Chyna, made $20 million a month on OnlyFans last yea ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka venture halts developing COVID vaccine after clinical trials fail to show effects
Pharmaceutical venture AnGes Inc. announced on Sept. 7 that it has suspended the development of a coronavirus vaccine. ( read original story ...)
‘We felt played’: Singaporeans say they were made to wander around Tokyo airport during 9-hour Scoot flight delay
Japan has eased Covid-19 restrictions to allow more foreign tourists into the country – good news for people who missed the sushi and ramen there.But several travellers from a Singapore tour group ... ( read original story ...)
‘A new way of life’: the Marxist, post-capitalist, green manifesto captivating Japan
Kohei Saito’s book Capital in the Anthropocene has become an unlikely hit among young people and is about to be translated into English ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo court orders medical university to pay for gender-biased entrance exams
Tokyo District Court has ordered a medical university to pay compensation of roughly 127,000 dollars to a group of women who said their entrance exam scores were lowered because of their gender. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 9,240 new COVID-19 cases on Friday
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 9,240 new cases of coronavirus infection on Friday. The number is down more than 3,100 from last Friday. The daily tally in the capital has now fallen ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka police seek Brazilian suspect through Interpol over murder of wife, daughter
Osaka Prefectural Police announced on Sept. 8 that they have registered a Brazilian man sought in connection with the murder of his 29-year-o ... ( read original story ...)
Japan unveils near-term steps to offset hit from rising prices
Japan's government on Friday unveiled near-term stimulus steps to soften the economic blow of high food and energy prices on low-income households, businesses and farmers. ( read original story ...)
Half of Japan governing lawmakers tied to Unification Church
Japan's governing party said Thursday that an internal survey found that nearly half of its national lawmakers had ties to the Unification Church, in a widening controversy that emerged after the ... ( read original story ...)
Weak Yen a Chance to Lure Tourists, Tokyo Governor Says
Japan should take advantage of its plunging currency to encourage more foreign tourists, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike told Bloomberg News in an interview late on Thursday local time, adding she would ... ( read original story ...)
Envoys from Japan, S. Korea, US commit to stronger security ties amid fears of N. Korean nuclear test
Senior officials from Japan, the United States and South Korea have committed to strengthening security ties between the nations amid fears of potential nuclear tests from North Korea. The agreement ... ( read original story ...)
Sapporo and Japan NOC vow to ensure corruption-free bid for 2030 Winter Olympics
Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto and Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita have made a joint commitment to ensure that the city's ... ( read original story ...)
Scandal in Japan could bring the Winter Olympics to Utah earlier than expected
A bribery scandal in Japan could put Sapporo's 2030 Winter Olympics bid on shaky ground and clear the way for Salt Lake City. ( read original story ...)
Why it will now be more than a year before IOC picks host for 2030 Winter Olympics
A final decision on the host of the 2030 Winter Games between Salt Lake City; Sapporo, Japan; and Vancouver, Canada; was postponed from next May in India until September or October of 2023 at a ... ( read original story ...)
On heels of Hinnamnor, another typhoon may unleash ‘dire flooding situation’ in Japan
Parts of Japan that are still recovering from a devastating blow dealt by powerful Typhoon Hinnamnor face the potential for significant tropical impacts from an intensifying storm that is predicted to ... ( read original story ...)
Once-in-a-century dwarf bamboo flowering linked to rodent population outburst and disease outbreak
The rare, once-in-a-century large-scale flowering of a dwarf bamboo species may trigger a population boom of the Japanese field mice, leading to forestry damage and disease outbreaks, according to a ... ( read original story ...)