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Customers return to department stores for New Year's sales

With freedom of movement no longer restricted due to COVID-19, department stores were as busy as in pre-pandemic years when their annual New Year's sales started Monday, packed with people shopping for fukubukuro lucky bags and other items.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Komazawa hits stride to seal Triple Crown

Komazawa University runners were in perfect stride at the Tokyo-Hakone Intercollegiate Ekiden.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Third of world could be in recession in 2023, IMF chief warns

Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is warning that this year will be tougher than the last and that the war in Ukraine, rising inflation and higher interest rates will weigh heavily on the global economy. She expects the EU to be particularly hard hit, with…

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Japan's emperor gives first public New Year's greeting since 2020

Japan's Emperor Naruhito on Monday gave a New Year's address and greeted members of the public for the first time in three years as the country eases COVID-19 pandemic restrictions amid a year-end surge in infections.

Reuters

Rizin FF 40: Rizin vs. Bellator: Best photos from Japan

Check out these photos from the fights at Rizin FF 40: Rizin vs. Bellator at Saitama Super Arena just outside Tokyo, Japan.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Double world champ Sanita Puspure on how she came back from her Tokyo heartbreak

The 40-year-old won bronze in this year's Worlds after contemplating retirement when her third Olympics ended without a podium finish in 2021, and the chance to row in the Paris Games in 2024 is on her mind

Irish Mirror

Saudi Arabia, Japan Sign 15 Agreements, Establishing Qualitative Partnership

The Saudi-Japanese Investment Forum in Riyadh resulted in the signing of 15 agreements covering technology, artificial intelligence, industry and clean energy. Riyadh and Tokyo announced they plan to move to a qualitative partnership as an essential pillar for joint future-building projects in industrial and digital transformation. The forum stressed the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Ex-Tokyo Olympics official Takahashi granted bail in bribery case -NHK

A former Tokyo Olympics official arrested on bribery charges was granted bail on Monday, public broadcaster NHK reported.

Reuters

India's Hockey World Cup Squad: Narrative of expectations is same as Tokyo Olympics

NEW DELHI: If not at boiling point yet, the nervousness around the Men's Hockey World Cup is definitely simmering. Compared to 2018, the responsibility has risen, even if the target remains the same in 2023. India's last World Cup win is now under a pile of 47 years. Another miss,…

The Times of India

2019 H.K. protest films screened in Japan

Two films about the 2019 antigovernment protests in Hong Kong have been running in a Tokyo theater since December, despite being banned in Hong Kong due to the Chinese government's intensifying control.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

PM made series of difficult decisions over past year

Looking back on the past year, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said during a lecture in Tokyo that he had made "a series of difficult decisions."

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan Steps Up

Asia’s rising threats have convinced Tokyo to abandon its defense taboos.

Foreign Affairs

Actor-singer Fukuyama among Hochi film award winners

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan makes major nuclear about-turn

TOKYO: Japan decided on Thursday to allow nuclear reactors to operate beyond their current limit of 60 years and to replace ageing facilities with new advanced ones, in a major policy change to cut carbon emissions while ensuring energy supplies amid disruptions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Japan approves simple Alzheimer’s blood test

TOKYO: Japan’s health ministry has approved one of the world’s first blood test kits to detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease, paving way for a simpler and speedier diagnosis of the brain-wasting ailment for which a blockbuster therapy is finally on the horizon.

The Independent UK

Three suspects in Tokyo robbery lose challenge over Japan extradition request

Joe Chappell, Daniel Kelly and Kaine Wright are alleged to have posed as a customers to gain entry to the store in 2015.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Sapporo to review plans for 2030 Winter Games bid

Sapporo is reconsidering efforts to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, with the city's mayor citing scandals linked to the Tokyo Olympics as a reason for the rethink.

Evening Standard

From agony to ecstasy, Beth Mead set for Sports Personality of the Year crown after Lionesses heroics

In the summer of 2021, Beth Mead was not even deemed to be in the top 18 players in Britain for Team GB’s Tokyo Olympic squad.

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FTSE 100 Live: TSB fined over IT failure, Japan policy shift hits markets

Public sector borrowing soared to £22 billion last month, the highest November figure since monthly records began in 1993.

The Independent UK

North Korea threatens strong military steps against Japan

North Korea is threatening to take “bold and decisive military steps” against Japan as it slammed Tokyo’s adoption of a national security strategy as an attempt to turn the country into an aggressive military power

AAP

McKeown out to keep swim rivals at bay

Australian swim star Kaylee McKeown knows the scenario ahead of the Paris Olympics is a lot different to her build-up for the Tokyo Games.

France 24

Japan unveils its biggest defence overhaul since World War II

The Japanese government has unveiled plans to drastically expand its defence capabilities. In what would be the biggest military build-up since World War II, Tokyo aims to double its defence spending over the next five years and install missiles capable of striking an enemy launch site. It's a controversial move,…

Bangkok Post

Japan shifting back to nuclear power

TOKYO: Japan has confirmed a major nuclear power policy shift to tackle an energy crisis, more than a decade after the 2011 Fukushima disaster prompted it to idle most of its reactors.

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Sends Ships into Pacific amid Japan Security Moves

A squadron of Chinese Navy ships sailed through straits near Japan into the Western Pacific this week, while Beijing on Friday blasted Tokyo's adoption of a new national security strategy putting itself on a more offensive footing — largely as a result of the perceived threat from China. The destroyers…

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Eyeing China, Japan lifts longtime restrictions to allow major defense buildup

The policy change is widely seen as a major step toward rearming Japan more than seven decades after its demilitarization after World War II.

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