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'Trump Whisperer' ex-minister joins Japan PM race
AFP, Published on 08/09/2025
» TOKYO - A former top diplomat dubbed the "Trump Whisperer" was the first candidate Monday to join the race to be Japan's next leader, a day after premier Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation.
Japanese firm looking into 76 supplement-linked deaths
Kyodo News, Published on 28/06/2024
» OSAKA, Japan - Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co said on Friday that it is now looking into 76 more deaths linked to the consumption of its red yeast rice dietary supplements.
Japanese firm searched over supplement deaths
Reuters, Published on 30/03/2024
» TOKYO - Japanese health officials searched a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory on Saturday after the drugmaker reported five deaths possibly linked to dietary supplements using red yeast rice, an official said.
Japan quake: Rescuers rush to reach survivors
Reuters, Published on 02/01/2024
» WAJIMA - At least 48 people were killed after a powerful earthquake hit Japan on New Year's Day, with rescue teams struggling on Tuesday to reach isolated areas where buildings had been toppled, roads wrecked and power cut to tens of thousands of homes.
Asteroid samples contain clues to origin of life, say Japan scientists
AFP, Published on 10/06/2022
» TOKYO: Asteroid dust collected by a Japanese space probe contains organic material that shows some of the building blocks of life on Earth may have been formed in space, scientists said Friday.
Ceremonies chief sacked on eve of troubled Tokyo Olympics
AFP, Published on 22/07/2021
» TOKYO - The director of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony was fired for jokes about the Holocaust on Thursday, causing fresh embarrassment a day before the pandemic-delayed Games finally get under way.
No fans, fewer athletes: Tokyo Olympics set for unusual opening ceremony
AFP, Published on 22/07/2021
» TOKYO - One of the strangest Olympics in history will get off to an equally unusual start when the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony takes place in front of thousands of empty seats on Friday.
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony director fired over old Holocaust skit
AFP, Published on 22/07/2021
» TOKYO - The show director for the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has been fired on the eve of the event over a decades-old skit referencing the Holocaust, in the latest blow for organisers of the pandemic-delayed Games.
Strong quake jolts northeastern Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 13/02/2021
» TOKYO: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 rocked northeastern Japan late Saturday, but there was no tsunami threat and no abnormalities were detected at nuclear plants in the region.
Toyota v Toyota as Le Mans heads into night
AFP, Published on 16/06/2019
» LE MANS (FRANCE) - The pole-sitting Toyota of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez led the Le Mans 24 Hour Race into the early hours of Sunday as the Japanese manufacturer stayed on course for a predictable back-to-back win.