The first brick-and-mortar location for popular e-commerce brand Zozo will soon open.

Zozo, a popular Japanese e-commerce site for women's clothing, has announced that it will establish its first brick-and-mortar store in Tokyo in the middle of December in order to provide consumers with free styling guidance. Rather of actually selling goods, the new shop will employ stylists...

For CES 2023, JETRO will present 36 innovative Japanese companies.

36 Japanese entrepreneurs will be exhibiting at CES 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada, from January 5th to the 8th with the help of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO).

There will be an exhibition of ground-breaking, state-of-the-art innovations developed by J-Startup Program particip...

Italian rugby player who bit Japanese opponent suspended for 12 games

An Italian player was banned for the rest of the Women's Rugby World Cup after she bit an opponent in New Zealand.

Lock On Monday, a judicial committee heard the case against Sara Tounesi, who is accused of committing the infraction during last weekend's match against Japan in A...

Japan requests that the United States

The Japanese government announced on Saturday that it has requested Washington to relax new regulations governing electric vehicle tax credits in the United States, claiming that they are unfair to Japanese automakers.

The new laws controlling tax credits for acquiring environmentally f...

The father of the victim's daughter travels from Japan to South Korea to identify her body.

Mei Tomikawa was one of two Japanese people killed in a Halloween crush in Seoul, and her father and another family member flew in on Monday to identify her body.

Earlier in the week, Hokkaido local assembly member Ayumu Tomikawa had told the press that he was leaving because he wanted ...

North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile may have failed in flight, according to officials; Japanese citizens are warned to take cover

Thursday, North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles, one of which may have been a failed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that prompted an alarm for inhabitants in regions of central and northern Japan to seek shelter.

In spite of an earlier government warning that a mis...

More missiles are launched into the ocean by North Korea

According to South Korean and Japanese officials, North Korea has fired another missile into the waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, further increasing tensions in the area amid a series of exhibitions of military power this week.

North Korea has fired six rounds of weapo...

Signals of Japan to be returned back to nuclear energy to secure Electricity Supply

According to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Japan will be developing next-generation reactors and restarting more idled nuclear plants, setting for a significant change in nuclear energy policy after ten years of Fukushima tragedy.

According to Prime Minister Kishida he stated t...

Thailand will host the IWBF Men's Under-23 World Championship, which was formerly held in Japan

The IWBF, in collaboration with the Japanese Wheelchair Basketball Federation, confirmed the decision to relocate to Thailand (JWBF).

"Given the COVID-19 pandemic situation and current measures in place in Japan, as well as the difficulties in securing facilities for later dates in...

Japanese government using AI based system to translate sign language to assist deaf citizens

Local governments in Japan are now using artificial intelligence to improve communication with the deaf citizens.

This system has jointly been developed by the University of Electro-Communications and SoftBank Corp. This system helps in converting sign-language gestures into written tex...

JAPAN TO GIVE $10 MN TO INDIA FOR BUILDING COLD CHAIN STORAGE FACILITIES FOR COVID VACCINE

According to a statement issued by the Japanese embassy on Friday, the country of Japan has decided to provide India a $10 million in assistance for setting up cold chain facilities for safe storage of vaccines.

The embassy said in the statement that "This assistance will provide I...

TOKYO STOCKS END LOW OVER FALL IN TECHNOLOGY ISSUES

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• Tokyo stocks end low over fall in technology issues.
• The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 116.59 points, or 0.40 percent.
• Topix index of all First Section issues on the TSE finished 0.49 point, or 0.03 percent.

TOKYO ASSEMBLY GROUPS VOTE AGAINST THE CANCELLATION OF SUMMER OLYMPICS

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• Tokyo assembly groups vote against the cancellation of Summer Olympics.
• The Tokyo Metropolitan assembly groups include Tokyoites First, the Liberal Democratic Party, and Komeito, JCP, and CDP.
• The Tokyoites First group su...

JAPAN IMPOSES STRICTER STEPS ON ARRIVALS FROM BANGLADESH, MALDIVES, SRI LANKA

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• Japan imposes stricter steps on arrivals from Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka.
• The countries have seen surging infections due to the new coronavirus variant.
• Japanese nationals arriving from these countries will be requir...

CHINA’S IMPORT OF COSMETICS FROM JAPAN ROSE 30 PERCENT IN 2020

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• China’s import of cosmetics from Japan rose 30 percent in 2020.
• Chinese consumers using cross-border e-commerce platforms.
• In 2020, China's cosmetics imports reached about $17.3 billion.
• The Chinese g...

JAPAN ESTIMATES ECONOMIC LOSS OF $9.2 BILLION OVER VIRUS EMERGENCY

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• Japan estimates economic loss of $9.2 billion over virus emergency.
• The government's decision to extend the emergency will have a negative impact of 600 billion yen.
• The Japanese economy is expected to have plunged in...

JAPAN’S NUMBER OF FOREIGN VISITORS DROPPED TO 93.6% IN MARCH

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• Japan’s number of foreign visitors dropped to 93.6% in March.
• The year-on-year number reportedly marked the 18th consecutive month of decline.
• The number although did rise to 4,900 from February.
• Due to t...

BOJ DOWNGRADED ECONMIC ASSESSMENTS OF TWO REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY

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• BOJ downgraded economic assessments of two regions in the country.
• BOJ is worried about economic recovery from the pandemic which still remains fragile.
• The pandemic has dampened consumption, which accounts for more than...

TOSHIBA CORP. PRESIDENT & CEO RESIGN OVER INTERNAL MANAGEMENT CONFLICT

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• Toshiba Corp. President & CEO resign over management conflict.
• Chairman Satoshi Tsunakawa takes up the posts of Kurumatani.
• The conflict happened over a proposed buyout of the company by CVC Capital Partners.
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TOKYO OLYMPICS TO SECURE 300 HOTELS ROOMS FOR ATHLETES WITH COVID-19

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• Tokyo Olympics to secure 300 hotel rooms for athletes with COVID-19.
• The hotel will be used to isolate and treat the athletes testing positive for the virus.
• The organizers have also planned to prepare up to 30 speci...