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The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

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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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.

International Business Times

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.

Top News

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.

AAP

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

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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.

International Business Times

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

International Business Times

Man Throws Firebombs At Japan's Ruling Party Headquarters

Incident involving firebomb attack on ruling party HQ in Tokyo, suspect arrested. Party faces scandal and challenges ahead of elections. Past history inclu...

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Shohei Ohtani Inspires Youth Baseball In Japan

Shohei Ohtani's impact on youth baseball in Tokyo and popularity in Japan as a sports icon.

Wallpaper

Discothèque perfumes evoke the scent of Tokyo in the year 2000

As Discothèque gets ready to launch its first perfume collection, Mary Cleary catches up with the brand’s founders

International Business Times

Japan PM Presses China's Li On Airspace Intrusion

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called for a "full explanation" of an airspace intrusion by a Chinese military aircraft in his first face-to-face meeting with Premier Li Qiang, Tokyo said Friday.

The Times of India

'Comparison with Neeraj Chopra is silly': Two-time Paralympics double medallist Sumit Antil

Sumit Antil, a two-time world champion and Paralympics gold medallist in Tokyo, promised Prime Minister Narendra Modi he would add to his tally in Paris. In September, he did just that. By hurling the javelin a distance of 70.59m in the F64 class in the French capital, winning a gold…

Bangkok Post

Qantas apologises for showing film with nudity on flight

Australian airline Qantas is apologising after a recent flight from Sydney to Tokyo featured an R-rated movie shown on every screen.

Creative Bloq

I visited Cygames' massive mocap studio in Japan, and I'm in awe

Inside Asia's largest motion capture facility.

Pedestrian.tv

Friends Of Kanye West And Bianca Censori Claim They Leaked Their Own Divorce Rumours

The pair were spotted together in Tokyo days after split rumours, which were apparently a bizarre attempt to "promote Kanye's new album".

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