A 49-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of killing two men and injuring two more in a hit-and-run in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, late on Dec ... ( read original story ...)
Families moving out of Tokyo to get up to ¥1 million per child
The increased amount will come on top of the maximum ¥3 million in base financial support already given to relocating families. ( read original story ...)
Twitter Users Report Errors, Disruption from New York to Tokyo
Thousands of Twitter Inc. users reported glitches and other issues with the social media service, one of the more significant disruptions since Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover triggered the loss of ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto’s Disastrous Year Continues With Another Closure
The ripple effect of another major crypto exchange shuttering some operations is causing cryptocurrencies to struggle.
Ex-BOJ Deputy Yamaguchi Emerging as Next Central Bank Head Contender -Sankei
Yamaguchi had been considered a less likely candidate compared with deputy governor Masayoshi Amamiya and former deputy Hiroshi Nakaso. Amamiya and Nakaso have both served under Kuroda, and long been ...
UPDATE 1-Hong Kong asks Japan to drop airport restrictions with 60,000 travellers affected
Hong Kong's government has asked Japan to withdraw a COVID-19 restriction that requires passenger flights from the financial hub to land at only four designated Japanese airports, saying the decision ...
Japan PM claims no plans for snap polls ‘for now’ as public support wanes
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said that he has no plans to immediately dissolve the lower house of parliament and call a snap election, although he said the move is "possible", according ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘Little Trains that Could’ battle for survival
In the driver's seat of a two-carriage train, Katsunori Takemoto puts on his white gloves and checks the antiquated gauges before setting out alongside cabbage fields in Japan's rural Chiba. ( read original story ...)
Dogecoin: The Japanese rescue dog who became the unlikely face of a crypto sensation
Kabosu, a Shiba Inu adopted by a kindly nursery school teacher near Tokyo, became internationally famous as a meme before finding herself fronting a spoof bitcoin challenger whose popularity is no lon ...
Asia-Pacific markets set to fall, taking lead from Wall Street’s losses
Asia-Pacific markets are set to fall, taking the lead from Wall Street's losses overnight as investors looked to the year ahead.
Sapporo pauses 2030 Winter Games bid — where does that leave Salt Lake City?
Will Salt Lake City’s Japanese rival for the 2030 Winter Games become ‘too hot to handle’ or be helped by IOC delaying decision on Olympic host? ( read original story ...)
Celtic deal for ‘new big project’ now ‘likely’ at Parkhead
Celtic have ‘every reason to be optimistic’ about their chances of signing Yokohama F. Marinos midfielder Tomoki Iwata, Dean Jones has told GiveMeSport ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open lower on Wall St. losses, COVID surge in China
Tokyo stocks opened lower Thursday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street, as a sharp rise in coronavirus infections in China damp ... ( read original story ...)
Families moving out of Tokyo to get up to 1 mil. yen per child
The government is set to offer families relocating from the Tokyo metropolitan area up to 1 million yen ($7,500) per child, up from 300,000 yen, as part of efforts to reduce population concentration ... ( read original story ...)
“Seems likely” – Journalist hints Celtic could soon sign 25 y/o star for Postecoglou
Celtic have ‘every reason to be optimistic’ about their chances of signing Yokohama F. Marinos midfielder Tomoki Iwata, journalist Dean Jones has told GiveMeSport. The 25-year-old appears to be ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s 2022 Stock Losses Limited by Defense, Reopening Bets
Gains in defense and reopening stocks countered losses in technology shares to help the Japanese equity market stave off the steep declines seen in global peers this year. With a sharp weakening of the yen from March into October also boosting the nation’s stocks, ( read original story ...)