Tag: sapporo

The Japanese Defense Ministry has released more than 100 reports of suspicious ship movements in the past 12 months. ( read original story ...)

The accelerating slide in the value of Japan’s currency could ultimately be bad news for people in Japan who are heavily reliant on imports ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says his governing party’s major defeat in last weekend's by-elections was largely due to a political fundraising scandal and that he will not resign or replace ... ( read original story ...)

The Port of Osaka welcomed three inaugural visits in April, including from Oceania's Riviera, Princess Cruises’ Royal Princess and Royal Caribbean’s Serena ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks closed higher on Tuesday after gains on Wall Street, with focus on the yen following speculation that the Japanese government intervened to prop up the currency. ( read original story ...)

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China has enough reasons to lodge solemn representations to Japan, as it did on Sunday, after five Japanese lawmakers trespassed on Friday into waters near China's Diaoyu Islands allegedly for a maritime "inspection". ( read original story ...)

Six people have been killed and more than 200 injured in attacks by bears over the past year ( read original story ...)

JERA, Japan's biggest power generator, on Tuesday forecast its profit for the fiscal year ending next March to halve to 200 billion yen ($1.3 billion) on lower revenue from overseas power generation business. ( read original story ...)

Japan's jobless rate in March was unchanged at 2.6% compared to February, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate compared with economists' median forecast of 2.5%. ( read original story ...)

The declining population issue in Japan has long been discussed with several eventual doomsday scenarios brought up, from an entire country of people named “Sato” to a more recent study suggesting ... ( read original story ...)

The Tachikawa Precinct of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police have announced the arrest of Keita Saito, a 39-year-old kanbu, or officer, within the Takinogawa group of Japan’s second-largest organized crime ... ( read original story ...)

The yen jumped against the dollar on Monday, with traders citing yen-buying intervention by Japanese authorities as a trigger for the bounce in a currency languishing at levels last seen over three ... ( read original story ...)

Currently, the Portland Japanese Garden is debuting its first new art exhibition of 2024. Titled “Vision of Place,” this show features stunning photography from Portland’s sister city of Sapporo. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka, LeBron James, and Joel Embiid will lead the selection committee for the 2024 Uninterrupted Film Festival, festival executives announced on Monday. The tennis phenom and the NBA superstars ... ( read original story ...)

One man's unusual blind date experience is going viral after he offered to take his date not just to dinner, but on a trip to Tokyo. ( read original story ...)