Tag: Yokohama

She’s the breast candidate for the job. An “entrepreneur” running for governor of Tokyo peeled off her shirt and asked viewers if they thought she was “sexy” enough to win votes in a bizarre video ... ( read original story ...)

A large metal arm in a Japanese factory swept a cluster of fluffy white fabric rectangles off a carousel into a group to be wrapped in plastic before packaging for shipment. The items were adult ... ( read original story ...)

Japan warned on Friday that China risked escalating tension with Taiwan with an increase in military exercises that appeared aimed in part at readying Beijing's forces for a possible invasion of the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged on Friday to discipline military personnel who mishandled classified materials in a scandal that threatens to undermine Tokyo's efforts to convince the U. ( read original story ...)

Three people were missing after a landslide occurred in Matsuyama, the capital of Japan's Ehime Prefecture, according to broadcaster NHK. ( read original story ...)

Japan's top currency diplomat, Masato Kanda, said on Friday authorities will take action as needed in the foreign exchange market, after the yen's spike overnight raised market speculation about ... ( read original story ...)

The yen surged more than 2% against the dollar after a softer-than-expected reading of US inflation, prompting reports that Japan stepped into the market to support its currency.The currency rallied ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese companies foreseeing a growing surplus in stocks of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as their demand for the fuel wanes in coming years, are scrambling to invest in regional markets to provide ... ( read original story ...)

Facing an alarming rise in bear attacks, Japan wants to make it easier to shoot the animals in residential areas - but hunters say it is too risky. In the year to April, there were a record 219 bear attacks in the country - six of them fatal, according to official data. ( read original ...

Osaka takes centre stage as the Japan Expo’s City of the Year which will also host the next World Expo in 2025. The World Expo is one of the oldest and largest international events, held every five ... ( read original story ...)

On Tuesday (July 11), Cordae and Naomi Osaka marked a joyous milestone by becoming first-time parents to a baby girl, as reported by People. The couple initially signaled their expanding family in a ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government is considering building a 500km-long underground conveyor system to move freight and consumer goods between Tokyo and Osaka to address a logistics crisis caused by labour ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese high court has approved a legal gender change for a transgender woman without requiring compulsory gender-affirming surgery, a step that LGBGQ+ groups on Thursday called a ... ( read original story ...)

The yen has been sliding to fresh 38-year lows day by day, with market participants on alert for Japanese authorities to step in again, as they did in March, to defend the currency.But a few factors ... ( read original story ...)

Mr Ishimaru “mastered an important social-media skill”, says Michael Cucek of Temple University in Tokyo. He appeared to “speak the truth to power when in fact just spouting negative nonsense”. For ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber is in "advanced talks" to purchase Goodyear's off-the-road tire business unit for at least $1 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg News. ( read original story ...)