Asia Album: Japanese celebrate Christmas, New Year in Tokyo

This photo taken on Dec. 26, 2022 shows a shopwindow with rabbit decorations to welcome the Year of the Rabbit in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan. (Xinhua/) TOKYO, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- In the festive season, the Japanese people flocked to the streets of Tokyo to celebrate Christmas and the coming New Year, ( read original story ...

Red alert for COVID in Osaka

The Tower of the Sun is lit up in red at Expo '70 Commemorative Park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Monday night, as the prefecture's COVID-19 alert is raised to the maximum level with hospital beds ... ( read original story ...)

Apple Japan hit with $98 million in back taxes- Nikkei

According to the newspaper, bulk purchases of iPhones by foreign shoppers were discovered at some Apple stores with at least one transaction involving an individual buying hundreds of handsets at once and the store missed taxing at least one possible reseller. ( read original story ...)