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Map shows how DC compares to world’s new largest city
[ad_1] The U.S. capital is tiny compared to many of the world’s largest cities, a new report on urbanization around the globe shows. Tokyo…
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Exclusive | Trump, After Call With China’s Xi, Told Tokyo to Lower the Volume on Taiwan
[ad_1] Chinese leader Xi Jinping was angry, and President Trump was listening. Days after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi outraged China by suggesting a…
Breaking News
The world has a new largest city
[ad_1] Tokyo has lost its status as the world’s largest city, with another sprawling Asian metropolis, Indonesia’s vast capital, knocking it off the top…
World News
Japan’s New Leader Infuriated Beijing. She Isn’t Backing Down.
[ad_1] Workaholic Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is riding high despite the perils of a fight with Beijing. [ad_2] Jason Douglas Source link
Lifestyle
Japan’s first female leader faces a taboo over entering the male-only sumo ring
[ad_1] TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether she’ll break…
Portland, Oregon Local News
Portland-Themed Tokyo Bar Turns 10 – KXL
[ad_1] Tokyo’s PDX Taproom is popular with Oregon tourists, and Japanese natives with Oregon connections. Photo courtesy: Hope Jackson Tokyo, Japan – A bar…
Business
Asian shares sink, tracking a tech-led sell-off on Wall Street
[ad_1] BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares tumbled on Tuesday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul sinking more than 3%, after Nvidia and other artificial-intelligence…
Sports
Shohei Ohtani’s 4th MVP award sparks celebrations in Japan
[ad_1] TOKYO (AP) — It’s become an annual ritual: Shohei Ohtani wins a Most Valuable Player award and Japan celebrates with newspaper extra editions…
World News
Japan Is Overrun With Tourists. This City Wants More.
[ad_1] NAGOYA, Japan—The tourists who crowd the bullet trains from Tokyo tend not to disembark at Nagoya as they speed along the so-called Golden…
Travel
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo’s Garden Initiative Wins Japan’s Good Design Award 2025
[ad_1] Awarded for its “Garden Cultural Revitalization and Communication Model,” redefining its Japanese garden as a hub for research, community, and skill development. TOKYO,…
World News
Trump Tells Asia Allies: It’s Your Turn to Boost Military Spending
[ad_1] GYEONGJU, South Korea—Amid the pageantry and backslapping, President Trump’s weeklong Asian swing drew attention to a sour point for allies: The U.S. demand…
World News
Trump Hails Golden Era in Japan Relations
[ad_1] The president heaped praise on Japan’s first female prime minister as the two leaders pledged to renew their countries’ alliance aboard a U.S.…
World News
Japan-U.S. Outline Investment Plan; Trump Says Toyota to Invest $10 Billion in U.S. Auto Plants
[ad_1] TOKYO—President Trump said Japanese auto giant Toyota is poised to invest $10 billion in auto plants in the U.S., coming as Tokyo released…
World News
Japan Woos Trump With a Royal Welcome
[ad_1] TOKYO—The British aren’t the only ones who can sprinkle a little royal stardust when President Trump comes to town. As Trump pays a…
Lifestyle
Japan’s sushi legend Jiro Ono turns 100 and is not ready for retirement
[ad_1] TOKYO (AP) — Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono won three Michelin stars for more than a decade, the world’s oldest head chef to…
Gadgets
Tokyo’s Biggest Airport Is Getting Its Own Big-Ass Godzilla
[ad_1] The Haneda Airport in Japan is getting a kaiju-sized new feature in the form of a big-ass Godzilla installation. The King of the Monsters…
World News
To Tackle a Baby Shortage, Tokyo Tries Easing the Pain of Childbirth
[ad_1] TOKYO—When Moeko Nishimura was preparing for the birth of her second child last year, she dreaded a rerun of the intense pain and…
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Local News
Agitated bear injures 2 people in Japan grocery store as man killed in separate suspected attack
[ad_1] Tokyo — An agitated bear roamed the aisles of a grocery store in central Japan, injuring two men and frightening shoppers, officials said…
World News
Opinion | Japan Gets New Kind of Leader
[ad_1] Sanae Takaichi, a hawkish nationalist, wants to make her country great again. [ad_2] Walter Russell Mead Source link
Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News
Tech fans Tokyo rally on broadly positive day for Asian markets
[ad_1] HONG KONG: A surge in tech firms helped Tokyo’s Nikkei lead most Asian equities higher on Friday (Oct 3) as investors headed into…