Police suspect inside job in Yokohama Trading robbery

An inside job is suspected in the robbery of the Yokohama Trading head office, from where over $17M was stolen in a gun-point hold up on Monday. A police source told Stabroek News yesterday that the matter is being thoroughly investigated and given special ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 organisers approve baseball-softball in Fukushima

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fukushima Prefecture could play a part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after organisers on Wednesday approved a plan to hold part of the baseball-softball competition in the disaster-hit region. The prefecture was devastated by the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 organizers approve baseball-softball in Fukushima

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach raised the possibility of Fukushima opening the baseball-softball competition at the World Forum on Sport and Culture in Tokyo last month. The prefecture is one of three proposed venues ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo student accused of shoving girlfriend into oncoming train

A male Tokyo university student shoved his girlfriend off a train platform into an oncoming train in Yokohama (TBS News) KANAGAWA (TR) – A male Tokyo university student was arrested on attempted murder charges for allegedly shoving his girlfriend into an ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 medals to be made of recycled metals

Tokyo : Medals for the Tokyo Olympics will be made from old smartphones and other electronic products, organisers said Wednesday, as they look to give the Games an environmentally friendly hue. "Medals made with recycled metals from discarded mobile phones ... ( read original story ...)

Japan finance officials in emergency talks after U.S. election

HONG KONG (CNNMoney) - Japan's top economic officials are scrambling to respond to the financial market turmoil unleashed by the U.S. presidential election. The country's finance ministry and central bank were holding an emergency meeting Wednesday ... ( read original story ...)

Olympics: Sapporo shows 2026 Winter Games plan to JOC

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto paid a call on Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda in Tokyo on Tuesday to present the city's plan for hosting the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2026. "I asked him to think about Japan's bidding to host ... ( read original story ...)

Sinkhole takes bite out of Japanese city

Parts of a main street collapsed in the heart of Fukuoka in southern Japan on Tuesday, creating a massive sinkhole and cutting off power, water and gas supplies to parts of the city. Stoplights and sidewalks tumbled more than 10 metres as the earth ... ( read original story ...)

Huge sinkhole swallows street in Fukuoka, Japan

A giant sinkhole swallowed a five-lane street in the centre of one of Japan's biggest cities on Tuesday morning. The collapse began at around 05:00 local time (20:00 GMT Monday) near Hakata Station, the busiest in Fukuoka city in the southern island of Kyushu. ( read original story ...)