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TOKYO, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Wednesday as investor sentiment was brightened by Wall Street's solid tone overnight after U.S. equities recovered ground. As of 9:15 a.m., the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 62.97 points, or 0.30 ... ( read original story ...)

SOFTBALL: The pathway to qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for the Australian Softball and ... locations and respective broadcast rights agreements of the qualifiers in future news releases. The AOC is a non-government, not-for-profit organisation ... ( read original story ...)

Oriental Land Co. said its Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea theme parks saw a 0.3 percent rise in attendance in fiscal 2017, up for the first time in three years. Visitors to the two parks in Chiba Prefecture totaled 30.10 million in fiscal 2017 ... ( read original story ...)

The seven NOCs are Austria (Graz), Canada (Calgary), Italy (joint bid of Cortina d’Ampezzo/Milan/Turin), Sweden (Stockholm), Switzerland (Sion), Turkey (Erzurum) and Japan, which, with Sapporo, will aim to host its third Winter Games. NOCs had until ... ( read original story ...)

Canada's Calgary, Austria's Graz, Swedish capital Stockholm, Sion in Switzerland, Turkey's Erzurum, Japan's Sapporo and a joint bid from Italy's Cortina d’Ampezzo, Milan and Turin are all in the initial process. There is considerable Olympic experience ... ( read original story ...)

Rising star Naomi Osaka started her clay-court season with a straight-sets victory over Jennifer Brady in the first round of the Charleston Open on Monday. Osaka made a name for herself by winning a first WTA title at Indian Wells last month and beat ... ( read original story ...)

The bustling Shibuya crossing (Picture: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Japan’s capital, Tokyo, is a bucket-list location for many people. It certainly was for me too. When and where is the next Summer Olympics? The mix of tradition and youth culture ... ( read original story ...)

There's an in-house babysitting service for employees of one of Japan's largest staffing and talent agencies. It's not just a perk: It's essential for helping working mothers make an easier transition back into the workforce. That's because the country has ... ( read original story ...)

When Tetsuya Sawanobori finished grad school about a decade ago, he decided to start his own business. He set up a restaurant in Japan , following in the footsteps of his grandparents and uncle. A year later, he stopped. "I realized it's very hard ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka of Japan and Daria Gavrilova of Australia were among the seeded players to advance in the opening round of the WTA's Volvo Car Open on Monday. Osaka, seeded No. 10, topped Jennifer Brady of the United States, 6-4, 6-4. Gavrilova defeated Ons ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui announced Monday that a second referendum on whether to merge Osaka’s wards might be held during the nationwide local elections in April 2019, six months later than the governor and his supporters originally hoped for ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui announced Monday that a second referendum on whether to merge Osaka’s wards might held during the nationwide local elections in April 2019, six months later than the governor and his supporters originally hoped for ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he plans to visit the U.S. this month to discuss North Korea with U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of expected summits between the North and the U.S. and South Korea. Abe said he will travel to the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese flea market app operator Mercari Inc targets rapid expansion in the United States, its founder and chief executive told Reuters on Monday, after a recent funding round boosted its value beyond $2 billion. Mercari offers an online ... ( read original story ...)

A quarterly business outlook survey by Japan's central bank shows corporate sentiment has worsened for the first time in two years. The Bank of Japan's "tankan" index for large manufacturers, released Monday, was 24 in March, down two points from December. ( read original story ...)

opinion polls by Japanese media showed. The Yomiuri newspaper’s survey issued on Monday showed that the disapproval rating for Abe’s Cabinet rose to 50 percent from early March, compared with 47.5 percent in the Kyodo news agency’s survey published ... ( read original story ...)