In March, 238 cats were discovered living in unsanitary, harmful conditions in a house in the northern Japan city of Sapporo before being p ... ( read original story ...)
Must Be Glove: The Japan Man Obsessed With Lost Gloves
Koji Ishii can't help himself: whenever he sees a lost glove on the streets of his hometown Tokyo, he just has to stop and document it. For more than 15 years, the 39-year-old has photographed and ... ( read original story ...)
Observation of excess events in the XENON1T dark matter experiment
Scientists from the international XENON collaboration, an international experimental group including the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), University of ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka speaks out on sticking to sports, Colin Kaepernick and the US Open
Osaka reiterated her stance on sticking to sports, telling the magazine she doesn’t get why athletes are the only profession that hears the phrase. “Everyone has a vote and a say, I think it’s really ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka speaks out on sticking to sports, Colin Kaepernick and the U.S. Open
Naomi Osaka believes now is the time to speak up. The 22-year-old Osaka has been more vocal on social issues lately, and that’s by design. Osaka said she felt compelled to “speak my mind more” as a ... ( read original story ...)
Royal Ascot: Lord North triumphs as Japan beaten in day two’s big race
Lord North ran out an impressive winner of the Prince of Wales's Stakes for jockey James Doyle at Royal Ascot. The 5-1 chance, trained by John Gosden, burst clear in the closing stages to win day ... ( read original story ...)
2021 London Marathon to act as sole trial for Tokyo Olympics
Next April's London Marathon will be Scottish Olympic hopefuls' only chance to earn places in the event in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Why Naomi Osaka Says It’s Insulting to Tell Athletes to ‘Stick to Sports’
Everyone has a vote and a say, I think it’s really weird that athletes get told to just stick to sports,” Osaka said at Wednesday’s TIME100 Talks. “You would never go up to a barber and say just stick ... ( read original story ...)
Sophie Thornhill: Paralympic cycling champion retires after Tokyo 2020 postponement
Paralympic champion Sophie Thornhill has retired from cycling after the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Games. The 24-year-old, who is visually impaired, won tandem kilo gold at Rio 2016 with. She is a ... ( read original story ...)
Sapporo Snow Festival to scale down sculptures due to COVID-19
Visitors eager to attend the annual Sapporo Snow Festival next year will not be able to see the iconic, towering snow sculptures that often rise higher than 10 meters. Organizers ... ( read original story ...)
Man nabbed for stealing mug from popular cafe in central Japan for ‘collection’
A man who admitted to stealing a mug from an outlet of popular cafe chain Komeda's Coffee for his "collection," has been arrested on suspicion of theft, police said on June 16. The suspect, Shinjiro ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to keep close watch over disputed islands: Suga
Japan will take all possible measures to ensure surveillance of the areas around disputed islands in the East China Sea, the top government spokesman said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Ruling Party Eyes Foreign Workers for Financial Sector
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is drafting a proposal to attract high-skilled workers from abroad for Tokyo's financial sector, the lawmaker heading the LDP's committee on foreign labourers ... ( read original story ...)
Mitsubishi dumps SpaceJet’s chief development officer as more cuts set to hit in Japan
SpaceJet chief development officer Alexander Bellamy, a former Bombardier C-Series executive, has been let go after four years and four months with Mitsubishi's regional jet program. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Tradition and Art Collide in These Unusual Tatami Designs
Artisan Kenji Yamada transforms tatami into dazzling flooring designs that might just keep the Japanese artistic tradition alive. ( read original story ...)
Osaka human trials of AnGes coronavirus vaccine to start June 30
Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui has said that a clinical trial of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus will begin at a hospital in the city on June 30. The vaccine was developed by AnGes Inc., a ... ( read original story ...)