The governor of Japan's Niigata prefecture easily defeated his anti-nuclear opponent in an election on Sunday, public broadcaster NHK said, a result that could embolden members of the ruling party who ... ( read original story ...)
High temperatures grip much of Japan on Sunday
Unseasonable heat gripped much of Japan on Sunday, when some cities in the Kanto region saw the mercury exceed 35 degrees Celsius. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka’s mother opens on struggles Osaka family went through in book published
Naomi Osaka's mother Tamaki recently published a book that translates from Japanese to English as "Through the Tunnel: Just One More Day, My Days of Chasing a Reckless Dream" and there she described ... ( read original story ...)
Davis vs Romero: Naomi Osaka forced to “huddle in room” after hearing gunshots
Tennis star Naomi Osaka was left “petrified” after hearing what she believed to be gunshots outside the Barclays Center, while attending the Gervonta Davis vs Rolando Romero boxing fight. Osaka said ... ( read original story ...)
When Tokyo Burned
View Comments () In 1943, at Dugway Proving Ground, southwest of Salt Lake City, the U.S. Army built a Japanese village with rows of Japanese-styled homes, furnished with tatami mats and paper screens ... ( read original story ...)
Kashima lose to Tokyo to miss chance to surge clear at J1 League summit
Kashima Antlers are now winless in their last three games in the J1 League after a 3-1 loss to FC Tokyo and miss the chance to move clear at the top of the table. ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 tracker: New cases in Tokyo fall for 16th straight day
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 2,194 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with the daily total falling by 1,123 from a week earlier, down for the 16th day in a row. In the Japanese capital, four ... ( read original story ...)
The week in TV: The Flight Attendant; Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Witch Hunts; Tokyo Vice; Big Boys
Sky’s spiky airline espionage veers off course; 90s noir hits Japan; and Derry Girls’s Dylan Llewellyn stars in a big-hearted campus comedy ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s 5 trillion yen investment plan depends on India’s ‘investment atmosphere’, says Kawazu Kunihiko
The Japanese deputy chief of mission in India explained that 'investment atmosphere' entails stable energy supply, thrust on infrastructure development and stability in policy ... ( read original story ...)
Wild Knights beat Sungoliath in Japan League One final
Australian-born center Dylan Riley scored a decisive try in the 73rd minute Sunday as the Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights beat Suntory Sungoliath 18-12 in the inaugural final of Japan Rugby League One ... ( read original story ...)
Accessing Technical Education in Modern Japan
The well-known nineteenth-century British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), for example, lampooned what he considered a French over-reliance on books for training engineers, advising his ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shade Opals, level basketball series
Australia's youthful Opals have been forced into a game-three decider by Japan after the reigning Olympic silver medallists scored a 56-55 win in Sydney. ( read original story ...)
Japan to lower hurdle for initial funding for startups: Nikkei
Japan’s government aims to lift a requirement for entrepreneurs to pledge personal assets as security when raising initial funding for startups, the Nikkei newspaper reported. Read more at The ... ( read original story ...)
Soccer: Rock-bottom Kobe hit 4 past Sapporo for 2nd league win
Bottom-of-the-table Vissel Kobe thumped Consadole Sapporo 4-1 at home in the J-League first division Sunday, showing signs of improvement in their season's second win. Kobe, third last year, remain at ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka details terrifying experience as crowd panic after fight in New York
More info Tennis star Naomi Osaka has shared her terrifying experience on social media after being part of a crowd who panicked after gunshots were reportedly heard being fired outside the Barclays ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Recounts Bone-chilling ‘shooting’ Incident During WBA Lightweight Title Fight
Naomi Osaka in her tweet stated that she was petrified when she heard shouting and saw people running,yelling about shooting incident outside Barclays center. ( read original story ...)