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Competition winner reflects growing anxiety about tax rises, while second place for word of the year went to ‘hot’ after a sweltering summer ( read original story ...)

Business confidence at big Japanese manufacturers improved in the three months to December for a third quarter in a row, a closely watched central bank survey showed on Wednesday, underscoring the ... ( read original story ...)

Business confidence at big Japanese manufacturers improved in the three months to December for a third quarter in a row, a closely watched central bank survey showed on Wednesday, underscoring the ... ( read original story ...)

Fusa Tatsumi, a 116-year-old Osaka resident, died of old age on Dec. 12, 2023. She was the oldest person in Japan and spent her last days at a nursing home in Kashiwara. ( read original story ...)

Confidence among Japan’s large manufacturers picked up for a third straight quarter, sending a positive signal to the Bank of Japan ahead of next week’s policy decision. ( read original story ...)

Japanese tennis superstar Naomi Osaka has finally shed light on why she decided to come back to professional tennis so soon after starting a family. It has only been six months since Osaka accepted ... ( read original story ...)

The accident, which remains under investigation, is the deadliest Air Force mishap since 2018, and the fourth fatal Osprey crash in two years. ( read original story ...)

Eddie Jones is set to return as Japan's head coach, local media reported, with an announcement expected as soon as Thursday. ( read original story ...)

A new study has unveiled a surprising aspect of electric eels, suggesting that their electrical discharges can induce genetic modifications in neighboring animals. Researchers from Nagoya University ... ( read original story ...)

A research group from the Institute for Future Materials and Systems at Nagoya University in Japan has developed a new 'one-pot' method to make nanosheets using less rare metals. Their discovery ... ( read original story ...)

The Asian Paralympic Committee (AsPC) and the Local Organising Committee (AINAPGOC) has announced the 18 sports that will feature in the Asian Para Games which will take place in the City of Nagoya in ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese zoo is said to have unintentionally massacred 31 of its 40 squirrels with treatments intended to kill parasites. ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo court sentenced a former operations executive on the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee to two years in prison, suspended fo ... ( read original story ...)

How a project near Fukushima has become a lab for demonstrating sustainable ideas for Japan and the wider world. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka’s unwavering commitment to mental health is a new narrative of taking a step forward to rename the game, where mental health is quite important. The 26-year-old tennis player recently made ... ( read original story ...)

Everfuel will begin making 3,000 tonnes of hydrogen a year in 2024, becoming one of the largest producers in the world. Itochu and Osaka Gas hope to gain production know-how and speed up the ... ( read original story ...)