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With its zero-tolerance cannabis laws, deep social stigma against the drug and moves to tighten rules on consumption, Japan is no stoner's paradise. But you wouldn't guess it watching Ai Takahashi and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower on Friday (Jun 17) after a rout on Wall Street as more central banks hiked interest rates in efforts to tame runaway inflation, fuelling recession fears. The ... ( read original story ...)

A man was arrested for nailing a straw doll bearing the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin onto a sacred tree in Japan. Mitsunobu Hino, 72, was arrested on suspicion of property damage and ... ( read original story ...)

All eyes are now on a Bank of Japan decision later in the day, with speculation that officials could finally begin to shift from their ultra-loose policies that have left it trailing most of its peers ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan maintained ultralow interest rates on Friday, confirming that it won't join the Federal Reserve and other ... ( read original story ...)

Kenichi Horie, 83, became the oldest person to cross the world’s largest ocean alone. He reflects on his passion and a desire to do it again ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka’s bikini photos are fine and divine! See the tennis star’s best swimsuit pictures and covers, here. ( read original story ...)

After more than two years, one of the world’s most popular travel destinations reopened for tourists. Yet few, if any, came. No exhausted-yet-exuberant travelers following a flag-carrying tour guide ... ( read original story ...)

Japan this week passed amended legislation that could land a person in jail for up to a year for posting online insults. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s metropolitan assembly passed a bill on Wednesday to introduce a same-sex partnership system throughout the Japanese capital, expanding recognition of the LGBTQ community in the only Group of ... ( read original story ...)

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will attend the next NATO summit and that Russia should pay a "high price." ... ( read original story ...)

Military commanders from Japan, the United States, South Korea, the Philippines and fourteen other countries met in Tokyo this week for a gathering that Washington hopes will help forge cooperation ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government bond market is being pushed to breaking point in a contest between foreign speculators and the Bank of Japan, creating challenges for loan pricing and bond sales and raising the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan can already punish people convicted of "insultation" with a maximum of 30 days in prison or a fine under 10,000 yen (around $75). The amendment ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese capital recorded 1,819 new COVID-19 cases on June 16 after reporting 2,015 infections the previous day, the Tokyo Metropolitan G ... ( read original story ...)