Tag: sapporo

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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” 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 ...)

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 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 ...)

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 ...)

A series of cable cars suspended over Yokohama’s waterfront provides a thrilling, panoramic view of Japan’s second-largest city. Yokohama Air Cabin debuted in April 2021 in the city’s Shinko district, ... ( read original story ...)

A fire broke out Thursday evening at this airlift hub in western Tokyo, spurring officials to warn people away from the headquarters building for U.S. Forces Japan. ( read original story ...)

Ghostwire: Tokyo is a bit of an oddity. It's one of the last games published under the Bethesda Softworks umbrella, as Microsoft acquired the publisher and all the studios attached to it. It spent a year as a PlayStation console exclusive, ( read original story ...)

Angel Reese, Sha'Carri Richardson, and Naomi Osaka are featured in a new Beats Solo campaign. As Hip Hop Wired reports, the latest addition to its lineup of wireless headphones, the Solo 4, recently ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)

Some 49 countries and regions have signed up to the voluntary framework, called the Hiroshima AI Process Friends Group. ( read original story ...)

A small serpent caused a substantial delay on one of Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains, shaking up the country’s typically timely rail service routine. More than 600 passengers experienced the unusual ... ( read original story ...)