Browsing: Japan

Japan is now home to more than 100,000 people aged 100 or older, marking a new longevity milestone for a country confronting an accelerating demographic crisis.The…

Asian Games organisers in Japan accidently play North Korea’s anthem ahead of South’s during hockey match with Bangladesh.Published On 18 Sep 202618 Sep 2026The South Korean…

Bank of Japan raises benchmark interest rate from 1 to 1.25 percent, pledging to help counter inflation risks.Published On 18 Sep 202618 Sep 2026The Bank of…

The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games get under way this weekend under the shadow of a housing crisis that has organisers scrambling to placate athletes and officials from…

Genta Koja beat two-term incumbent Denny Tamaki, who wants a major US military base to be moved out of Okinawa.Published On 14 Sep 202614 Sep 2026Genta…

In a historic move last week, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to encourage the use of new world maps which more accurately depict continents…

Harimoto, whose record 3,085 career hits still stands, was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990.Published On 10 Sep 202610 Sep 2026Japanese baseball…

Rainwater leaked into competition venues a day before some preopening ceremony competitions beginning on Thursday.By AFP and The Associated PressPublished On 9 Sep 20269 Sep 2026Hundreds…

Record-breaking rainfall swamped the Japanese city of Nagoya dumping an all-time high of 105 millimetres of rain in a single hour, prompting flood warnings and severely…

This September, Netflix programming delivers grade-A content all month long. While it’s always hard to say goodbye to the titles leaving Netflix, you won’t feel down for…