TOKYO (Reuters) - Leiji Matsumoto, the Japanese manga and anime author known internationally as a creator of the 1970s TV series "Space Battleship Yamato", has died aged 85, his office said on Monday.
Manga master Leiji Matsumoto, whose epic sci-fi stories were highly influential in Japan's comic-book and anime worlds, has died aged 85, production company Toei said Monday.
HIROSHIMA, (Japan): Six months have passed since two cats were appointed as the stationmaster and deputy stationmaster of a train line in Hiroshima, with the hope of attracting business. So far, the move seems to have worked.
NARA (Japan Times/Asia News Network): Yamato Rouge, Japan’s first red sweet corn, has been produced by a seed and seedling manufacturer in Tenri, Nara Prefecture.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s campaign at the Sultan of Johor Cup (SOJC) ended with them finishing last after the team lost a penalty shootout with Japan in the fifth-sixth placing match yesterday.
PETALING JAYA: Two defeats on the trot is a grim reading for the Malaysian Junior hockey team in the Sultan of Johor Cup.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia suffered their second consecutive defeat in the Sultan of Johor Cup, after being thrashed by Japan 1-4 at the Johor Hockey Stadium on Sunday (Oct 20).
TOKYO: Flights and trains in the Tokyo area were cancelled Friday (Aug 16), and people were warned of strong winds, heavy rains and potential flooding and mudslides as a typhoon swerved near Japan on its way further north in the Pacific Ocean.
HOMEGROWN parcel delivery giant GD Express Carrier Bhd’s (GDex) is embarking on re-transformation to rejuvenate its systems and processes to scale to new heights.
Service prices, a key component of Japan’s inflation data, are sustaining momentum, adding to the case for the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to take another step before too long toward policy normalisation.
The Mobile World Congress (MWC) is primarily a pow-wow for the big-wigs of the telecom industry, but far from the main thoroughfares of the vast conference there are always hidden tech gems.
YAMATO, Japan (AFP): A Tokyo suburb on Wednesday (July 1) imposed Japan's first ban on a habit seen around the world: pedestrians glued to their phone screens while walking, sometimes dangerously oblivious to their surroundings.
A second-hand pop-up store in Tokyo by casual clothing giant Uniqlo was a first for the Japanese firm, but also a sign that a local aversion to used garments may finally be fading.
TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average scaled its highest levels since February 1990 on Thursday, as a weaker yen buoyed exporters and caution over an impending hike by the Bank of Japan continued to fade on the back of weak wage data.
There is no denying that over the past decade, the emergence of industry-disruptive startups, coupled with the lockdowns in recent years, have massively altered the business landscape of countless industries.
TOKYO: A second-hand pop-up store in Tokyo by casual clothing giant Uniqlo was a first for the Japanese firm, but also a sign that a local aversion to used garments may finally be fading.
Growing popularity a sign that local aversion to used garments may finally be fading.
Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. But it all came to a sudden end when the private plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded over Russia.
TOKYO (ANN): Meet Japan’s Joe Biden, the mayor of a remote town who has become an internet sensation for having a name that can be pronounced the same as that of the US president-elect.