U.S. warships from the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group teamed up with South Korean and Japanese destroyers to practice shooting down missiles in the Sea of Japan Thursday, a show of force ... ( read original story ...)
U.S., S. Korea, Japan hold defense exercises amid rising tensions on peninsula
U.S., South Korean and Japanese warships conducted ballistic missile defense exercises Thursday near the Korean Peninsula in retaliation to North Korea days earlier firing a missile over Japan. ( read original story ...)
EIG unit to buy Tokyo Gas’s stakes in Australian LNG projects for $2.15 bln
TOKYO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - MidOcean Energy, a unit of U.S. fund EIG, said on Friday it had agreed with Tokyo Gas Co Ltd (9531.T) to buy the Japanese company's stakes in a portfolio of four Australian ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo exchange to remove nearly 500 firms from Topix index
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is set to remove almost 500 firms from the Topix index of primary domestic firms in the bourse's latest reform aimed at attracting more foreign investors. ( read original story ...)
Tiafoe defies ‘really bad’ jet lag to cruise into Tokyo semis
Tokyo (AFP) – Jet-lagged Frances Tiafoe flew into the Japan Open semi-finals in straight sets on Friday, clinching each with an ace to beat Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 6-0, 6-4. The fourth-seeded ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Film Festival: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Koji Fukada to Receive Kurosawa Akira Award
Japan’s flagship festival has revived its world cinema honor after a 14-year hiatus. Previous winners have included Steven Spielberg, Yoji Yamada and Hou Hsia Hsien. ( read original story ...)
Dog bites station worker after jumping aboard train near Tokyo
A dog caused chaos after it boarded a train at a station near the Japanese capital on Oct. 6, biting a station staff member who tried to remo ... ( read original story ...)
Gone but not forgotten: 19 popular attractions in Tokyo that closed during the pandemic
And, sadly, that means some of Tokyo’s most popular tourist destinations have had to shut down due to the pandemic and lack of visitors. So as Japan plans to reopen to the world on October 11, you ... ( read original story ...)
Motor racing-Alonso sets wet F1 practice pace in Japan
Alpine's Fernando Alonso set the fastest time in a wet opening practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday. The Spaniard lapped the soaked Suzuka track in one minute, 42.248 seconds ahead ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open lower on Wall St. losses amid rate hike concerns
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened lower Friday, weighed down by overnight losses on Wall Street, with sentiment dented by renewed concern over aggressive interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal ... ( read original story ...)
Long lines of people heading to offer flowers for mourning Shinzo Abe’s death in Tokyo, Japan
This footage was filmed and produced 27 September 2022. On 27 Sep 2022, tens of thousands of people were making long lines in Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan to offer flowers for mourning Shinzo Abe who is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Aug household spending rises annually on reopening, falls month-on-month
Japanese households increased spending in August compared with a year earlier as the economy continued to recover from COVID-19 restrictions, but rising prices are clouding the outlook for further ... ( read original story ...)
Japan tests new armored vehicles in bid for common platform
The Defense Ministry confirmed to Defense News that some photos and videos of the vehicles published on social media were prototypes. ( read original story ...)
Pelagic seabirds fly into the eye of the storm when faced with extreme weather conditions
New research led by Swansea University has found some pelagic seabirds fly directly towards the eye of a storm, which researchers think may help them avoid being forced onto land masses, reducing the ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis: North Korean missile launches are a test for Biden
A drumbeat of increasingly powerful North Korean missile launches has been met with a U.S. aircraft carrier floating off the Korean Peninsula. It’s a pattern that has repeated many times ... ( read original story ...)
Wartime legend of ‘Tokyo Rose’ sent a Japanese American woman to prison in 1949
Iva Ikuko Toguri D’Aquino, unfairly dubbed “Tokyo Rose,” looks out the bars of her cell during a 1945 investigation that later cleared her of being the infamous Japanese propagandist, who never ... ( read original story ...)