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The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

All PS Plus members get one of best-looking action games on PS5 for free

Ghostwire Tokyo is now available to all PS Plus members to download on PS5 at no extra cost.

A ripping yarn: Olympian Tom Daley opens knitting exhibition in Japan

Retired gold medallist tells Justin McCurry about his new project in Tokyo, finding joy in crafting and life after sport

The Guardian - UK

Japan plans ‘conveyor belt road’ linking Tokyo and Osaka to tackle truck drivers shortage

Japan is planning an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka

The Independent UK

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Diddy played J-Lo on loop during sexual encounter, model claims

Rachel Kennedy is a former Playboy model who met Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in Tokyo in 2000

The Independent UK

Japan law to punish cyclists for phone use, riding drunk takes effect

TOKYO: A revised Japanese traffic law took effect on Friday, introducing prison terms and fines for cyclists who use their mobile phones or ride while under the influence of alcohol.

Bangkok Post

Shelf-sharing Seeks To Save Bookstores In Japan

"I'm holding an illustrated book of cheeses," says a delighted Tomoyo Ozumi, a customer at a growing kind of bookshop in Japan where anyone wanting to sell their tomes can rent a shelf.

International Business Times

PlayStation Plus reveals monthly games for November, including Ghostwire: Tokyo and Hot Wheels Unleashed 2

Three new games are coming to PlayStation Plus in November, from three separate genres

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Japanese Pride Soars As Ohtani Leads Dodgers To Victory

Japanese fans celebrate Shohei Ohtani and Dodgers' World Series win, showcasing Ohtani's impact on baseball and fans in Tokyo and across Japan.

Top News

Asian Shares Rise As Markets Await Tech Results

Asian markets mostly rose Tuesday with investors looking ahead to the release of US economic data and the earnings reports of tech titans this week.

International Business Times

Developers begin cutting trees in a Tokyo park that environmentalists want to protect

Tree-cutting has begun in the Jingu Gaien park district of central Tokyo, a flashpoint for more than a year between environmentalists and real estate interests

The Independent UK

Japan’s parliamentary election: Why it matters

Japanese voters go to the polls after new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called a snap election.

Al Jazeera

Ohtani-mania: Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo is booming with baseball fans

The superstar Dodgers player has brought a swell of tourists to this endangered historic neighborhood

The Guardian - US

Japan goes to polls in one of most unpredictable elections in years: here’s what’s at stake

Adam Withnall reports from Tokyo on Sunday’s test of moderate, centrist politics in Japan, where worries about inflation, China and North Korea loom large – and the far right is waiting in the wings

The Independent UK

Katie Boulter’s Tokyo run ended by Sofia Kenin in the semi-finals

The British number one was beaten 6-4 6-4 by the former Australian Open champion

The Independent UK

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International Business Times

Asia Markets Split After Tesla Boosts Wall Street

Japanese shares fell but Chinese markets gained in a disjointed start to Asian trade on Friday, after Wall Street cheered strong results from electric car giant Tesla.

Top News

Japanese Fans Embrace Shohei Ohtani And Dodgers In World Series

Japan embraces the Ohtani phenomenon as fans eagerly await his performance in the World Series.

AAP

Boxer Goodman gets crack at undisputed champion Inoue

Australian super bantamweight Sam Goodman has finally got his world title shot, and will take on undisputed champion Naoye Inoue in Tokyo on Christmas eve.

Louder

Watch Thom Yorke play previously unheard song on opening night of Everything tour

Radiohead's Thom Yorke is currently taking his one-man prog band concept to arenas across the Pacific Rim

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Tekla and Auralee collaborate on a collection inspired by the art of Japanese onsen bathing

A cross-continental collaboration sees Copenhagen-based Tekla unite with Tokyo brand Auralee on pieces which draw a parallel between Scandinavian and Japanese bathing practices. Here, Tekla founder and creative director Charlie Hedin tells us more

International Business Times

Tokyo Metro Shares Rocket On Debut

Shares in Tokyo Metro, one of the world's busiest subways, soared almost 50 percent on its debut Wednesday after its government owners raised $2.3 billion in Japan's biggest initial public offering in six years.

Al Jazeera

Tokyo Metro shares soar in Japan’s biggest IPO since 2018

Japanese subway operator’s shares soar as much as 47 percent in biggest listing since 2018.

International Business Times

Tokyo Metro: Asia's Oldest Subway Goes Public

Every day six and a half million people ride Tokyo Metro's nine lines, part of a dizzyingly complex transport network serving the Japanese megacity and its sprawling suburbs.

International Business Times

Japan's Retail Investors To Snap Up Shares Of Train System

Tokyo Metro Co. unveils perks in light of its public IPO listing scheduled for Wednesday.

International Business Times

New Rules Drive Japanese Trucking Sector To The Brink

Fujio Uemura has to rest after driving fish all night to Tokyo, under new rules that trucking firms and experts say are crippling Japan's logistics sector and risk pushing up prices for consumers.