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It wasn't freak weather, but the latest innovation being tested by 2020 Olympics organisers hoping to keep spectators cool and comfortable when the Games take place next summer. Tokyo regul…
SoftBank Group Corp. plans to buy at least $750 million of the shares in WeWork’s impending IPO, one of a series of moves by the office-sharing company to shore up an offering that has been plag…
TOKYO—The Japanese billionaire who wants to fly around the moon on Elon Musk’s spaceship is cashing out of his online fashion business back on earth by selling control to Yahoo Japan Corp.Yahoo Japan…
We're continuing recaps of some great post-summer shows worldwide, like this fantastic Blum and Poe Tokyo debut by LA-based artist Friedrich Kunath. Live Forever marks the 10th ex…
KYODO NEWS - 12 hours ago - 16:05 | Sports, Rugby2019, AllTwo octopuses predicted Friday that host Japan's Brave Blossoms will not advance to the knockout stage of the Rugby World Cup,…
KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 00:48 | Japan, AllA prolonged power outage in parts of Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo caused by Typhoon Faxai could last another two weeks or so, a utility company s…
KYODO NEWS - 7 hours ago - 20:30 | All, Japan, WorldPope Francis will visit Japan from Nov. 23 to 26, the Vatican said Friday, the first pontiff in nearly four decades to travel to the coun…
KYODO NEWS - 9 hours ago - 18:51 | Sports, News, All, JapanDue to concerns over extreme heat during next summer's Tokyo Olympics, local organizers on Friday tested whether artificial s…
KYODO NEWS - 10 hours ago - 17:55 | Lifestyle, All, JapanAlmost 70 percent of married women in Japan believe that same-sex marriage should be legalized in the country, a government sur…
Women centenarians vastly outnumber the men, accounting for 88.1 percent of the total 71,238. Kane Tanaka, a 116-year-old resident of Fukuoka, is the oldest Japanese. Chitetsu Wat…
