Thousands of people in Japan have been rushed to hospitals with heat stroke symptoms during the heat wave. Kyodo News agency has tallied more than 40 deaths. Many of the victims have been elderly peop... ( read original story ...)
Nanto Sapporo Brokerage : say Japanese yen gains two-week high after bets on scaled back policy stimulus
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President Kennedy Makes Maiden Call at Yokohama
Container carrier APL, together with the Yokohama Port and Harbor Bureau and Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation, celebrated the maiden arrival of containership President Kennedy at the P... ( read original story ...)
Containership President Kennedy Makes Maiden Vessel Call at Yokohama
On 21 July, APL, together with the Yokohama Port and Habour Bureau and Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation celebrated the maiden arrival of President Kennedy at the Port of Yokohama. Depl... ( read original story ...)
You Think Naomi Osaka Is Just ‘the Girl Who Beat Serena’? Ask Serena.
Part of the B/R POWER 50 Glow Up list. At the Miami Open in March, Naomi Osaka beat the person who inspired her to pick up a tennis racket. At age 20, she upset 36-year-old Serena Williams. (Six month... ( read original story ...)
Japan records highest temperature ever as heat wave grips region
Thousands of people in Japan have been rushed to hospitals with heat stroke symptoms during the heat wave. Kyodo News agency has tallied more than 40 deaths. Many of the victims have been elderly peop... ( read original story ...)
Newly crowned Mitakeumi savors taste of first triumph
NAGOYA – Sipping sake from a giant silver cup gives the drink ... Aichi Prefecture at the traditional morning-after news conference. The Nagano Prefecture native, who entered the professional sumo wor... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo focuses on environment two years out from Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) - With two years to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese capital is hoping to use the Games as motivation to improve its environmental sustainability. Tokyo Governor Yuriko K... ( read original story ...)
While making nice with US and Seoul, North Korea slams Japan
PYONGYANG, North Korea – North Korea's state-run media have toned down their rhetorical attacks on the United States and South Korea while leader Kim Jong Un pursues a more diplomatic approach, but th... ( read original story ...)
Heat wave hits Japan and South Korea
The mercury is expected to reach 39 degrees Celsius on Monday in the city of Nagoya in central Japan and reach 37 in Tokyo. South Korea's Yonhap news agency says the country's highest-ever morning low ... ( read original story ...)
Regina traveller who died in Japan being remembered as ‘free spirit’
The 25-year-old from Regina died earlier this month while camping on the Island of Hokkaido in the north of Japan. He was visiting a hot spring one evening when he fell and hit his head. He drowned in ... ( read original story ...)
Record heat broils Japan, prompting warnings
But the death toll may be more than double that, with Kyodo News agency reporting 11 people died on Saturday alone across Japan. An updated official toll is expected later this week. The heatwave has ... ( read original story ...)
Japan heatwave: Temperature breaks national record
This summer is already a killer and yet, the peak is in August #Japan Already this summer, more than 10,000 people have been taken to hospital due to the heat, according to the country's Kyodo news ag... ( read original story ...)
Japan heatwave: Over 40 people dead as entire country is hit with record breaking 41C temperatures
Japan has been hit by a heatwave with temperatures currently ... "We are mindful that we do have to prepare for extreme heat," he said at a news conference. "You're not the first country to host the g... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Japan records its highest temperature ever
Japan and South Korea are in the middle of an extended heat wave. Japan’s Kyodo News agency has tallied more than 40 deaths in Japan. Kumagaya is about 65 kilometres (40 miles) northwest of Tokyo. 1:4... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | The Latest: Japan records its highest temperature ever
Japan’s Kyodo News agency has tallied more than 40 deaths in Japan. Kumagaya is about 65 kilometers (40 miles) northwest of Tokyo. 1:40 p.m. Searing hot temperatures are forecast for wide swaths of Ja... ( read original story ...)