“It seems Japan is indifferent to the world’s advice to keep up its policy with the changed situation and the changed trend,” said one commentary released by the KCNA news agency earlier this month. “ ... ( read original story ...)
2 typhoons weaken after pounding South Korea and Japan
Japan's weather agency downgraded a separate storm from typhoon strength on Friday after it crossed a swath of the western part of the country overnight. South Korea's weather agency said typhoon Soul... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka’s Breakthrough Game
Tsuyoshi Yoshitani, a sports reporter with Kyodo News, says: “Naomi is like no Japanese player ever before. I think she will be the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam.” Yet Osaka’s rise is acco... ( read original story ...)
South Korea, Japan brace for winds and rain from 2 typhoons
... to Japan's Kyodo News service. On Wednesday morning, three university students went missing along the coast of the central Japanese city of Shizuoka, Kyodo said. South Korean officials said the se... ( read original story ...)
Rally Japan gets WRC promoter green light for 2019
Managing director of WRC Promoter Oliver Ciesla said: "[It's] great news we can confirm the WRC Promoter came to an agreement with Rally Japan to host an event in Japan from the start of 2019. "The pr... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Governor Casts Doubt on Daylight Savings for 2020 Olympics
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said Monday that she was concerned about the expense and disruption of moving clocks forward by two hours during summer months for two years only. Koike told Bloomberg News ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama, Japan, looks to 2019 Rugby World Cup
YOKOHAMA, Japan - Tourism-related businesses and others in Yokohama, which will host the final of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, are looking for ways to attract rugby fans coming from around the world. Ear... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Challenging route for spectacular cycling road race events
The International Cycling Union (UCI) and the Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 have announced the routes on which the world’s top cyclists will compete for medals i... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Tire Announces New Rallio Social Media Tool For Dealers
Yokohama Tire has a new free tool for dealers – Rallio – which is designed to help them easily publish and personalize Yokohama-created social media content on all their communication channels. “The ... ( read original story ...)
Casino operators eye Yokohama
Officials in Yokohama say 22 companies have joined the RFI process for developing property in the region, which could include a casino. Nine of the companies are integrated resort operators and six mo... ( read original story ...)
Japanese basketball players sent home from Asian Games after paying for ‘services of prostitutes’
according to Japanese news agency Kyodo News. According to the report, four players left the athletes’ village on Thursday night for dinner. After dinner, the players met a Japanese-speaking local who ... ( read original story ...)
Drunk man arrested for peeing on passenger during flight to Japan
Police told Japan Today that the American man drank four glasses of champagne and a sake before the incident occurred. The man told police he could not remember the incident. Fox News reached out to A... ( read original story ...)
College student arrested for allegedly making high level explosives used in Nagoya blast
(Japanese original by Naoto Takeda, Nagoya News Center) 1 2 3 4 YOU MAY LIKE Sponsored Links by Microsoft Savvy Americans are moving their money to these banks MSN Money This Card Has Unreal Perks Nex... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Asian shares mixed on doubt of resolving US-China trade spat
TOKYO — Asian shares were mixed Tuesday amid doubts on the ... The costly, dueling tariffs between them are causing uncertainty in global markets. Hopes rose late last week on news that China will sen... ( read original story ...)
Man, 24, urinates on Japanese passenger during flight to Tokyo
The 24-year-old was flying from Chicago to Narita International Airport, in Tokyo, Japan, with All Nippon Airways (ANA ... If you have a story for our news team, email us at webnews@metro.co.uk. You c... ( read original story ...)
4 Japanese basketball players sent home for spending night with women
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Four Japanese basketball players were kicked off their Asian Games team and sent home Monday after delegation head Yasuhiro Yamashita said they "spent the night in a hotel with w... ( read original story ...)