Tag: sapporo

A pair of new statues in South Korea of a man kneeling in front of a girl symbolizing victims of sexual slavery by Japan’s wartime military is the latest subject ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama has a long artistic history: when the port city first opened to Western traders in 1859, local artists created Yokohama-e, a woodblock print genre depicting the foreign arrivals with their ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government is pushing ahead with the distribution of its much derided masks even though commercially made masks are now readily available, prompting a renewed outcry on social media. Dubbed ... ( read original story ...)

The United States has awarded a $265 million contract to a Texas facility of Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp to step up production of a coronavirus vaccine candidate, President Donald Trump said. ( read original story ...)

Off a narrow corridor above a store selling Persian rugs in central Tokyo, a small office houses a private operation which won a tender in April to distribute more than $20 billion in government aid ... ( read original story ...)

"I also love the campaign and the idea of giving fans a unique experience from the comfort and safety of their own homes," Naomi Osaka tells PEOPLE of partnering with Airbnb ... ( read original story ...)

Japan and Fiji will join the Six Nations in an autumn tournament which has been hastily arranged to compensate for the European tour schedule being scratched ... ( read original story ...)

The engineers at Gundam Factory Yokohama have continued to work on a 60-foot tall giant robot based on the famous anime in order to debut their work this October. ( read original story ...)

In her strong-worded tweet, the former world number one slammed all those who objected to her wearing swimsuits saying that no has any right to advise her on what clothes she should wear. ( read original story ...)

Canadian distance runner Moh Ahmed from St. Catharines, Ont., moved down to the 1,500 on — a virtual sprint for the 5 and 10K specialist — and became the fifth-fastest Canadian at that distance. ( read original story ...)

According to Forbes, Osaka had earned $37.4 million in the past 12 months from prize money and endorsements, $1.4 million more than Williams, setting an all-time earnings record f ... ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. reported Monday a 176 billion yen ($1.7 billion) loss for April-June, and forecast more red ink for the fiscal year, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed ... ( read original story ...)

This post from the Japanese came in response to comments from fans who critised her after she posted a series images of herself in swimwear and other modeling poses in recent weeks ... ( read original story ...)

Monday began futures trading in commodities including gold at its Osaka Exchange unit, offering the first one-stop trading platform in Japan for financial and commodities futures. Amid sluggish ... ( read original story ...)

That’s right: the iconic Rubber Duck sculpture is making a return to Osaka for a limited time this summer. The sunny yellow sculpture will be inflated on the Okawa River by Nakanoshima Park for the ... ( read original story ...)

When Molly Solomon took over as executive producer and president of NBC's Olympics production unit last November, she expected to be in Tokyo right now with the Games in full swing. But with ... ( read original story ...)