TOKYO (AP) — The head of Tokyo's city government has declined to weigh in on the future of Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda. Takeda is being investigated for his part in an allege... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops: Camper vans provided flexibility, cover to fraud ring
TOKYO (TR) – Earlier this month, Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested 14 suspected members of a most unique fraud ring. As Fuji News Network (Feb. 7) tells it, the ring was operated from several camper ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Frets Over ‘Nightmare Scenario’ as Trump Meets Kim Again
(Bloomberg) -- When U.S. President Donald Trump sits down to talk peace with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this month, one of America’s closest allies -- Japan -- will be looking on with appre... ( read original story ...)
Japan nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize after White House asked, newspaper reports
cited multiple government sources as saying the U.S. "informally" asked Japan to nominate Trump. Breaking News Emails SUBSCRIBE By Alex Johnson and Arata Yamamoto Just as President Donald Trump claime... ( read original story ...)
Split with Bajin not over money: Osaka
(Reuters) - World number one Naomi Osaka was adamant that her shock split with coach Sascha Bajin had nothing to do with money but it was because she was determined that her career would not be ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka on firing coach: Wants to be around people ‘I really like and truly care about me’
Naomi Osaka fired coach Sascha Bajin last week, two weeks after winning her second straight Grand Slam at the Australian Open. She did not give a reason, leaving a mystery as to why she would sever su... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka throws down gauntlet to star-studded Dubai field
Arab News picks out likely winners and glamor ties to keep an eye ... her first since her shock split with her coach Sascha Bajin. The German had helped guide Osaka to back-to-back Grand Slam triumphs ... ( read original story ...)
Trump claims Japan’s PM nominated him for Nobel Peace Prize
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Friday that Japan's prime minister had nominated him for ... give out a thing called the Nobel Prize," Trump said at a White House news conference whe... ( read original story ...)
Japanese man Minoru Tanaka missing since 1978 found in North Korea
A Japanese man thought to have been kidnapped by North Korean agents decades ago but whose presence there had never been confirmed is alive and living in the North Korean capital with his family, Kyod... ( read original story ...)
Japanese man abducted to North Korea decades ago alive: Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man thought to have been kidnapped by North Korean agents decades ago but whose presence there had never been confirmed is alive and living in the North Korean capital wit... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: Cost of opening/closing ceremony up 40%
TOKYO (AP) — The price of the opening and closing ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics has risen about 40 percent according to numbers released by the organizing committee. Toshiro Muto, the chief executiv... ( read original story ...)
Half of couples in same-sex marriage lawsuits in Japan remaining anonymous
I want Japan to be a society where people can freely live as they wish," said Kawata. Another man, who filed his suit with the Nagoya District Court, told a news conference that when he and his partne... ( read original story ...)
Japan to recognise Ainu as ‘indigenous people’ for first time
"It is the first step for ensuring equality under the law," Mikiko Maruko, who represents a group of Ainu people in eastern Japan near Tokyo, told AFP news agency, commenting on the government's move. ... ( read original story ...)
Ticket vending machines down at bullet train stations across Japan
(Japanese original by Toru Kuroo and Atsuko Ota, Nagoya News Center; Tsuyoshi Yamada, Osaka City News Department; and Kohei Chiwaki, Tokyo City News Department) ( read original story ...)
Ticket machines down at several bullet train stations across Japan
NAGOYA -- Ticket vending machines went down at some stations on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka on the morning of Feb. 15, as well as at stations on the Sanyo Shi... ( read original story ...)
Japanese women breaking up with Valentine’s Day ‘obligation chocolates’
Japanese women may be falling out of love with the “obligation chocolates” tradition that sees them gift chocolate to male colleagues and acquaintances on Valentine’s Day. The practice, which started ... ( read original story ...)