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Niantic says it intends to host additional real-life events globally over the next couple of months, including a "Pikachu Outbreak" event in Yokohama, Japan. If you'd like to attend the Chicago event, tickets will go on sale June 19 at 10 a.m. PT at this ... ( read original story ...)

A visitor looks at Fujifilm's digital cameras at the Camera & Photo Imaging Show 2013 in Yokohama, south of Tokyo January 31, 2013. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/Files TOKYO: Fujifilm Holding's Corp's shares fell more than 4 percent on Friday after a media report ... ( read original story ...)

World Touring Car Championship leader Tiago Monteiro slammed tyre supplier Yokohama after suffering a final-lap puncture on the Nurburgring Nordschleife for the second year in a row. Monteiro was leading the race last year before a puncture at a high-speed ... ( read original story ...)

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There will also be a "Pikachu Outbreak" event in Yokohama, Japan in August. "It's been an incredible first year for Pokémon GO thanks to the passion and dedication from the global Trainer community," Niantic CEO John Hanke said in a statement. ( read original story ...)

Hanke also used the stage to announce several Pokemon Go festivals coming this summer, including one in Chicago and another in Yokohama, Japan. A further event will be held in a European city, although the CEO said finding a venue of sufficient size was ... ( read original story ...)

The IOC added 3-on-3 basketball to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic program on Friday in an effort to give the games a more youthful and urban appeal. In another move toward street sports, BMX Freestyle cycling will join the Olympics for the first time among a net ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's parliament on Friday passed a law allowing Emperor Akihito to become the country's first monarch to abdicate in 200 years, but put off a debate over how to tackle the shrinking royal population and whether to allow women to ascend the throne. Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's education minister said Friday he will launch a new ... education minister Hirokazu Matsuno told a news conference. He said an earlier investigation in May found no evidence that the documents existed. The scandal is the second alleging that ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese radical has been arrested more than 45 years on the run following the killing of a police officer. Masaaki Osaka, 67, allegedly clubbed 21-year-old officer Tsuneo Nakamura with a metal pipe and set him fire with Molotov cocktail during violent ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Japan's parliament has passed a law allowing Emperor Akihito to become the first monarch to abdicate in 200 years. The 83-year-old emperor expressed his apparent wish to abdicate last August, citing old age and health. Under the law enacted Friday ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's monarchy is entwined in the Shinto religion and the emperor still performs religious ceremonies. What do the public think? Most support the emperor's desire to abdicate - a survey by the Kyodo news agency after Akihito suggested he wanted to step ... ( read original story ...)

when horses are shipped to Japan by air, professional judgement and previous experience indicate that the horses can travel safely and comfortably without segregation. Global News reached out to a company that ships horses out of Manitoba for comment ... ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK -- The mystery surrounding the Japanese horse that is the early 4-1 second choice to win the Belmont Stakes has gotten deeper. Epicharis didn't train on Thursday, hours after the 3-year-old dark brown colt was treated with an anti-inflammatory for ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's parliament has passed a law allowing Emperor Akihito to become 1st monarch to abdicate in 200 years. Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ( read original story ...)

North Korea regularly threatens Japan with nuclear annihilation and the regime’s official KCNA news agency warned the country may be “reduced into ashes” if it “behaves wickedly”. Kim has conducted 10 missile tests this year in defiance of United ... ( read original story ...)