The Japanese capital reported 7,296 coronavirus infections on Sept. 5 after recording 9,635 cases the previous day, the Tokyo Metropolitan Go ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s traditional sento bathhouses steaming ahead – in pictures
Once ubiquitous in Japan’s crowded capital where many homes did not have baths, sento are closing fast – but some of these public bathhouses have been given a new lease of life through renovations, wh ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks extend losses to 4th day on global economic woes
Tokyo stocks ended modestly lower Monday, extending their losing streak to a fourth trading day, amid concerns over the future course ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 7,296 new coronavirus cases
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday reported 7,296 new coronavirus cases, down 2,339 from Sunday. The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 33, down two from ... ( read original story ...)
Advertising firm Daiko latest suspect in Tokyo 2020 bribery scandal
Daiko Advertising Inc. is reportedly suspected of paying former Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee official Haruyuki Takahashi in return for favours ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka-based ad firm raided over Tokyo Olympics bribery case
Tokyo prosecutors have raided the headquarters of an Osaka-based advertising agency in connection with a Tokyo Olympics bribery case. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open lower after US losses
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Monday, extending falls on Wall Street where sentiment worsened after Russia said it would keep a key gas pipeline to Germany offline. The benchmark Nikkei 225 ... ( read original story ...)
Four injured in school bus crash north of Tokyo
Four people were rushed to hospital following a bus carrying high school students and a mini-vehicle colliding in Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture on Monday, local media reported. According to emergency ... ( read original story ...)
Nuclear power is key for Japan’s energy security and carbon neutrality goals, minister says
Nuclear power could play an important part in helping Japan become self-sufficient, according to Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura. ( read original story ...)
Toyota to Suspend Production at 3 Western Japan Plants as Typhoon Nears
Toyota will suspend Monday night shift production starting at 9 p.m. (1200 GMT) and cancel Tuesday morning production at three factories in the western prefecture of Fukuoka. The automaker expects to ... ( read original story ...)
Enjoy up to 48 percent discount at luxurious Hoshino hotels in and near Tokyo
Only for Tokyoites, the promotion includes hotels and resorts in Tokyo, Nikko, Izu, Fukushima and other popular destinations ... ( read original story ...)
Four injured in school bus collision near Tokyo
A high school bus and a mini-vehicle have collided in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. Four people were rushed to hospital. ( read original story ...)
‘I’ll kill you’: Japan pref. to compensate man over intimidating police interrogation
The government of western Japan's Wakayama Prefecture will agree on a settlement with a man over an intimidating police interrogation, whe ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s female bosses mapping a course for other women
Kathy Matsui leads one such firm, MPower Partners, which she recently started in Tokyo with two female partners, Yumiko Murakami and Seki Miwa. A former vice chair of investment b ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s services sector shrinks for first time in five months in August: PMI
TOKYO: Japan's services sector activity shrank for the first time in five months in August as a resurgence of COVID-19 infections hurt demand, a business survey showed. The contraction shows that a re ... ( read original story ...)
Ad company may have paid arrested ex-Tokyo Olympic exec for favor
Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive arrested in a bribery case, may have been paid by an advertising company seeking favor for one of its client companies during ... ( read original story ...)