Tag: sapporo

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Japan's leading mobile operator Docomo has invested in Hatch, a spin-off of Angry Birds game maker Rovio, to bring 5G gaming to Japanese consumers, Rovio said on Wednesday. Hatch ... ( read original story ...)

Five central and western prefectures in Japan have reported cases of the highly contagious virus at farms since January, Kyodo News reported. "We are facing an extremely serious situation," Agricultur... ( read original story ...)

Abe said Japan and Germany would work together to keep the global economy growing. "In order to do so, we need to minimize the impact on the global economy from Brexit," Abe said at a joint news confe... ( read original story ...)

My Japanese fans were always excited when i wrote ... Pete Davidson shares struggle with borderline personality disorder In other Grande news, a Las Vegas artist is suing the pop star, alleging ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe praised the Bank of Japan's ultra-loose monetary policy for helping create jobs, suggesting the government wasn't unduly worried that inflation rem... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - World number one Naomi Osaka has pulled out of next week’s Qatar Open with an unspecified back injury, tournament organizers said on Tuesday. Osaka, who was set play for the ... ( read original story ...)

World Number one and two-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka has pulled out of next week's Qatar Open because of a back injury, tournament organisers said on Tuesday. No more details were given ... ( read original story ...)

Longevity in Japan is another factor behind the aging of its population and rising costs for elder care. Aso retracted his comment when asked about it during a parliamentary session on Monday. He apol... ( read original story ...)

msh/nm (AFP, dpa, Reuters) DW editors send out a selection of the day's hard news and quality feature journalism. You can sign up to receive it here. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has met Japanese P... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso has reluctantly apologized for saying childless people are to blame for the country’s rising social security costs and its aging and declining population. Aso ... ( read original story ...)

(Japan News-Yomiuri) By taking advantage of the antioxidant properties of polyphenol in the cacao used to make chocolate, it is possible to extend the freshness of choco-buri compared to regular farm- ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that ... perspective and also from the perspective of many European partners,” Merkel told a news conference with Abe. “And we hope ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Britain to avoid a no-deal Brexit. The two were speaking Monday at a joint news conference in Tokyo after holding talks. Mer... ( read original story ...)

The spectacular Sapporo Snow Festival is underway in Japan. Running between 31 January and 11 February, the country's largest winter wonderland event on the northern island of Hokkaido is now in its 7... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and German Chancellor ... perspective and also from the perspective of many European partners," Merkel told a news conference with Abe. "And we hop... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG/TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese insurance companies have spent more than $50 billion on acquisitions over the past five years to become the world's second-largest buyer of insurance assets, and t... ( read original story ...)