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Tokyo's Newest Art Star: One-year-old Thumbelina

Gripping paintbrush and crayon, the artist known as Thumbelina splodges and splats with merry abandon, the one-year-old star of a Tokyo exhibition that goes on way past her bedtime.

International Business Times · Apr 23, 2025

Gout hoping to square off against Lyles in Tokyo

Sprint stars Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy have locked in their spots in the Australian team for the Tokyo world athletics championships.

AAP · Apr 23, 2025

Social Media Helps Fuel Growing 'Sex Tourism' In Japan

Young women standing idly around a park in Tokyo's west suggest that a giant statue of Godzilla is not the only attraction for a record number of foreign tourists.

International Business Times · Apr 20, 2025

Yoko Ono, ‘the first female punk rocker’, is an artist of benevolent magic

In 1945, when Yoko Ono was 12, her home city of Tokyo was firebombed. With her mother and siblings, she fled to the safety of a farming village in Nagano Prefecture. Food was scarce. During this time, Ono, as the eldest child, often had to help find provisions for her…

The Conversation · Apr 15, 2025

Ex Queenslander Greene lifts BlueRevs over Lupus

Former Reds player Sam Greene has helped Shizuoka to an upset heavy win over Lupus Tokyo in Japanese club rugby.

AAP · Apr 13, 2025

Asian markets in fresh falls as US-China trade war escalates

Tokyo was particularly badly hit with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index down 5.6% at one stage

Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2025

US stocks drop again following another day of market volatility

The dramatic fluctuations came after global stock rallies earlier in the day, with indexes rising 6% in Tokyo, 2.5% in Paris, and 1.6% in Shanghai.

Euronews · Apr 8, 2025

Discus king Matt Denny smashes through 70-metre barrier

Matt Denny is eyeing world championships gold in Tokyo later this year after obliterating his discus personal best.

AAP · Apr 7, 2025

Issey Miyake brings his revolutionary piece of cloth to Tokyo, 1999

The design concept was nothing if not versatile, writes Genevieve Fox

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2025

The Adidas Tokyo Sneaker Just Shot to the Top of My It-Shoe Wish List, Thanks to Jennifer Lawrence

She said the Taekwondo's days are numbered.

Marie Claire · Apr 4, 2025