Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has welcomed Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on his first visit to the country, with the two meeting in Brasilia and the South American leader pushing ( read original story ...)
Singapore Diplomat Suspended For Allegedly Filming Unclothed Teen at Public Bath In Japan; Tokyo Police Launches Investigation
Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed the report and said that it would extend its cooperation to the Japanese authorities. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Channels Zendaya After ‘Challengers’ Screenwriter Says He Used Her as Inspiration
Naomi Osaka is doing her best Zendaya impression. In a video posted to TikTok on Thursday, May 2, the four-time Grand Slam champion, 26, paid playful homage to Challengers, the hit romantic drama starring Zendaya as a tennis phenom caught in a steamy love ... ( read original story ...)
Dallas to Tokyo flight canceled after Japan Airlines pilot’s booze-fueled 2 am hotel rager
Japan Airlines grounded a flight from Dallas to Tokyo last week after a hotel room noise complaint exposed the captain's excessive drinking the night before its scheduled takeoff. The airline ... ( read original story ...)
Dallas to Tokyo flight grounded after airline said pilot drank too much
A Japan Airlines flight from Dallas to Tokyo was reportedly grounded after the pilot drank too much before the plane was scheduled to take off. ( read original story ...)
Summers Says Currency Interventions Fail Even at Japan’s Scale
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said that currency interventions are ineffective at shifting exchange rates, even at the large magnitude that Japan has been thought to have deployed recently. ( read original story ...)
Singapore to probe ex-envoy over illicit photos taken in Tokyo
Singapore’s foreign ministry has suspended a former diplomat stationed in Japan after he was exposed for taking photos of naked males at public bathhouses in Tokyo, the Singaporean Embassy told The Asahi Shimbun. ( read original story ...)
Pennon Group’s Sumisho Osaka Deal Could Harm Ofwat’s Ability to Regulate, U.K. Watchdog Says
The U.K. competition watchdog has found that Pennon Group's acquisition of Sumisho Osaka Gas Water U.K.--including its subsidiary Sutton and East Surrey Water--could harm the U.K. water regulator's ability to carry out its functions. The U.K. Competition ... ( read original story ...)
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that an Ainu group only has the right to engage in salmon fishing for cultural — but not commercial — reasons. ( read original story ...)
Congress Approves Ban on Imports of Enriched Uranium From Russia
The U.S. Senate on April 30 passed, by unanimous consent, a bill to ban imports of unirradiated low-enriched uranium (LEU) produced in Russia. The bill ... ( read original story ...)
Paris Games ‘walk in the park’ after Tokyo, Ingebrigtsen says
Jakob Ingebrigtsen believes his 1500 metres Olympic title defence will be a breeze as long as he avoids illness and injury on the road to Paris, the Norwegian said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Dallas to Tokyo flight grounded after pilot drank too much before takeoff, reports say
A Japan Airlines flight from Dallas to Tokyo was reportedly grounded after the pilot drank too much before the plane was scheduled to take off. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ keeps baffling experts by waking up. It has shared images from its latest lunar ‘day’
Japan’s “Moon Sniper” wasn’t designed for extreme lunar temperature swings. But the spacecraft has endured three long lunar nights and keeps returning new images. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Imitates “Challengers” — After Movie’s Screenwriter Says It Was Inspired by Her 2018 US Open Win
The four-time Grand Slam champion channels the movie's vibe in a hilarious TikTok Getty;MGM/Youtube Naomi Osaka is a fan of Challengers! On TikTok May 1, the tennis star served up her own tribute to the movie, which stars Zendaya as a tennis player-turned ... ( read original story ...)
France, Japan to start talks on reciprocal troops pact
France and Japan agreed on Thursday to start formal talks on a reciprocal troop access deal, strengthening military cooperation in amid rising maritime tensions in the Indo-Pacific region and the war in Ukraine. ( read original story ...)
‘Evil Does Not Exist’ Review: A Languorous Look at Rural Japan
Drive My Car’ director Ryusuke Hamaguchi returns with this environmental parable about a father and his daughter, whose lives in the countryside are threatened by a proposed glamping site. ( read original story ...)