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Yuriko Koike is the current Governor of Tokyo and quite possibly the most interesting thing to happen in Japanese politics in years. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has formed a new political party called Party of Hope There are rumours it may merge with the ... ( read original story ...)

The mayor of Osaka has warned he will cancel the sister city alliance with San Francisco if the municipal government goes ahead with a plan to integrate a plot of land where a memorial to wartime sex slaves was recently established in a city park. ( read original story ...)

A 24-year-old graduate student in Sapporo said he was twice awakened by the J-Alert nationwide warning system when North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the southern part of Hokkaido. Koike, an Arabic-speaking former news anchor who was also briefly ... ( read original story ...)

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“Wherever you go in Japan, they’re playing jazz — in restaurants and cafés ... “Stanley was certainly a great mentor for me to have at that early age.” Like the Palo Alto Daily News Facebook page for neighborhood news and conversation from ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck off northeastern Japan on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no risk of tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake struck at 5:22 a.m. (8:22 ... ( read original story ...)

KANAGAWA (TR) – Professional soccer team Yokohama F. Marinos will file a police report after ... by filing the police report and discussing the case with lawyers, TBS News reported (Sept. 25). ( read original story ...)

Japan's government on Tuesday approved a revision to its 30-to-40-year plan to decommission the Fukushima nuclear plant, delaying by two more years the removal of radioactive fuel rods in two of the three reactors damaged in the 2011 disaster. Six-and-half ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called an election a year early and will dissolve parliament on Thursday. Mr Abe said he was seeking a fresh mandate to overcome "a national crisis" amid rising threats from North Korea. His decision comes amid ... ( read original story ...)

Though still a fairly new technology, the virtual reality market in Japan is the second largest in the world, following the United States. As the technology continues to grow, numerous industries, including the adult entertainment industry, are looking to ... ( read original story ...)

(Kyodo News via AP, File) Japan's government on Tuesday approved a revision of its 30-to-40-year plan to decommission the Fukushima nuclear plant, delaying by three more years the removal of radioactive fuel rods stored at two of the three reactors damaged ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese voters could see the election as a "cynical and opportunistic ... That was higher than the 27.7 percent a Kyodo news agency survey showed voting for Abe's party, with 42.2 percent undecided. ( read original story ...)

“Wherever you go in Japan, they’re playing jazz — in restaurants and cafés ... “Stanley was certainly a great mentor for me to have at that early age.” Like the Palo Alto Daily News Facebook page for neighborhood news and conversation from ... ( read original story ...)

Instead of following American trends of long and skinny custom Harley-Davidsons in the ‘West Coast-style’, Hatton says, he turned instead to Japanese influences. “In Japan, they tend to go for a big and chunky look, and it’s much more muscular ... ( read original story ...)

Hawaiian Airlines (Nasdaq: HA) was the busiest airline serving the Islands last year, while Japan Airlines was busiest international airline serving the state, according to Pacific Business News research. More than 1.8 million passengers flew to Hawaii ... ( read original story ...)

Abe said at a news conference Sept. 25 that he would dissolve the Lower ... A 24-year-old graduate student in Sapporo said he was twice awakened by the J-Alert nationwide warning system when North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the southern part ... ( read original story ...)