Tag: sapporo

Japan plans to ease its COVID-19 entry restrictions on foreign nationals with resident visas from next month, public broadcaster NHK reported, after an outcry over the emotional and economic hardship ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA, Japan (RNS) — In what used to be an elementary school in Kawasaki, just north of this port city on Tokyo Bay, is a specialty care nursing home, a perfect reflection of Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is 2020’s Forbes richest sportswoman. She defeated Serena Williams to take the top spot by a small margin. ( read original story ...)

Shabani, a 23-year-old silverback and his son Kiyomasa watch the creature slowly crawl towards them in their enclosure at Higashiyama Zoo in Japan, before he cruelly flicks it away. ( read original story ...)

A bar in Tokyo's upscale Ginza district has installed fish bowl-like screens designed to protect against coronavirus transmission, aiming to lure back clients worried about the risks of COVID-19. ( read original story ...)

Humble, everyday artifacts of life in the pandemic have found a home in the Historical Museum of Urahoro, in Hokkaido, northern Japan. ( read original story ...)

Shabani, a 23-year-old silverback and his son Kiyomasa watch the creature slowly crawl towards them in their enclosure at Higashiyama Zoo in Japan, before he cruelly flicks it away. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is one of the top tennis players in the world, having won two Grand Slam titles in the past three years. Mikey Williams, a rising high school sophomore, is one of the top-ranked basketball ... ( read original story ...)

Great news for Japan-based muggles in need of a bit more magic in their lives -- a new 30,000-square-meter Harry Potter attraction is coming to Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese YouTuber has been indicted for theft by the Nagoya Regional Public Prosecutors Office Okazaki branch after posting a video of himself eating sashimi before paying for it at a supermarket. ( read original story ...)

City leaders continue to postpone Yokohama’s process for competing to be one of the first three gaming hubs in Japan. ( read original story ...)

Osaka Prefecture's newly confirmed COVID-19 infections hit 187 on Aug. 19, topping Tokyo, which confirmed 186, to record the most new daily cases nationwide for the first time in three months. The ... ( read original story ...)

The case against former Nissan executive Carlos Ghosn may have taken another turn as Japanese media report allegations that the automaker declared as expenses $10.8 million in his taxable personal inc ... ( read original story ...)

The unprecedented postponement of the Tokyo Olympics has left buyers of millions of tickets in a quandary. Will the games happen next year? Will non-Japanese fans be allowed? Will there be any fans? ( read original story ...)

Japan's Olympic badminton champion Ayaka Takahashi will not defend her doubles crown with Misaki Matsutomo at next year's Tokyo Games after announcing she will retire at the end of the month. ( read original story ...)

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