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TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a yakuza boss over the alleged extortion of a former gang member last year, reports TBS News (June 6). In July, Yoshinori Hirabayashi, the 72-year-old chairman of a gang affiliated with the Kobe ... ( read original story ...)

On a desolate stretch of Japan's north-western coast lies a wrecked, wooden fishing boat with weather-beaten Korean characters near the bow. 'Ghost ships' are so named because they often appear on beaches empty, or only with skeletal remains In the last ... ( read original story ...)

Kohama, Japan (CNN)It's baking hot in Okinawa ... she looks it up on her map. "When I saw the news about [North Korean leader] Kim Jong Un's brother being killed in Malaysia, I didn't know where that was, so I looked it up immediately," she said ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - In dozens of conversations, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has counseled President Donald Trump to avoid making concessions to North Korea that could upset East Asia's balance of power, including a military retreat from South Korea ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two persons who are believed to be members of a notorious extortion ring that targets men by making false accusations about the taking of illicit photographs, reports Nippon News Network (June 6). ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — North Korea’s East Asian neighbors have a shared goal of denuclearizing the peninsula, but what may come out of Tuesday’s summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un has different and possibly conflicting implications for each ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo may be a megapolis, but our 13 million-strong population (with an additional 29 million in greater Tokyo) means space is, well, limited. Enter a whole load of things that would probably be twice the size abroad, which have been squeezed into the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday as investors took to taking profits after the Nikkei's four-day winning streak and ahead of a number of key financial and political events, including the Group of Seven (G7) summit starting later ... ( read original story ...)

Two young Chinese women who claim they were discriminated against by Japanese staff at a restaurant in Osaka did not get the reaction they ... Qianjiang Evening News reported on Thursday. “Is there a special standard of service for foreign tourists?,” ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA – The reconstructed main palace of Nagoya Castle, originally built in 1615 on the orders of the first Tokugawa shogun but destroyed in World War II, was unveiled to the public Friday, allowing visitors to see the lavish rooms as enjoyed by the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan’s economy declined in the first quarter on weak consumer spending, revised data showed Friday. The Cabinet Office said the gross domestic product or GDP — the total value of a nation’s goods and services — shrank at an annualized ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan, which just months ago had tens of thousands of Airbnb and home-sharing properties available, has approved only about 150 before a new law kicks in next week, meant to bring order to the market and create more lodging options for ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the United States are working to hold their first bilateral trade talks under a new framework in July, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said, in a sign Washington may ratchet up pressure on Tokyo to open up its markets. U.S. President ... ( read original story ...)

2018-Jun-08 — /Travel PR News/ — Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, will introduce regular scheduled commercial Airbus A380 services to Osaka (KIX) in Japan on 28 October 2018*. The deployment of the double-decker aircraft ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Asian shares were moderately lower Friday, as investors awaited the Group of Seven leaders’ meeting, continuing into the weekend, and for European Central Bank and Federal Reserve meetings next week. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO >> Amid efforts to use only recycled metal in the medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, there is growing concern over a shortage of silver. Collection began a year ago and nearly twice as much silver is still needed. If the situation ... ( read original story ...)