Sport Jones’ focus solely on England as Japan reunion looms England coach Eddie Jones has no intention of getting sentimental when his side face 2019 World Cup hosts Japan at Twickenham on Saturday despite... 3 hours ago
World Lost Disney film showing Mickey Mouse’s predecessor found in Japan When Yasushi Watanabe bought a cartoon film decades ago as a high school student in the Japanese city of Osaka, he had no idea he was purchasing... 20 hours ago
World Does not compute : Japan cyber security minister admits shunning PCs A Japanese minister in charge of cyber security has provoked astonishment by admitting he has never used a computer in his professional life,... on 15 November 2018
Business Japan economy shrinks in Q3 as natural disasters hit Japan's economy shrank in the three months to September, official data showed Wednesday, after a string of natural disasters hit consumer spending... on 14 November 2018
Culture Crazy in love? The Japanese man ‘married’ to a hologram Akihiko Kondo's mother refused an invitation to her only son's wedding in Tokyo this month, but perhaps that isn't such a surprise: he was marrying... on 12 November 2018
Business SoftBank unveils massive $21 bn IPO of Japan mobile unit Telecoms giant SoftBank will list shares in its Japanese mobile unit next month in a sale that could raise over $21 billion and be one of the... on 12 November 2018
Business SoftBank unveils massive $21 bn IPO of Japan mobile unit Telecoms giant SoftBank will list shares in its Japanese mobile unit next month in a sale that could raise over $21 billion and be one of the... on 12 November 2018
World Japan team transplants stem cells into brain to treat Parkinson’s Japanese researchers said Friday they have transplanted stem cells into the brain of a patient in the first stage of an innovative trial to cure... on 9 November 2018
Culture Japan TV station cancels K-Pop stars BTS over nuke bomb shirt A Japanese television station has cancelled a performance by the wildly popular Korean boyband BTS, after controversy erupted over a shirt worn... on 9 November 2018
World Buddha and bronzer : The Japanese monk who loves make-up As make-up artist Kodo Nishimura sashays into a room in Tokyo balanced on pin-thin heels, he could hardly look less like a practising Buddhist... on 8 November 2018
World Japan’s Toshiba slahes 7,000 jobs, pulls out of British nuke plant Japan's engineering giant Toshiba announced plans Thursday to slash 7,000 jobs and liquidate a unit building a UK nuclear power plant, leaving... on 8 November 2018
World US to exempt China, India, Japan from Iran oil sanctions : Pompeo The United States will exempt China, India and Japan from oil sanctions on Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday, while vowing to... on 5 November 2018
World SoftBank boss condemns Khashoggi murder, but won’t end ties The head of Japanese firm SoftBank on Monday condemned the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but indicated he would continue to do... on 5 November 2018
World SoftBank boss condemns Khashoggi murder, but won’t end ties The head of Japanese firm SoftBank on Monday condemned the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but indicated he would continue to do... on 5 November 2018
Sport Mayweather to face baby-faced Japan kickboxer Nasukawa Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr said Monday he will come out of retirement to fight a Japanese kickboxer half his age, Tenshin Nasukawa,... on 5 November 2018
World Elderly Japanese pine for return to ‘lost’ northern islands Yoi Hasegawa still remembers when armed Soviet soldiers burst into her house just days after Japan's World War II surrender and tried to drag... on 2 November 2018
