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[ad_1] Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet approved a financial aid package Thursday for the quake-stricken Noto Peninsula region in Ishikawa Prefecture.The package is intended to support recovery efforts and aid the local economies of Ishikawa and the surrounding prefectures that were devastated after a 7.6 magnitude quake hit the region on New Year’s Day.The funding comes more than three weeks after the quake struck. And yet, more than 46,000 households […]

[ad_1] The prices of new condos in Tokyo jumped to a record high for the third straight year in 2023, driven by low supply and rising building costs.The average price of a new apartment for sale in the Greater Tokyo area surged 29% to a fresh high of ¥81 million ($548,000), according to the Real Estate Economic Institute, which has been tracking the data since 1973.New condo values have now […]

[ad_1] Japan Football Association President Kozo Tashima on Wednesday condemned online abuse directed at Japan goalkeeper Zion Suzuki while he has been playing at the Asian Cup in Qatar. The 21-year-old Suzuki, whose father is of Ghanaian descent and mother is Japanese, received abusive messages via social media after playing in Japan's 4-2 win over Vietnam and 2-1 defeat to Iraq in Group D. "It's simply unacceptable behavior, and we […]

[ad_1] Undisputed super bantamweight boxing champion Naoya Inoue is set to fight Mexico's Luis Nery at Tokyo Dome on May 6, U.S. sports channel ESPN reported Wednesday. Mike Tyson had his world heavyweight title bouts in 1988 and 1990 at Tokyo Dome, one of Japan's largest indoor stadiums. Earlier in January, the head of Inoue's gym, Hideyuki Ohashi, admitted to being in talks with Nery's team on the Japanese star's […]

[ad_1] If you want peace, prepare for war, was the Roman maxim.Following that injunction the U.S. maintains its place as first among superpower equals, even if it is no longer the hyperpower that it was in the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But with its depleted armed forces unprepared to fight a major war, or perhaps any kind of war, on its own, Europe (Brexit Britain included) […]

[ad_1] Japan’s lunar lander touched down 55 meters east of its target on the moon’s surface on Saturday, despite losing one of its main engines during its final descent, the nation’s space agency said Thursday.The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) had aimed to land within 100 meters of a target site, much more precise than the several to tens-of-kilometers range seen in conventional lunar missions.“We […]

[ad_1] Haneda Airport will introduce new electronic stands for foreign travelers to streamline immigration and customs, in a move to drive inbound tourism. The new stands will allow for speedier entry into the country.A roughly two-month trial run using 10 of the stands, which can capture facial images and scan fingerprints and passports, will begin at one of the country's busiest airports on Jan. 31.The service is expected to be […]

[ad_1] Pokemon imitator and smash hit Palworld may have flown too close to the sun. On Jan. 25, less than a week after Palworld released to immediate and overwhelming success, The Pokemon Company released a statement titled “Inquiries Regarding Other Companies’ Games.” “We have received many inquiries regarding another company’s game released in January 2024,” the statement says. “We have not granted any permission for the use of Pokemon intellectual […]

[ad_1] London – In Britain, Japanese novels in English translation are experiencing a boom in popularity among a new generation, with word-of-mouth on social media driving book sales.Trends on social media platforms such as TikTok — where members of the "BookTok" community recommend and theorize about their favorite books, genres and authors — have inspired young Britons to seek out more works translated from other languages.Yet among these, novels reflecting […]