People lined up here on the weekend for the first screening of the completed version of a film depicting Tetsuya Yamagami, the suspect arres ... ( read original story ...)
Report: Celtic on the verge of signing league’s best player after five-word Postecoglou comment
Celtic appear to be closing in on signing Yokohama F. Marinos ace Tomoki Iwata with a January deal now expected. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida to Replace Reconstruction Minister Akiba – NHK
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will replace reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba with former financial services agency minister Tatsuya Ito, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday. Akiba would be the fourth minister to be let go from the cabinet of Kishida, ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda dismisses near-term chance of exiting easy policy
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday brushed aside the chance of a near-term exit from ultra-loose monetary policy but voiced hope that intensifying labor shortages will prod firms to raise wages. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s LNG Buyers Check How Insurance Halt Will Affect Supplies
Japan’s buyers of Russian liquefied natural gas are assessing how imminent changes to shipping insurance — triggered by the ongoing war in Ukraine — will affect supplies from the key Sakhalin-2 project in Russia’s Far East. ( read original story ...)
China carries out military exercises near Taiwan and Japan, sending 47 aircraft across Taiwan Strait in ‘strike drill’
China sent 47 aircraft across the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, its largest incursion into Taiwan's air defense zone in recent months, as Beijing steps-up efforts to normalize aggressive military operations around the self-ruled island. ( read original story ...)
Japan Photo Journal: Shinto priests dust off Nagoya shrine buildings for new year
Shinto priests dust off the main hall of Atsuta Jingu shrine using bamboo grass in an annual cleanup ritual ahead of the new year in Nagoya's Atsuta W ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama police sergeant resigns after getting caught drunk riding amid clampdown
Kanagawa Prefectural Police announced that a 47-year-old male sergeant was punished on Dec. 23 for riding a motorbike under the influence ... ( read original story ...)
Cong Phuong signs for J-League 1 side Yokohama FC
VOV.VN - J-League 1 Football Club Yokohama has signed a two-year contract with Vietnamese football star Nguyen Cong Phuong to play for the 2023 season, Yokohama announced on December 25. ( read original story ...)
Batik Air to launch flights from KLIA to Sapporo, Osaka next month
Batik Air, formerly Malindo Air, will be launching flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Sapporo and Osaka via Taipei from Jan 3 and Jan 20 next year respectively. ( read original story ...)
Japan minister signs clean energy cooperation document during Saudi visit
Saudi Arabia and Japan signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) on Sunday in the fields of the circular carbon economy, carbon recycling, clean hydrogen and fuel ammonia, the Saudi energy ministry ... ( read original story ...)
Blowing Snow Hits Hokkaido as Several Killed Amid Japan Winter Weather
Recent heavy snow resulted in at least 13 deaths and dozens of injuries in Japan, Asahi reported on December 25, citing officials.By Saturday, the country’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency had ... ( read original story ...)
How Anne went to Japan: P.E.I.’s Confederation Centre looks to create new work
Charlottetown’s Confederation Centre of the Arts is hoping to create a new piece of theatre involving the character of Anne Shirley — but the main role will be that of a Japanese translator. ( read original story ...)
IOC struggling to find home for 2030 Winter Olympics — and a Tokyo Games scandal is not helping
Just as Sapporo has started officially pushing for the 2030 Winter Games, a bribery scandal involving Japan’s most recent Olympics in Tokyo is casting a dark shadow on its plans. ( read original story ...)
Health ministry confirms 15,403 new COVID cases in Tokyo
Japan's health ministry says it confirmed 15,403 new cases of the coronavirus in Tokyo on Sunday. The figure is up 1,756 from a week ago. The daily tally has marked a week-on-week increase for 20 ... ( read original story ...)
KFC for Christmas? How the fast-food chain became a holiday hit in Japan
Japanese YouTuber Yoko Ishii explains how KFC became a Christmas tradition in Japan nearly 50 years ago and explores the phenomenon's enduring popularity. ( read original story ...)