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The Japanese yen is down for a third straight day and has declined 1.5% this week. USD/JPY has risen 0.43% on the day and is trading at 155.35 at the time of writing. Early Thursday, the BoJ will release the Summary of Opinions from the April meeting. Japanese officials remain mum about suspected interventions on the currency markets last week.…

Sports Mole previews Saturday's J1 League clash between Tokyo Verdy and Nagoya Grampus, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. Two teams separated by just three points in the middle of the J1 League table will do battle on Saturday, as Tokyo Verdy welcome Nagoya Grampus to the Ajinomoto Stadium. The visitors have dropped to ninth…

he most crowded race ever for a Tokyo governor’s election kicked off on June 20, with dozens of people claiming to be best suited to lead the nation’s capital. Voters will pick one on July 7. At 8:30 a.m., 23 people, including incumbent Yuriko Koike, and challengers such as Renho registered their candidacies…

ZIMO ZHONG, Associated Press 56 mins ago People stand in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks mostly fell Thursday in thin trading after U.S. markets were closed Wednesday…

Heavy rain was lashing the greater Tokyo area on Tuesday, with the Meteorological Agency warning of the risk of floods and landslides. Warm and humid air driven by a low-pressure system has destabilized the atmosphere, resulting in intense rainfall in some areas and potentially leading to instances of…

A disease caused by a rare "flesh-eating bacteria" that can kill people within 48 hours is spreading in Japan after the country relaxed Covid-era restrictions, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) is an aggressive illness that can be fatal within 48 hours of infection.As many as 977 cases of STSS have been…

With contributions from around 370 celebrities, intellectuals and cultural figures of the time, the April 1920 edition of the now defunct Nihon Oyobi Nihonjin (Japan and the Japanese) magazine ran a special feature on what the country would look like in 100 years.Sakio Tsurumi, then-director of the…

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If you’ve ever visited Tokyo, you may have seen fleets of go-karts pass by you on the roads. These go-kart tours are so popular with overseas tourists that one of the companies that ran them almost went out of business when inbound travellers were banned during the pandemic, but now that foreign visitors are back in bigger numbers…

Emperor Naruhito welcomed Luxembourg's Prince Guillaume to the Imperial Palace on 10 June in their first meeting in a decade. The emperor attended Hereditary Grand Duke…