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Local sponsors have chipped in a record $3.3 billion to support the postponed Tokyo Olympics. That's at least two times more than any previous Olympics, and it amounts ... ( read original story ...)

Issei Suda is regarded as one of the most important names in Japanese photography. The striking world he captured is on display in these previously unpublished photos ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's National Security Council has endorsed plans cancel the deployment of two costly land-based U.S. missile defense systems aimed at bolstering the country’s capability ... ( read original story ...)

The new retail space is home to Uniqlo and GU, plus a playground park with a jungle gym, slides and bouldering wall ... ( read original story ...)

Battleships are generally best known by their guns, and for good reason. A ship carrying eight sixteen-inch guns may have the same weight of broadside as one carrying twelve fourteen-inch guns, but ... ( read original story ...)

If and when Japan is able to finally move forward with its plans to allow three integrated resorts (IR) to appear on the horizon, the prefectures of Osaka and Nagasaki are expected to be at the ... ( read original story ...)

The first Nayuki store in Japan is scheduled to open on July 4th, bringing local customers its tasty and lineup of colorful fruit-based cheese teas, as well as its iconic modern teahouse experience ... ( read original story ...)

The novel, about a homeless ghost, eloquently indicts the myth of Japan as an awesome power of cultural and economic might. ( read original story ...)

If you've been wondering how some of the biggest tennis stars have been spending their time in quarantine, here's your answer. The Tennis Channel released a new video called "Rallies & Remixes: Tennis ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is defending its policy regarding Hashima or "Battleship" Island as a dispute grows with South Korea over the island's UNESCO endorsement. ( read original story ...)

Japan also coveted Manchuria, just as it had designs on neighboring Korea. The two rival empires were on a collision course, and half-heated attempts to resolve their differences only seemed to ... ( read original story ...)

The daily number of new coronavirus cases in Tokyo climbed to 55 on Wednesday, Governor Yuriko Koike said, the highest tally in 1-1/2 months after a cluster of infections was found at an unnamed ... ( read original story ...)

China warned Japan against pursuing a new national security strategy following reports of discussions at Tokyo's National Security Council. ( read original story ...)

The first class to emerge were the 18.1-inch-gun-carrying Yamatos, the largest battleships ever constructed. However, the Yamatos were by no means the end of Japanese ambitions. The Imperial Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

The Rugby World Cup held in Japan last year was the most economically successful World Cup to date, attracting some 242,000 international visitors and adding £2.3 billion ($2.9 billion) to the country ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's new coronavirus cases climbed to 55 on Wednesday, public broadcaster NHK said, the highest tally in 1-1/2 months after a cluster of infections was found at an unnamed office in the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)