December 3, 2023
At the foot of the brightly lit Tokyo Tower, Samurai Japan fans gathered at the Star Rise Tower media center on Thursday night to watch the national team take on Italy in the quarter-finals of the World Baseball Classic on the big screen. Dozens of people wearing T-shirts emblazoned with big names like Murakami, Darwish,
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Tokyo to start subsidizing egg freezing for resident women to reverse catastrophically low birth rate in Japan. “We recognize that falling birth rate “This is a critical situation,” Yoshihiko Isozaki, deputy chief cabinet secretary, said at a briefing on Tuesday. “I understand that various factors are bizarrely intertwined, preventing people from realizing their hopes for
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Partner First Gen Corp. in the project for the production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) – Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd., is interested in implementing green hydrogen in the Philippines. “Tokyo Gas does a lot of research on hydrogen, they call it e-methane. I think they want to bring this technology here too,” said First Gen
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Two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu held a solo ice show at the Tokyo Dome on Sunday, becoming the first figure skater to do so there. The 28-year-old professional figure skater was the executive producer of his one-day show, The Gift, which also aired live around the world. Tickets were sold out as expected.
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On Friday, the Tokyo government approved a redevelopment plan that will demolish the historic baseball stadium and uproot trees donated in honor of Japan’s Emperor Meiji. This step was called “shameful” by opponents. The project, which environmentalists say also threatens the ginkgo tree boulevard, sparked protests among citizens that included petitions with tens of thousands
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Activists seeking to preserve two historic sports venues and an iconic tree-lined avenue are engaged in a battle with the Tokyo government over redevelopment of one of the greenest districts in the center of Tokyo. Tokyo is currently in the final stages of a plan to demolish and replace Jingu Stadium, the world’s fourth oldest
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Tokyo CNN — The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday acquitted three former Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) executives not guilty of manslaughter in connection with the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi meltdown, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported Wednesday. The High Court’s decision was made on an appeal against a 2019 Tokyo District Court ruling in which former
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Thousands of baseball fans have signed a petition to save the nearly 100-year-old Tokyo stadium that once played with Babe Ruth and inspired best-selling author Haruki Murakami to pick up a pen for the first time. Often compared to America’s legendary Wrigley Field and Fenway Park, Jingu Stadium is scheduled to be demolished and rebuilt
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The Tokyo government announced they plan to provide an allowance of 5,000 yen ($38) per person per month to Tokyo residents aged 18 and under to help parents pay for their children’s education. On Wednesday, Governor Yuriko Koike instructed officials to consider “bold measures, such as handing out about 5,000 yen, which provide comprehensive assistance
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final day Tokyo Grand Slam saw the spiritual house of judo adopt eight more amazing judo categories. Category up to 48 kg In the 48kg category, Kano Miyaki continued Japan’s dominance from day one, defeating her compatriot Rina Tatsukawa with a decisive waza-ari result. Member of the IOC and President of the International Gymnastics Federation.
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