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Families offered several million yen to move out of Tokyo to depopulated areas
Japan plans to boost financial support to households to move away from the capital to combat depopulation in other areas of the country, according to ... Healthy Living -
Tokyo enforces solar panels for new homes built after 2025
All new houses in Tokyo built by large-scale homebuilders after April 2025 must install solar power panels to cut household carbon emissions, ... World News -
North Korea fires four short-range ballistic missiles: S.Korea military
North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the western sea on Saturday morning, said South Korean military, adding the missiles flew ... World News -
Dream job: The Japanese man who gets paid $71 per booking to do nothing
Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: he gets paid to do pretty much nothing.The 38-year-old Tokyo resident charges 10,000 yen ($71) ... Life -
Japan’s ‘Stranger Things’-themed cafe serves Demogorgon pasta, Eleven’s waffles, more
Japanese fans of the sci-fi hit “Stranger Things” can chow down on demonic pasta and rock out to retro 1980s tunes at a pop-up cafe inspired by the ... Entertainment -
Japan detects first monkeypox virus case in Tokyo
Japan detected its first case of the monkeypox virus, in Tokyo, the capital’s governor said on Monday.The infected person is a man in his 30s who has ... World News -
Tokyo heads for pandemic record as cases of new COVID-19 subvariants rise
Tokyo will report its highest number of COVID-19 cases for the entire pandemic on Thursday, Nippon Television reported, driven by the spread of more ... Coronavirus -
Japan warns of COVID-19 surge, PM Kishida to hold news conference
Japan warned on Thursday that a new wave of coronavirus infections appeared to be spreading rapidly and urged people to take special care ahead of an ... Coronavirus -
Japan’s electricity generator JERA says it shut down a 500 MW power plant due to fire
A fire caused Japan’s biggest power generator JERA to shut down a 500 megawatt (MW) unit at its Chiba thermal power station near Tokyo on Saturday, ... World News -
Amid scorching summer, Japan issues warning over possible power crunch
The Japanese government warned on Sunday that electric power supplies would be strained in the Tokyo area on Monday, calling on people to save energy ... Energy -
Australia’s Opposition leader Albanese says he will travel to Quad if wins election
Australia’s Opposition Labor leader Anthony Albanese said if he wins Saturday’s general election he will travel to Tokyo for a meeting of the Quad ... World News -
Sony says well-positioned for metaverse revolution with cross-platform push
Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corp said it is well-positioned to play a leading role in the metaverse, or immersive virtual worlds, which ... Entertainment -
Japan’s anti-procrastination cafe helps writers meet deadlines
Writers facing deadlines go to Tokyo’s “Manuscript Writing Café” with an understanding - they can't leave until their work is done.Oh, and there's ... Life -
Japan flies in 20 Ukrainian refugees to show support amid Russian invasion
The Japanese government flew 20 Ukrainian refugees into Tokyo on Tuesday in a high-profile show of support for international efforts to help Ukraine, ... World News -
No spooky sights yet at ‘haunted’ official residence: Japan PM
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday he’s sleeping soundly after becoming the first premier in nine years to inhabit the official ... Life -
Japan govt condemns ‘brutal’ Halloween stabbing, fire attack on Tokyo train
The suspect in a Halloween stabbing and fire attack on a Tokyo train expressed admiration for infamous comic villain the Joker, Japanese media ... World News -
Man dressed as Joker terrorizes Tokyo train, injures 10 people
A 24-year-old man dressed in Batman’s Joker costume attacked passengers on a Tokyo train line on Sunday evening, injuring about 10 people as many ... World News -
Japan to extend COVID state of emergency in Tokyo area until last week of September
The Japanese government plans to extend a state of emergency in and around Tokyo until the last week of September in a further bid to contain the ... Coronavirus -
Afghan Paralympian Zakia Khudadadi makes debut after top-secret evacuation
Afghan taekwondo athlete Zakia Khudadadi competed in the Paralympic Games on Thursday, becoming the first female Afghan to do so since Athens 2004, ... Life -
Two injured in acid attack at Tokyo subway station
Two people suffered burns in an acid attack at a Tokyo subway station with the perpetrator still at large, police and local media said Wednesday.The ... World News -
Saudi Olympic champion Hamedi greeted with surprise celebration in Jeddah airport
Saudi Arabian Olympic champion and Karate player Tarek Hamedi was welcomed with a grand celebration at Jeddah airport following his silver medal win ... Gulf -
At least 10 passengers stabbed on underground train in Tokyo, man arrested
A man with a knife stabbed at least 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo on Friday and was arrested by police after fleeing, fire department ... World News -
Japan warns of unprecedented COVID-19 spread as cases hit record in Tokyo
Japan warned on Wednesday that coronavirus infections were surging at an unprecedented pace as new cases hit a record high in Tokyo, overshadowing the ... Coronavirus -
Belarus government trying to humiliate athlete Tsimanouskaya: US envoy
Poland and Japan have helped the Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya evade attempts by President Alexander Lukashenko’s government to humiliate ... World News -
Olympics’ organizers collect spit from 30,000 people daily as COVID-19 measure
They spit. They wait. They hope. About 30,000 people from scores of nations are spitting into tiny plastic vials at the Olympics in a daily routine ... Coronavirus -
Activists urge Olympic Committee to suspend title of IRGC athlete after win
The “United for Navid” group has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to open an ethics investigation and to suspend the Tokyo Olympics ... Middle East -
Japanese officials sound alarm as cases hit record highs in Tokyo
Japanese officials sounded the alarm on Thursday as Tokyo reported record-breaking coronavirus cases for the third straight day with the Olympics well ... Coronavirus -
Olympics: Two Games-related COVID-19 cases hospitalized, say organizers
Two Games-related people from overseas with COVID-19 have been hospitalized but neither case is serious, Tokyo 2020 spokesman Masa Takaya said on ... Coronavirus -
Olympic host Tokyo neighbors to seek COVID-19 emergency steps after cases surge
Governors of three prefectures near Olympics host Tokyo are likely to ask the government to declare states of emergency for their regions, media said ... Coronavirus -
Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz wins Philippines’ first-ever gold medal at Tokyo Olympics
The Philippines finally won its first Olympic gold medal ever at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo with weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz taking home first place ... Sports