The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 9:55 p.m. Naomi Osaka wore a black mask with the name of Breonna Taylor emblazoned across the front before the start of her U.S. Open ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Defence Minister Kono Says Still Undecided on Run for Ruling Party Leadership
Japan's Defence Minister Taro Kono said on Tuesday he is still undecided on whether to run as a candidate in a ruling Liberal Democratic Party election to replace Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as leader. ( read original story ...)
Largest faction of Japan’s ruling party backs Suga in leadership race: NHK
The largest faction of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has backed Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga to become the party's leader, giving him overwhelming support among its top brass ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Motegi: to decide whether to run in party leadership race in a day
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday he planned to decide "in 24 hours" whether to run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election to select Prime ... ( read original story ...)
Strong typhoon sweeping over Japan’s southernmost islands
A powerful typhoon was blowing over Japan's southernmost islands early Tuesday on course for Japan's main southern island and later the Korean Peninsula. Warnings issued for the area around Okinawa, ... ( read original story ...)
‘Anywhere Door’ on Nagoya campus is portal to imagination
A door that stands alone on the Nagoya University looks nothing out of the ordinary. But the aluminum-frame door, covered with brick-colored tiles, is something of a myste ... ( read original story ...)
The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Shigeru Ban Reimagining Tokyo’s Public Toilets
The Pritzker Prize–winning architect’s work elevates the experience of public spaces during an age of hyperconscious personal hygiene ... ( read original story ...)
Speculation swirls over Abe’s successor as surprise resignation triggers unease in Tokyo
The surprise resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — the longest-serving prime minister in modern Japanese history and one of Asia’s most influential leaders — has triggered unease in a region ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open slightly lower after recent rebound
Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Tuesday as investors opted to lock in gains made during a recent rebound. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 40.88 points, ... ( read original story ...)
Lisa’s In and Around Tokyo: Old Tama Hills ammo depot retooled for rest and recreation
The Tama Hills Recreation Center is a huge plot of land that stretches over the cities of Tama and Inagi in Tokyo. It has remained virtually untouched for more than 70 years. Owing to a combination of ... ( read original story ...)
Buffett’s Japan investment is a bet on inflation and volatility
The Sage of Omaha has disclosed a $6.3bn investment in the quintet, and signalled he will upsize it. In the context of Berkshire’s $150bn pile of cash and an overall equity portfolio north of $200bn, ... ( read original story ...)
Whoever replaces Shinzo Abe, Japan’s slow rot & subservience to US will likely continue
Do not judge Shinzo Abe’s Japan by those shiny new structures of the Tokyo Osaka maglev project that will be soon connecting the industrial heartland of Nagoya with the capital city. ( read original story ...)
Japan country profile
Provides an overview of Japan, including key events and facts about this earthquake-prone country on the western rim of the Pacific. ( read original story ...)
Djokovic, Osaka in action as very different U.S. Open begins
Former champions Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka headline Day One at the U.S. Open on Monday, as an unusual calm settled over Flushing Meadows for the first Grand Slam event since the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Warren Buffett invests $6bn in Japan’s five biggest trading houses
The 90-year-old US business tycoon hopes for ‘opportunities of mutual benefit’ ... ( read original story ...)
Matsushima ‘disappointed’ by Japan’s Eight Nations withdrawal
Japan full-back Kotaro Matsushima said on Monday the Brave Blossoms pulling out of a reported Eight Nations competition is a "disappointment" with the Top League put on hold and domestic-based players ... ( read original story ...)