Two big storms have formed in the waters of East Asia, both of which are expected to lash the region with strong winds and heavy rains in the coming days.
MBtv: Art and nature come together at Japan exhibition
Japanese art collective teamLab launches a visually spectacular exhibition, propelling a forest in the southwest island of Kyushu to come alive …
Okinawa or London? Hongkongers see Japan as an option in their emigration plans
Japan’s business visa programme offers foreigners a long-term route to citizenship, making Okinawa an option for Hongkongers seeking to leave the financial hub.
South Korea’s Moon scraps Olympic visit after diplomat’s ‘unacceptable’ remark
President Moon Jae-in had been hoping to meet Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo, but scrapped plans after a diplomat made inappropriate comments.
President Moon calls off visit to Japan after lewd insult
South Korea’s president has cancelled a meeting with the Japanese prime minister after Tokyo’s deputy ambassador to Seoul dismissed his efforts to improve ties as “masturbating”.Moon Jae-in was to …
Australian softballers win local hearts before Japan Olympics opener
Even the mayor loves the Aussie Spirit, and home supporters will have mixed feelings on Wednesday …
The Morning After: Japan breaks the internet speed record
Japan breaks the internet speed record, Impossible Foods chicken nuggets are coming this fall, and the Curiosity rover might be sitting near microbe ‘burps’ on Mars.
2 Americans Get Prison Over Nissan Executive’s Escape From Japan in a Box
The father and son each received sentences of more than a year and had confessed to helping the executive, Carlos Ghosn, escape.
An American father and son will serve prison time for helping ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn in his dramatic escape from Japan in a box
Michael and Peter Taylor pleaded guilty last month to helping Ghosn flee Japan, where he was on bail awaiting trial.
Japan central bank sees moderate impact from global commodity inflation
Rising global commodity prices are likely to push up Japan’s consumer inflation, though only for a temporary period, and to a smaller extent than in Western economies, the Bank of Japan said on Monday …