The Latest Breaking News from Japan

Floyd Mayweather vs Mikuru Asakura time: When are ring walks for fight this weekend?

All you need to know as the boxing icon takes on the mixed martial artist in Japan

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Floyd Mayweather vs Mikuru Asakura live stream: How to watch fight online this weekend

All you need to know as the boxing icon takes on the mixed martial artist in Japan

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Floyd Mayweather boasts of earning $20million for nine-minute exhibition fight

Mayweather will take on Japanese MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura this Sunday in Japan in his latest exhibition fight, and he has claimed that he will make up to $20 million for the nine-minute fight

Daily Mirror · Sep 21, 2022

Man sets himself on fire outside Japanese prime minister's office in apparent protest over Shinzo Abe state funeral

A man sets himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo in an apparent protest against the state funeral planned next week for former leader Shinzo Abe.

ABC News · Sep 21, 2022

Japan weighs plan for ban on hotel guests without masks -media

Japan's government is considering allowing hotels to refuse entry to guests who do not wear masks and follow other measures to control infection during an outbreak, Fuji News Network said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Sep 21, 2022

Shinzo Abe: man sets himself alight in protest at state funeral for killed Japan PM

Protester sustains widespread burns as Japan wrestles with legacy of leader whose death revealed scale of politicians’ links to Unification church

The Guardian - AU · Sep 21, 2022

Man sets himself on fire in apparent protest of Abe funeral

A man has set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister’s office in Tokyo in apparent protest of the state funeral for former leader Shinzo Abe

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Horror as man sets himself on fire in protest before Japan's ex-Prime Minster's funeral

Controversy surrounding the state funeral of Shinzo Abe has continued after a man set himself on fire in a protest, resulting in him being left unconscious and a police officer left injured

Daily Mirror · Sep 21, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ‘tramples’ UN charter: Japan PM

Fumio Kishida steps up calls for reform of UN system after failure of Security Council to respond to Russian attack.

Al Jazeera · Sep 21, 2022

The science of squirting

Using blue food coloring, Japanese scientists gained new insight into the orgasmic phenomenon known as "squirting"

Salon · Sep 21, 2022