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The Tokyo Game Show 2020 Online is scheduled for September 23-27 The in-person event of the TGS was canceled in May due to COVID-19 TGS2020 Online will also stream eSports tournaments and round-table ... ( read original story ...)

Business Japan's 'izakaya' pubs hurt as drinkers stay home. Posted . Japan's traditional izakaya pubs used to thrive in every corner of the country. But now their often cramped co ... ( read original story ...)

China is quite content to have Japan remain as a country without a means of launching a military offense. The Communist superpower is understandably concerned when the U.S. steps in with no such ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s National Security Council has endorsed plans to cancel the deployment of two costly land-based U.S. missile defense systems. ( read original story ...)

Japan is to consider the acquisition of weapons able to strike enemy missile launchers to bolster defence against North Korea after a decision to cancel the Aegis Ashore missile defence system, the ... ( read original story ...)

Interceptors for the Aegis Ashore system were to be placed in two regions under the costly and controversial programme. But the government reversed course under pressure from local residents concerned ... ( read original story ...)

As a tennis superstar and now the highest paid sportswoman in the world, Naomi Osaka has recently been using her platform to raise awareness of racial injustice and specifically give support to the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Minister of Defence Taro Kono said on Thursday that acquiring weapons that would let Japan strike enemy missile bases was an option Japan will consider as a way to bolster its ballistic ... ( read original story ...)

The council made its decision Wednesday, and now the government will need to enter negotiations with the U.S. about what to do with payments and the purchase contract already made for the Aegis Ashore ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is to disband a panel of medical experts advising Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet on the response to the novel coronavirus after criticism of its transparency and lack of independence. Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Police in Sapporo have arrested a 51-year-old unemployed man for kicking the stomach of a pregnant woman in her 20s as she walked along a street in April. According to police, the incident occurred at ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is home to some of the best ramen in the world, from instant ramen noodles to dry ramen snacks you can get at the local convenience stores. The Baby Star brand of snack rame ... ( read original story ...)

Local sponsors have chipped in a record $3.3 billion to support the postponed Tokyo Olympics. That's at least two times more than any previous Olympics, and it amounts ... ( read original story ...)

Issei Suda is regarded as one of the most important names in Japanese photography. The striking world he captured is on display in these previously unpublished photos ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's National Security Council has endorsed plans cancel the deployment of two costly land-based U.S. missile defense systems aimed at bolstering the country’s capability ... ( read original story ...)

The new retail space is home to Uniqlo and GU, plus a playground park with a jungle gym, slides and bouldering wall ... ( read original story ...)