It’s been said that if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns—but that’s not true in Japan, which has some of the strictest laws on the books forbidding the possession of guns, and imposes even …
US’ Blinken, Austin set to visit Japan from March 15: sources
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are making arrangements to visit Japan from March 15 for foreign policy and security talks, two government sources with direct …
‘It harks back to an old time’: Read and Hooper relish Japan’s Top League
Toyota Verblitz teammates Kieran Read and Michael Hooper lead a string of illustrious imports to the Japanese game …
SailPoint Expands With New Office in Japan
SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SAIL), the leader in enterprise identity security, today announced its expansion into Japan. The company recently opened a new office in the region and …
Animated ‘Demon Slayer’ strikes chord with pandemic Japan
The terrifying plight depicted in the swashbuckling animated film, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train,” “Demon Slayer” has become the biggest grossing film for Japan, surpassing …
Japan’s children of the tsunami shaped by tragedy
Yuto Naganuma looks silently as the cold sea breeze sweeps over the crumbling walls of the school where his little brother was lost in Japan’s devastating 2011 tsunami. Ten years on, Naganuma and …
Events Following Japan’s Worst Quake and Nuclear Incident
Japan marks a decade since a huge earthquake and tsunami left more than 22,000 people dead or missing and triggered the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Here is a brief timeline of …
Decision on foreign spectators up to Japan, says IOC’s Coates
The decision whether to allow overseas spectators to attend the Summer Games is up to Japan, a senior International Olympic Committee official said on Thursday, signalling that it is up to the host …
Japanese billionaire seeks volunteers for SpaceX flight around the moon
Eccentric Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is looking for eight civilian volunteers to blast off to the Moon with him on the first-ever private commercial space trip.
Japan’s Fast Retailing to cut prices by around 9%
Retail group Fast Retailing said on Thursday it was slashing prices by around 9% at its Uniqlo and GU stores in Japan, saying it recognised that many customers were experiencing “unprecedented …