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Woman, 90, killed in incident thought linked to recent Kanto area robberies

A 90-year-old woman was found dead Thursday in her house in Komae, Tokyo, in a suspected robbery-homicide.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Swiss luxury meets Japanese fashion

Finding a partner to celebrate the Lunar New Year, Franck Muller ended up in Tokyo, where Ryo Ishikawa is a streetwear icon and founder of the Fxxking Rabbits (#FR2) label. Ishikawa was born in the Year of the Rabbit making him the perfect partner for a limited-edition timepiece.

Bangkok Post

Zach LaVine ‘would love to’ play for Team USA in 2024 Paris Olympics

LaVine won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Vinesh, Sakshi accuse WFI president of sexual harassment; Phogat says Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh 'indirectly' gave her death threats on return from Tokyo Olympics

NEW DELHI: Indian sports on Wednesday was rocked by serious allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation by the country’s leading women wrestlers, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, who jointly accused ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) member of parliament and wrestling federation’s (WFI) chief, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, of sexually exploiting…

The Times of India

New Year poetry reading held at Imperial Palace

The annual utakai hajime ceremony, a New Year poetry reading at the Imperial Palace, was held in the Matsu-no-Ma room of the palace in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

World shares mixed, yen falls after BOJ keeps policy intact

Share are mixed in Europe and Asia, with Tokyo gaining more than 2% after Japan's central bank kept its lax monetary policy unchanged, dispelling speculation it would yield to pressure to tighten credit

The Independent UK

Tokyo court upholds acquittal of Fukushima disaster executives

Prosecutors have argued that the executives were aware of the dangers of a nuclear plant located on Japan’s coast.

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Tokyo shares jump after Bank of Japan keeps policy unchanged

Share have advanced in Asia, with Tokyo gaining more than 2%, after Japan's central bank kept its lax monetary policy unchanged, dispelling speculation it would yield to pressure to tighten credit

The Independent UK

Tokyo court upholds not guilty verdict for ex-Tepco execs over Fukushima disaster

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld a not guilty criminal verdict by a lower court that cleared former Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) executives of negligence over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power station disaster.

Reuters

Japan is paying families 1 million yen to move to the countryside – but it won't make Tokyo any smaller

The Japanese government has announced a fresh round of incentives for people to move out of the Tokyo region. From April 2023, families seeking a new life in greener pastures will receive JPY1 million (£6,380), per child. This represents an increase of JPY700,000 on previous such payments.

The Conversation

What Japan’s foreign policy shifts mean for NZ

Tokyo’s dramatic and hawkish turn towards defence in the face of China's growing influence is likely to have ramifications for New Zealand. Geoffrey Miller explains.

Newsroom.co.nz

Japan, India hold first joint air drill as China concerns grow

Japan and India held their first joint air drills in an area outside of Tokyo as both countries step up military exercises with other countries amid worries about China’s assertiveness.

Tribune News Service

Japan, India launch joint fighter jet drill to strengthen anti-China alliance

Japan and India began their first joint fighter jet exercise on Monday near Tokyo as the countries upgrade defence and security ties with an eye on China's increasing military might.

Radio France Internationale

Tokyo shrine prepares for bullfinch figurine rite

Staff at a Tokyo shrine are busy preparing wooden figurines of Eurasian bullfinches ahead of its annual bullfinch-exchange rite on Jan. 24 and 25.

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Japan shrugs as Americans fume over Gwen Stefani ‘appropriation’

Japanese people say they are bemused at controversy over US pop singer’s fascination with their culture.

The Times of India

Hockey World Cup: Australia go on an 8-0 rampage

BHUBANESWAR: Australia were expected to be hungry to perform at this World Cup after missing out on gold in Tokyo and winning just a bronze at the 2018 edition of the tournament. But not many would have anticipated what transpired at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Friday. Playing their first…

Reuters

Japan's Kishida says allies must act in concert on China

Japan, the United States and Europe must act in unison on China, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in Washington on Friday, during a visit aimed at enhancing Tokyo's U.S. alliance in the face of growing challenges from Beijing.

Los Angeles Times

US and Japan's new defense strategy sends stark warning to China

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will welcome Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Friday, a meeting intended to signal a more confrontational approach to China as Tokyo's defense turns south toward the Taiwan Strait.

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U.S. strongly committed to Japan defense, Biden tells Kishida, hails military boost

President Joe Biden told Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday the United States was "fully, thoroughly, completely" committed to Japan's defense and praised Tokyo's security build up, saying the nations had never been closer.

Reuters

China COVID peak to last 2-3 months, hit rural areas next -expert

The peak of China's COVID-19 wave is expected to last two to three months, and will soon swell over the vast countryside where medical resources are relatively scarce, a top Chinese epidemiologist has said.

The Times of India

Hockey World Cup: India face Spain test in tough opener

ROURKELA: The last year and a half has changed the way Indians perceive hockey. The change came in Tokyo on August 5, 2021. A generation of hockey enthusiasts endured a string of disappointments before India came home with an Olympic medal — a bronze – for the first time in…

Foreign Affairs

To Make Japan Stronger, America Must Pull It Closer

What Biden and Kishida should do to strengthen the alliance.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Tokyo to offer free childcare for 2nd child

The Tokyo metropolitan government has decided it will provide free childcare for a second child aged between 0 and 2 for all Tokyo households from fiscal 2023, it has been learned.

Al Jazeera

South Korea mulls compensating forced labourers via a public fund

Some victims of forced labour under the Japanese during World War II denounced the plan as ‘humiliating’.

The Times of India

I've set short targets, World Cup medal is the first in that list: PR Sreejesh

ROURKELA (Odisha): Had India not held onto their 5-4 lead and resultantly finished fourth at the Tokyo Olympics a little over a year ago, a lot would have looked different at the 2023 World Cup beginning in a day's time here in Odisha. But India managed to avoid that scare,…

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