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KITTY Chiller’s hopes of leading the Australian Olympic team at the 2020 Tokyo Games have been significantly boosted by John Coates’ re-election as AOC president. Chiller wants to continue as chef de mission despite a torrid baptism in Rio last year ... ( read original story ...)

To offer a memorable experience in various parts of the stay, Park Hotel Tokyo will continue to maximize the role of Japanese aesthetics and hospitality. To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/special-art ... ( read original story ...)

The populations of three wards in central Tokyo are projected to keep growing after 2025 even as the capital’s overall population is expected to decline, thanks to a construction boom and convenient transport. Chiyoda, Chuo and Minato wards have seen an ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday after record highs on Wall Street overnight. Chinese markets lost ground on news of further tightening of market oversight by regulators. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's Nikkei 225 index edged 0.1 per cent lower to ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has created a new logo and slogan. The new "Tokyo Tokyo Old meets New" logo and slogan, with the first Tokyo depicted in a brushstroke font and the second in a Gothic block typeface, will be used in various promotional ... ( read original story ...)

President Maithripala Sirisena ceremoniously inaugurated Tokyo Cement’s second biomass power plant in Trincomalee recently, as part of a series of events held in commemoration of late Deshamanya A.Y.S. Gnanam, Founder Chairman of the company. The plant ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 22-year-old man suspected in the swindle of an elderly woman after receiving a tip from the public, reports TBS News (May 8). In December, Hodaka Yonai posed as the son of the woman, a 79-year-old resident of ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Gas said that through its unit, Tokyo Gas America, it has purchased a 30 percent equity in Castleton Resources, a company focused on developing oil and gas assets in east Texas and Louisiana. Castleton Resources, a unit of Castleton Commodities ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – Japan and India are discussing ways to strengthen their military cooperation amid rising tension in the Asian region. Indian Defense Minister Arun Jaitley told his Japanese counterpart, Tomomi Inada, in Tokyo on Monday that his county hopes to ... ( read original story ...)

The Triathlon New Zealand team are counting down to Yokohama this weekend, the third event in the World Triathlon Series. Five athletes will take to the start line including female series leader Andrea Hewitt. In the men's race; Ryan Sissons, Tony Dodds ... ( read original story ...)

Korean carrier EastarJet in the 3 rd quarter of 2017 plans to introduce add service to Hokkaido, with the offering of Seoul Incheon – Sapporo New Chitose route ... in 2010 and continues to provide breaking news on new routes and schedule changes to ... ( read original story ...)

“There’s a certain amount of relief in the market,” Mitsuo Shimizu, deputy general manager at Tokyo-based Japan Asia Securities, told Bloomberg News. The dollar dipped to 112.77 yen from 112.80 yen in New York Friday. A weaker yen is positive for ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's benchmark stock index rose 1.35 per cent at the start today after pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron swept his far-right rival Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election. Tokyo's benchmark stock index rose 1.35 per cent at the start today ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Tokyo's benchmark stock index rose at the start Monday after pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron swept his far-right rival Marine Le Pen in France's presidential election. The Nikkei 225 added 1.35 per cent, or 263.31 points, to sit at 19,709.01 ... ( read original story ...)

But in Japan, the orphan from Prince Edward Island is more than just a quaint Canadian import - she's a national heroine. As he approached the farmhouse with the forest green shutters and opened the old-fashioned wooden door, Terry Dawes readied himself ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA, Japan – The head of the Asian Development Bank ... ADB President Takehiko Nakao told reporters at a news conference wrapping up the bank's annual meeting that it "isn't really good" that the second largest shareholder in the development bank ... ( read original story ...)