The 113-year-old merry-go-round, which arrived in Tokyo after stints in Germany and Coney Island, is now in storage, its fate uncertain in a country that tends to preserve only the very old. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s MonotaRO invests $15 million in Industrybuying, enters into JV with parent company
MonotaRO will acquire a majority stake in Gurugram-based Industrybuying.com, which is the SME supply business of Emtex Engineering. ( read original story ...)
Malaysians donate coronavirus protective gear to Japan hospitals
SAPPORO – A group of Malaysians who formerly studied in Japan have donated hundreds of items of nonwoven protective clothing for Japanese hospital staff to use amid the coronavirus pandemic. The ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Is Paying Firms to Make Things at Home. But China’s Pull Is Still Strong.
Japan is attempting a delicate balancing act as the pandemic has underlined the risks of the world’s economic reliance on Beijing. ( read original story ...)
Central Japan city mayor demands resignation of governor of his own prefecture
Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura on Sept. 25 submitted a petition to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly demanding that the local legislature vote o ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya mayor demands Aichi Pref. assembly vote on resolution seeking gov.’s resignation
Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura on Sept. 25 submitted a petition to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly demanding that the local legislature vote o ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM tells U.N. Tokyo is determined to host Olympics next year
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday Japan is determined to host the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 after the games were postponed due to the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new prime minister vows to host Olympics next year
Japan’s new prime minister said Saturday that he’s determined to host the Tokyo Olympic Games next summer as “proof that humanity has defeated the pandemic.” The 2020 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga ‘determined’ to hold Olympics despite pandemic
Japan is "determined" to host the postponed Olympic Games in 2021 despite the coronavirus pandemic, the country's newly elected prime minister told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Tennis-Osaka pulls out of tournament semis to protest racial injustice
Naomi Osaka pulled out of the semi-finals of the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament on Wednesday in protest at racial injustice. Osaka, who has a Japanese mother and Haitian father and has ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s base strike capability ‘necessary’: Defense chief Kishi
Developing the capability to strike enemy bases in response to an impending missile launch is "necessary to protect our nation," Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said Friday, weighing in on a possible ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga and China’s Xi agree to pursue high-level contacts in first talks
Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday he had agreed with Chinese President Xi Jinping in their first talks to pursue high-level contacts in a bid to promote regional and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM to tell U.N. Tokyo is determined to host Olympics next year
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is set to tell the United Nations General Assembly on Friday that Japan is determined to host the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 after the games were postponed due to ... ( read original story ...)
Want to Be Successful in 3 Easy Steps? Just Observe Naomi Osaka
Earlier this month, 22-year-old Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka defeated Belarusian Victoria Azarenka to win the 2020 U.S. Open Women's Singles title, her second triumph at the annual Grand Slam. The ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Planners Detail Cost Cutting for Summer Games
Tokyo Olympics organizers detailed modest cuts to reduce costs and coronavirus risk the Games next summer, but didn’t reduce athlete numbers or alter plans for opening and closing ceremonies. ( read original story ...)
Diacks’ $55m of suspicious bank transfers linked to Tokyo Olympic bid
More than $55m was transferred in and out of suspicious bank accounts linked to Lamine Diack and his son, Papa Massata, according to a huge leak of secret financial documents ... ( read original story ...)