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Airbnb Enters the Cheap Travel Arms Race

The lodging disruptor is racing towards rock-bottom prices at less than an average of $70 per night.

The Street

Ultra-cyclist Jack Thompson breaks new long-distance record on 520km route in Japan

Australian broke long standing record on 520 kilometre long route on Japan’s route one, the first road to be built in Japan

Cycling Weekly

S. Korean, Japanese officials meet ahead of leaders' summit

Senior South Korean and Japanese officials have discussed strengthening relations and coordinating responses to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats in a meeting ahead of a summit between their leaders

The Independent UK

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Canyon's Aeroad CFR gets a Manga makeover creating a comically good looking bike

A limited number of the Canyon Aeroad CFR Tokyo edition go on sale

Cycling Weekly

Japan Airlines' annual net profit returns to black

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan Airlines logged Tuesday an annual net profit for the first time in three years, buoyed by soaring domestic and international demand for travel after pandemic restrictions were eased.

AFP

Japan's Kishida plans to visit Yoon in South Korea before G-7

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he wants to travel to South Korea to further strengthen ties between the two countries after President Yoon Suk Yeol's March visit to Tokyo.

WEKU

Urawa looking to raise roof in Champions League final showdown

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds are looking to "harness the power" of their boisterous fans when they host Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal in Saturday's Asian Champions League final second leg.

AFP

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Japan PM Kishida to visit South Korea next week

Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit South Korea next week, Japan's foreign ministry said Tuesday, as the two US allies pursue warmer ties.

AFP

Kishida plans to visit Yoon in South Korea before G-7

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he is arranging a trip to South Korea for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol in return for his March visit to Tokyo

The Independent UK

Japan PM Kishida plans South Korea visit

Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he plans to visit South Korea next week for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol, as the two US allies pursue warmer ties.

AFP

US markets mixed after First Republic Bank takeover

New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks were mixed on Monday as markets digested the takeover of the embattled First Republic Bank, while Tokyo stocks closed higher ahead of the Federal Reserve's key policy decision this week.

AFP

Japanese figure skater Takahashi retires with ice dance partner

Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi, who became the first Asian man to win a world title in 2010, announced his competitive retirement with ice dance partner Kana Muramoto on Monday.

AFP

Jack Ma takes up visiting professor post in Japan

Tokyo (AFP) - Chinese billionaire Jack Ma on Monday took up a visiting professor position at a Japanese university, another new academic role for the founder of tech giant Alibaba.

AFP

Stock market today: Tokyo gains, most Asian markets closed

Shares have advanced in Tokyo and Sydney while most Asian markets were closed for May 1 holidays

The Independent UK

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AFP

Japan approves abortion pill for the first time

Tokyo (AFP) - The abortion pill will become available in Japan for the first time after the health ministry approved the drug used to terminate early-stage pregnancy.

The Hindu

Bengaluru-Munich flight service, stalled due to COVID-19 outbreak, to commence from November

With Lufthansa announcing that it will start flight service between Bengaluru and Munich from November 3, two of the three international routes from Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) which were disrupted due to COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 are back on track.

The Guardian - AU

‘Wolf warrior’ or entertainer? Outspoken Japanese envoy Shingo Yamagami has no regrets as he departs Australia

The ambassador has been seen variously as giving Australia a ‘shake-up’ and ‘kicking own-goals’ during his Canberra posting

The Independent UK

Japan to restore preferred trade status for South Korea

Japan’s trade ministry says it has begun procedures to restore preferential trade status for South Korea, days after Seoul took a similar step for Tokyo and requested reciprocity, and more than three years after the countries downgraded each other during a bitter historical dispute

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Bank of Japan maintains monetary easing but plans review

Tokyo (AFP) - The Bank of Japan announced a review of its longstanding monetary easing measures on Friday, but said it would maintain them for the time being in the first policy decision under new governor Kazuo Ueda.

AFP

UN expert urges Japan to sanction Myanmar junta

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan should sanction Myanmar as it has done for Russia over its Ukraine invasion, a United Nations expert said Thursday, slamming the junta's "barbarism and oppression".

The Independent UK

Tokyo plan likened to putting 'skyscrapers' in Central Park

The Jingu Gaien is a rare green space in central Tokyo

Wallpaper

Ghetto Gastro and Sacai team up on a bandana-print capsule collection

Culinary collective Ghetto Gastro unites with Japanese label Sacai on a series of bandana-print pieces, originally designed as uniforms for the ‘Sacai Gastro’ restaurant in Tokyo

AFP

Bank of Japan to review, but maintain, easing measures

AFP

Women take on Japan's political gender gap for 'true democracy'

Tokyo (AFP) - Women are a rare sight in Japanese politics, but 20-year-old Rinka Saito is determined to run for office one day because "you can't have true democracy without diversity".

The Canberra Times

A fond farewell by class act Shingo

The Japanese ambassador returns to Tokyo on Saturday.

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