The first strike in sixty years destroys a renowned Japanese department store.

One of Japan's most renowned department stores shuttered its doors on Thursday in the sector's first strike in six decades, prompted by fears that its proposed new U.S. owner will eliminate employment.

The Seibu in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district attracts approximately 70 million...

The New Tokyo Edition Is a Sophisticated Urban Retreat

In the weeks preceding my early November visit to Tokyo, I began to notice images of the city popping up on my Instagram feed with a curious regularity: the glittering lights of Shibuya Crossing, rare art books from the rambling second-hand bookstores of Jinbch, and yakitori skewers grilling in a...

China maintains its low credit rates, boosting most Asian markets, while Tokyo's stock surge continues.

Monday saw gains across Asia as the rebound in Tokyo equities continued and talks to raise the U.S. debt ceiling resumed. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong gained 1.23 percent, making it the region's best performer, and the Hang Seng Technology index gained 2.17 percent. The People's Bank ...

The New Tokyo Edition Offers an Urban Hideaway

My Instagram feed started to fill up with pictures of Tokyo weeks before my early November trip there. There were the bright lights of Shibuya Crossing, the dusty art books from Jinbch, and the charred yakitori skewers from a hidden Shinjuku izakaya. It dawned on me that most of the posters were ...

Popular Japanese Fashion Trends in 2023

Japanese fashion is cantered on culture, community, self-expression, and risk-taking. The 2023 trends are inspired by Tokyo's everyday life and aesthetics, notably Harajuku streets: vibrant colours, large proportions, experimental layers, clashing prints, and tactile materials. In addition, 2...

The Japanese mental health community is hoping that a new coffee shop will help spread awareness.

Yogi, a district in the Shibuya area of Tokyo, is home to a trendy new coffee shop named Hideaway. There's a nice assortment of food and drinks available at Hideaway, including pastries, soups (including clam chowder), and sandwiches (including croissants, baked goods, and soups). The roast b...

The Tokyo District Court has dismissed a lawsuit for damages filed by same-sex couples.

On Wednesday, a Japanese court upheld the government's ban on same-sex marriage as constitutional, while also laying the groundwork for more favorable future rulings.

While dismissing the plaintiffs' request for damages, the Tokyo District Court stated that the lack of a legal s...

Before bidding began, the IOC reportedly knew how to select Tokyo Games operators.

Tokyo Olympic organizers, both domestic and international, are thought to have communicated information on how to pick corporations running competition sites in 2018 before bidding for pre-games test events began, according to a person close to the situation.

The IOC announcement comes ...

Prosecutors raid Dentsu as part of their investigation into the Tokyo Olympics

On Friday, Japanese authorities searched the offices of big advertising firm Dentsu, as the probe into the Tokyo Olympics scandal intensified.

Tokyo District Prosecutors and Japan Fair Trade Commission officers were seen entering Dentsu headquarters, according to major local TV channels...

ADK advertising firm claims bid manipulation for Tokyo Olympic test events

A source close to the matter said Tuesday that ADK Holdings Inc, a major Japanese advertising agency, reported to the fair trade watchdog that it participated in bid rigging for the rights to organize test events for the Tokyo Olympics.

ADK came forward after Tokyo prosecutors recently ...

Store in Tokyo gets high marks for turning away Halloween costumers

Some might say it's too huge, but Japan's largest Halloween party is held at Shibuya, Tokyo's renowned scramble crossing. An enormous street party takes over the famous crossing every year, with revelers in costumes spilling out into the neighborhood. Many people attend in good fun, b...

Tokyo begins to acknowledge same-sex couples.

On Tuesday, Tokyo began awarding partnership certificates to same-sex couples who reside and work in the capital, a long-awaited development in a nation lacking marriage equality.

The certificates permit LGBTQ couples to be classified as married couples for a variety of public services,...

Ad agency CEO and two others arrested in bribery probe related to the Olympics by Tokyo prosecutors

Japanese media reports that the president and two former employees of Japanese advertising business ADK Holdings Inc were arrested on Wednesday by authorities in Tokyo on suspicion of bribery related to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Originally concentrated on a former member of the Tokyo 202...

Kishida offers a sacrifice at Yasukuni Shrine

As a source of diplomatic concern with certain Asian countries, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent a traditional offering to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Monday.

Though he sent the masakaki ceremonial tree for the Shinto shrine's autumn festival, Kishida is not expected...

With rising energy prices and a depreciating yen, Tokyo is seeing its highest rate of inflation in 30 years

Core consumer prices in Tokyo rose 2.8% from a year earlier in September due to rising energy costs and a weak yen, the fastest annual rate of increase in almost three decades when removing the effects of tax increases.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said that the c...

Numerous people want the state funeral for Abe to be cancelled.

In a Tokyo park on Friday, several hundred protestors chanted and waved placards calling for the postponement of the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official burial.

Demonstrator Mayumi Ishida stated that Abe's policies "favored war," stressing that Abe per...

Websites for the Tokyo and Osaka metro were purportedly attacked by a pro-Russian hacker gang.

In what looks to be a second day of cyberattacks against Japan, the websites of the Tokyo Metro Co. and the Osaka Metro Co. became unreachable on Wednesday evening. A hacker collective supporting Russia claimed credit on social media.

The assaults, which might have been carried out by K...

MOL Tankers Turned 50

The ocean shipping sector began to detect a trend toward specialisation in the 1960s, which resulted in boats committing themselves to hauling particular types of cargo. This trend was first observed in the shipping business. This pattern is still typical in today's society. During the same t...

Singaporean Athletes Celebrating 2021 Victories

On 26th December 2021, four Singaporean athletes got aboard an open-top bus to celebrate their achievements in 2021.

The players included badminton star Loh Kean Yew, pool player Aloysius Yap, para-swimmer Yip Pin Xiu, and bowler Shayna Ng. The athletes waved to the crowds gathered to e...

Floating pumice stones arrive on coastal areas near Tokyo

Coastal areas around Tokyo are expecting a mass of floating pumice stone to arrive at the coasts of Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures. These pumice stones are created by a huge underwater volcanic eruption which took place in August. These stones will affect the marine life in the country and blanke...