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TOKYO -- Global shares were mostly higher Tuesday as crude oil prices advanced, though Japan's benchmark fell as investors weighed uncertainties over trade and exchange rates. KEEPING SCORE: France's CAC 40 added 0.4 per cent to 5,030.54 and Germany's DAX ... ( read original story ...)

Fresh off Muirfield voting to admit women as members for the first time in its history, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic golf venue has decided to follow suit by admitting women as full members. The Kasumigaseki Country Club risked being stripped of the event if it ... ( read original story ...)

THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it plans to generate about 4, 000 megawatts (MW) in the next 10 years to boost electricity supply in the country. He said NNPC would require $15billion to achieve the aspirations of the Autonomous ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO – The municipal government of Sapporo said Tuesday it plans to officially recognize same-sex partnerships between gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender couples from June, becoming the first major city in Japan to do so. The local government ... ( read original story ...)

P.E.I.'s Mark Arendz won a silver medal Tuesday at the final World Cup event of the para-nordic season in Sapporo, Japan. Arendz missed just one shot in 12.5 km standing biathlon, coming in behind Benjamin Daviet of France. Finished second in today's ... ( read original story ...)

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will generate about 4, 000 megawatts (Mw) of electricity over the next 10 years to boost power supply in the country. Its Corporation's Chief Operating Officer (COO), Gas and Power, Engr Saidu Mohammed ... ( read original story ...)

Nissan Motor Co. and the City of Yokohama are introducing a round-trip car sharing service today featuring the Nissan New Mobility Concept, an ultra-compact electric vehicle. The service, “Choimobi Yokohama,” enables users who register online to pick ... ( read original story ...)

Choimobi Yokohama is a new round-trip car rental service that will let anyone with a driver's licence, credit card and smartphone borrow a compact electric city car. The new service, which officially launches on Friday, uses Nissan's ultra-compact New ... ( read original story ...)

"Should gender equality not be respected, then we would look for another venue which would ensure non-discrimination," Bach said last Friday at a news conference in South Korea. Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, welcomed ... ( read original story ...)

Japan and Russia agreed Monday to step up work toward resolving a longstanding territorial dispute through cooperation in a range of areas. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, also joined in urging North ... ( read original story ...)

A dye house in Nagoya that specializes in kuro montsukizome, the dyeing of black-crested formal kimono that has been practiced since the Edo Period (1603 to 1868), is working on selling stoles and T-shirts that make use of the same technology. Yamakatsu ... ( read original story ...)

The Austrian skier secured the women’s visually impaired title with guide brother Julian Josef in Sapporo, Japan. Austria´s Carina Edlinger and her guide Julian after their victory at the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships. © • Heinz ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - The foreign and defence ministers from Japan and Russia are meeting in Tokyo for the first "two-plus-two" talks since Russia's annexation of Ukraine. Monday's one-day meeting comes as the sides work to end a decades-long territorial dispute that is ... ( read original story ...)

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GMA News TV’s resident biyahero Drew Arellano and his ‘Biyahe ni Drew’ crew have listed the top things to do in Sapporo in wintertime: Sled at Moerenuma Park Who knew a landfill could turn into a beautiful park? Since being opened to the public in ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government held its first-ever drill Friday to protect citizens in case a ballistic missile is launched toward Japan. More than 100 residents and schoolchildren of the coastal city of Oga in northern Japan participated in the drill. ( read original story ...)