Like most of America, chances are you were sleeping during the first round of the PGA Tour’s. With the event being held at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba, Japan, the broadcast aired ... ( read original story ...)
Sapporo man admits strangling university student
A 53-year-old man who was recently arrested for allegedly abandoning the body of a 22-year-old university student in Sapporo told investigators that he strangled the student indoors, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Israeli accused of drug smuggling in Japan found dead in prison
The prisoner's defense attorney claimed that he was held in conditions that did not suit his medical state and that the High Court refused to transfer him from there despite his complaints. ( read original story ...)
Win a room or bed on an overnight boat from Nagoya in ferry’s Boat Gacha campaign
Travel gacha capsule machines are becoming a fun and popular way to travel around Japan, with new options like the 5,000 yen (US$34.39) random-desination gacha that gets you a randomly chosen plane ... ( read original story ...)
Approval for govt of Japan’s Kishida falls below 30% for first time -Jiji
Approval for the government of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida slid to 27.4%, a poll showed on Thursday, falling below 30% for the first time since he took office last October. ( read original story ...)
The yen may be weak, but Japan’s tourism isn’t expected to get a ‘bona fide’ rebound without Chinese visitors
After more than two years of strict Covid border controls, Japan reinstated visa-free travel to 68 countries on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s central bank can ‘certainly spend a lot more’ to defend the yen, says strategist
Alvin Tan of RBC Capital Markets says Japan has yet to intervene again despite the yen trading well above the 146 level, so it's quite clear that Tokyo "is not drawing the line in the sand" on ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics clean-up hits big businesses
A few months after last year’s Tokyo Olympics, an Osaka liquidation company quietly began the job nobody wanted to admit was needed: the disposal of truckload after truckload of fluffy toys, branded ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc strongly backs defence spending, many firms near limit on weak yen – Reuters poll
Japanese firms overwhelmingly support increasing defence spending amid heightened sabre-rattling in Asia, according to a Reuters monthly poll on Thursday, which also showed half of companies expect ... ( read original story ...)
A rout by the US in an air battle around Taiwan led Japan to adopt desperate tactics in World War II’s final months
October 1944, US carrier planes and Japanese aircraft waged a "knock-down, drag-out fight" around the island now known as Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
2023 Osaka And Nagoya Motorcycle Shows Announce Their Official Dates
Mark your calendars for March and April. Organizers of the Osaka and Nagoya Motorcycle Shows in Japan have just announced their 2023 motorcycle show plans. If you’ll be in Japan in March or April of ... ( read original story ...)
Does traffic noise from flying cars cause stress?
Researchers from Nagoya University and Keio University in Japan have estimated a person's stress levels caused by the sound of a flying car passing overhead. The research was published in the ... ( read original story ...)
Thank You Tokyo! Event To Recognise Those Behind Tokyo 2020’s Success
A series of sports initiations and a commemorative ceremony taking place in Tokyo on Sunday 16 October 2022 will mark the end of the one-year anniversary of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 ... ( read original story ...)
Marinos slip again as champions Frontale edge closer in J1 title race
Struggling Jubilo Iwata handed J1 League leaders Yokohama F Marinos a 1-0 defeat on Wednesday to give defending champions Kawasaki Frontale a lifeline in their pursuit of a third title in a row and ... ( read original story ...)
Muscat’s Yokohama slip up in J1 title race
Kevin Muscat had a frustrating evening as the Australian's Yokohama F. Marinos side lost in the J1 League to Jubilo Iwata, damaging their title hopes. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic athlete Kamalpreet Kaur banned for three years for use of steroid
Kamalpreet Kaur caught in doping net a year after his meteoric rise in Indian athletics and was touted as a medal hope at major international events ... ( read original story ...)