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TOKYO -- A top Tokyo Olympic Games organizer pledged Tuesday to keep water clean and safe at marathon swimming and triathlon venues, where bacterial contamination was detected during the summer. Toshiro Muto, Tokyo 2020 organizing committee CEO, said in an ... ( read original story ...)

The Yokohama Rubber Company celebrated its 100th anniversary on October 13. Over the years, it has faced several ups and downs and has grown to become one of the leading automobile tyre manufacturers in the world. The company started in Tokyo in 1917 and ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo motor show - the traditional showcase for the Japanese car industry's occasionally bizarre innovation - starts on October 25. We start with Toyota's eve-of-show presentation, where hydrogen fuel cells are clearly the propulsion of choice. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — A top Tokyo Olympic organizer has pledged to keep water clean and safe at marathon swimming and triathlon venue where bacterial contamination was detected during the summer, saying water quality has improved and further measures are being ... ( read original story ...)

Juneyao Airlines in the first quarter of 2018 plans to offer new route to Hokkaido in Japan, where the airline plans Nanjing – Sapporo New Chitose service. From 05JAN18, the airline schedules this route with 3 weekly frequencies. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., today announced the development of the 'BluEarth-air EF21', a conceptual tire based on the most advanced technologies and the latest design technique for reducing tires' weight and environmental impact. Developed to ... ( read original story ...)

Indonesian artist Joko Avianto is no stranger to immensely large bamboo installations and his new work called The Border Between Good And Evil Is Terribly Frizzy (2017), now on show at the Yokohama Triennale 2017, is a staggering statement piece. ( read original story ...)

Japan's leader pledges to tackle what he calls Japan's two national crises: the military threat from North Korea, and an aging and declining population. Shinzo Abe, re-elected as prime minister, said at a news conference that he is committed to protect the ... ( read original story ...)

Amid the gloom and struggle that Osaka has endured in recent years, a tourism boom has been an unexpected boon for Japan’s gritty second city. The commercial roots and boisterous and friendly people of Osaka and the surrounding Kansai region provide a ... ( read original story ...)

Authorities have issued flood and landslide warnings and evacuation advisories to hundreds of thousands of residents in western and central Japan and the Tokyo area ahead of the ... all of them slightly. Kyodo News service reported that a man died in ... ( read original story ...)

Add Japan as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Japan news, video, and analysis from ABC News. A powerful typhoon caused flooding and landslides along the Pacific coast of Japan, killing at least two people before heading out to sea Monday. ( read original story ...)

Kyodo news agency estimated turnout on Sunday — when heavy rain from powerful Typhoon Lan lashed much of Japan — at 53.7 per cent, one point above the record low in the last lower house election in 2014. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – A powerful typhoon is heading toward Japan's main ... The Fire and Disaster Management Agency says five people have been injured, all of them slightly. Kyodo News service also reported that a man died in southern Japan when scaffolding collapsed ... ( read original story ...)

Add Japan as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Japan news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Japan's ruling coalition appeared headed to an impressive win in national elections on Sunday, in what would represent at least a partial comeback for ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese broadcasting service NHK projected that Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will maintain well over a majority in parliament, and together with its coalition partner Komeito may retain two-thirds of seats. The news was not good for Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition was on track for a big win in Sunday's election, media exit polls showed, potentially re-energizing a push toward his cherished goal of revising the post-war, pacifist constitution. Abe's Liberal ... ( read original story ...)