YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Japan’s Nissan Motor Co has signed U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka as its next brand ambassador, the automaker said on Thursday, tapping the tennis star’s youth ... ( read original story ...)
X Japan hope new album will lead to elusive success in West
but now people there seem to enjoy pop and rock from Japanese, Korean and Chinese artists. Yoshiki, who uses one name, was speaking Thursday at a news conference in Tokyo to promote what will be the b... ( read original story ...)
Osaka’s US Open win re-opens identity discussion in Japan
Naomi Osaka's victory in the U.S. Open has added her to a growing list of athletes, Nobel Prize winners, and beauty pageant contestants who have raised the issue of what it means to be Japanese. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo chief opens replacement for city’s iconic fish market
TOKYO — As a brass band blared "Anchors Aweigh," Tokyo's governor led Thursday's opening ceremony for the Japanese capital's new fish market and tried to assuage concerns about contamination at the si... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s foreign minister says country to open to foreigners
HANOI, Vietnam — Japan is gearing up to accept more foreign workers as its own population is on the brink of a steep decline, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Friday. Kono told a World Economic Forum m... ( read original story ...)
Osaka’s U.S. Open win re-opens cultural discussion in Japan
YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Naomi Osaka's victory in the U.S. Open has added her to a growing list of athletes, Nobel Prize winners, and beauty pageant contestants who have raised the issue of what it means to ... ( read original story ...)
Popular Toronto restaurant earns coveted food stall at ramen museum in Japan
Ryus Noodle Bar, a Japanese ramen eatery that specializes in noodle soups, has been chosen to set up a food stall in the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum in Yokohama. The museum, which calls itself a food-t... ( read original story ...)
What Serena Williams whispered to Naomi Osaka on podium
FIVE days after her historic US Open victory, Naomi Osaka has spoken about what really went down on the podium between the 20-year-old and her childhood idol, Serena Williams. Osaka became the first-e... ( read original story ...)
Japan opposition leader says its PM is too close to Trump
WASHINGTON — Japan’s main opposition leader said Wednesday that the nation’s prime minister is papering over differences on trade and other issues with President Donald Trump, and that could ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 test event announced for August 2019
On the eve of the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final, the International Triathlon Union (ITU), Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee and Japanese Triathlon Union have announced the dates for the 2019 test even... ( read original story ...)
Japanese prosecutors want to see suspected ‘Twitter Killer’ hang
Japanese prosecutors are determined to see an accused serial killer hang. Officials have indicted Takahiro Shiraishi, 27, on multiple charges of murder, forcible sexual intercourse and robbery ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 makes strong strides towards hosting transformative Games
The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee presented significant progress towards hosting inclusive Olympic Games that use the power of sport to change the world, with several announcements at the ninth Proj... ( read original story ...)
Japan closes world’s biggest fish market in Tokyo unleashing tens of thousands of rats
Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market is also a huge tourist magnet for its pre-dawn tuna auctions, some 900 businesses handling 480 kinds of seafood worth $14 million on a daily basis, as well as 270 types of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics committee aiming to recruit 80,000 volunteers
Tokyo, Sep 12 (IANS) The organizing committee of the Tokyo 2020 ... according to a statement by the committee, reports Efe news. The number of volunteers wanted tops the Rio 2016 Olympics where organi... ( read original story ...)
Operation Tsukiji: Tokyo battles rats as iconic market shuts
The 23-hectare (57-acre) market near Tokyo's swanky Ginza district is home to "not thousands but tens of thousands" of rats, attracted by fish offcuts and the market's maze of sewers, according to Tat... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Announces Aquatics Schedule
Following an agreement with the IOC and FINA, the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee has announced the competition schedule for all of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic aquatics events. Swimming events will be held ... ( read original story ...)