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The COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics are expected to have a final price tag of about $13 billion, which would be about twice what was projected when the games were awarded to the city in 2013. ( read original story ...)

Refugee groups in Japan hope its support for Ukrainians could serve as a model for future humanitarian crises and conflicts, but the path forward remains unclear. ( read original story ...)

Japan Airlines (JAL) plans to make a decision in a year or two on the replacement of its ageing fleet of Boeing Co 767s and Embraer SA regional jets, a senior executive said on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

Salt Lake City and Utah business and political leaders want the 2030 Winter Games and those people may have gotten two small breaks because two of the other areas vying for the 2030 Olympics have run ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Tokyo shares opened higher Tuesday, as investors wait to hear Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell address ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo also says Beijing has ‘set up a new drilling facility for gas fields in a contested area’ of East China Sea - Anadolu Agency ... ( read original story ...)

The Osaka court ruling underscores how divisive the issue remains in Japan, the only member of the Group of Seven major industrialized nations that does not recognize same-sex unions. ( read original story ...)

Japan top court has ruled that the government is not liable for damages to those who suffered losses during the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese court ruled on Monday (June 20) that a ban on same-sex marriage is not unconstitutional, dealing a setback to LGBTQ rights activists in the only Group of Seven nation that does not allow ... ( read original story ...)

STORY: A Japanese court has ruled that a ban on same-sex marriage is not unconstitutional.The Osaka court said that marriage was defined as being only between opposite genders and not enough debate on ... ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo Revengers spinoff manga is set to debut later this summer. According to the franchise's Twitter account, the first chapter Tokyo Revengers ~Baji Keisuke Kara no Tegami~ (A Letter from Keisuke ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. soldiers and Japanese liaison officers can now wear a unique uniform patch combining the Japanese and American flags. ( read original story ...)

Former CEO of Harland and Wolff spent seven days in isolation due to testing positive for Covid-19 on a recent business trip to Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Jérôme Sans, who founded the Palais de Tokyo, will be the creative director of Lago/Algo, a new cultural centre in Mexico Citys ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 Olympian Tachlowini Gabriyesos will lead a six-member Athlete Refugee Team (ART) at next month's World Athletics Championships Oregon22. The 24-year-old Israel-based athlete, who fled ... ( read original story ...)

A small group of protesters gathered Sunday in central Tokyo and in the northern city of Sapporo to oppose Japan’s overtures to hold the 2030 Winter Olympics. About 50 people gathered in each locale ... ( read original story ...)