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Flawless Kudermetova dismantles Pegula to claim Tokyo title
Eighth seed Veronika Kudermetova claimed her first title of the season and second overall with a comprehensive 7-5 6-1 win over world number four Jessica Pegula in the Pan Pacific Open final in Tokyo on Sunday.
Hong Kong most expensive city for expats, New York 2nd
Hong Kong is the world’s most expensive city – for the second year in a row – for expatriates to live in, according to the findings of the latest cost of living research published by ECA International.
PLAYWATCH / The Anime and Video Game Hype at the Tokyo Olympics
Imagine playing volleyball to the soundtrack of Haikyuu!!
Tokyo hopes ‘solar road’ will lead to greener power
The Tokyo metropolitan government intends to take the initiative in introducing the new technologies of “solar roads” that collect energy from the sun via solar panels installed beneath the surface of roads and “power-generating floors” that generate electricity by utilizing the vibrations created by people walking, according to sources.
Top 10 most popular Easter destinations for Asia-Pacific travelers revealed
Thanks no doubt to the fact that Easter falls during the same period as this year's cherry blossom season, Tokyo has topped a list of the most popular Easter destinations among Asia-Pacific travelers for 2018.
Tokyo to build world’s tallest timber tower
Japanese company Sumitomo Forestry is set to build the world's tallest wooden skyscraper to mark its 350th anniversary in 2041.
Nine headless bodies found in Tokyo flat: reports
Japanese police finds nine mutilated bodies hidden in containers with their heads cut off and flesh stripped in a suburban Tokyo flat, media reports.
Football: Asian fringe ready for World Cup expansion, says Japan FA boss
FIFA's decision to expand the World Cup to 48 teams will be a catalyst to soccer's growth in countries hovering on the fringe of the showpiece tournament, according to Japan Football Association (JFA) president Kozo Tashima.
Football: Ronaldo no dummy as he targets world treble
Cristiano Ronaldo will have little time for "cyber clones" or facial keepy-uppy when the Real Madrid superstar arrives in Japan next week for the Club World Cup.
Japanese suggest new Tokyo Olympics logo as official emblem scrapped
Japanese social media users have been posting their own creative designs after Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games logo controversy.
Move over hover board, here comes WalkCar
While Lexus teases us with hard to obtain hoverboards, a more practical kind of futuristic skateboard has been unveiled by an inventor in Japan: the WalkCar.
Tokyo plane crash leaves 3 dead
A small plane has crashed into a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo, leaving three people dead, five injured and burning down nearby houses.
World's oldest man Sakari Momoi dies at 112 in Japan
The world's oldest man, Japanese supercentenarian Sakari Momoi, has died in Tokyo at the age of 112.
Japan bullet train hit by fire in apparent suicide
At least eight people have been injured, two seriously, after a man set himself on fire on a Shinkansen bullet train in Japan, say officials.
Godzilla finally gets citizenship in Japan
Most residents of Tokyo's pulsing Shinjuku ward, home to the busiest railway station in the world, are of the Homo sapiens variety.
Godzilla gets residency in Tokyo
Godzilla has been granted special residency in Tokyo's Shinjuku ward, as a newly-installed model of the lizard's huge head proves a pull to visitors.
Powerful 7.8-magnitude quake shakes Japan
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast, shaking buildings in Tokyo, an AFP correspondent reports.
Eastern Japan shaken by 5.6 magnitude quake, no tsunami warning
Earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.6 shakes Tokyo and surrounding areas, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency says.
Tokyo's policy of pacifism coming under threat
Shinzo Abe much heralded economic policy, dubbed as “Abenomics” by his enthusiastic supporters, had been able to lift the Nikkei to an all-time high in the last one-and-half decades. However, purses of the majority of the Japanese people still remain very tight.
