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TOKYO - Japan's plan to launch a magnetic levitation (maglev) train service that will more than halve the travel time between Tokyo and Nagoya by 2027 is being derailed by fierce resistance over ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama’s 714R, an open shoulder drive tire engineered for urban pickup-and-delivery applications, now is available in sizes 225/70R19.5 (14) and 245/70R19.5 (16). The tire debuted at the TMC show in ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea reopened after being closed for four months due to the coronavirus pandemic, with hundreds of visitors applauding. ( read original story ...)

A view that institutional racism is a faraway problem is keeping the country from more fully confronting entrenched discrimination. ( read original story ...)

The United States has told Japan that it wants to organize an in-person Group of Seven leaders' summit in late August, two Japanese government sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters ... ( read original story ...)

A woman suspected of reselling bottles of rubbing alcohol at double the normal purchase price was reported to public prosecutors on July 1, ... ( read original story ...)

Personal mobility devices to transport passengers with limited mobility are rolling at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, in an automation play for labour shortage-hit Japan that has taken on new urgency as the ... ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo suburb on Wednesday imposed Japan's first ban on a habit seen around the world: pedestrians glued to their phone screens while walking, sometimes dangerously oblivious to their surroundings. V ... ( read original story ...)

CHELSEA will wear their new 2020-21 home kit against West Ham tonight – and there is a big change on the front of the shirt. The Blues’ £200million sponsorship deal with Yokohama Tyres ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Disney Resort welcomed visitors on Wednesday for the first time in four months after being closed due to the coronavirus, with fans practicing social distance as they returned to see Mickey ... ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. logged a record loss of 526.9 billion yen ($4.89 billion) in the fiscal year ended March due to costs rela ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo confirmed 67 new cases of coronavirus infection on Wednesday, marking the highest daily tally in the Japanese capital since the state of emergency was lifted in late May, public broadcaster NHK ... ( read original story ...)

This year they're going to get double the dose of "kawaii!" with AKB48's sister groups SKE48 and JKT48! SKE48, the Japanese idol group from Nagoya, and Indonesian idol group JKT48 will be performing ... ( read original story ...)

"How is anyone supposed to memorize this?" a doctor sitting in the back asked as Yoshihiro Masui, the director of Yokohama City Seibu Hospital's critical care centre, checked the slides. Weeks earlier ... ( read original story ...)

All of Disney's Asia parks have now officially reopened, with Tokyo Disney Resort welcoming visitors to its two theme parks from July 1. ( read original story ...)

The dismal readings reinforce expectations Japan is headed for deep recession due to the fallout from the pandemic. ( read original story ...)