A campaign poster of female idol group Kasotsuka Shojo (Virtual Currency Girls) is displayed at a hall during their live stage performance in Tokyo on Jan.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/08/japans-nomura-subsidiary-receives-crypto-license-uae

African countries have regularly been invited to attend summits elsewhere, in Washington, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing, London, but the symbolism of coming to Africa is important.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202309020091.html

After 12 rounds of almost non-stop punching on New Year's Eve in Tokyo' General Gymnasium, two of the three judges scored the contest 114-114, while one favored World Boxing Association champion Franco 115-113.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/sports/boxing-ioka-franco-unification-bout-ends-in-draw

After a baseball-less Berlin Olympics in 2016, the sport returned to the 2020 games in Tokyo, which ended up taking place in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/10/16/baseball-softball-summer-olympics-los-angeles-2028-red-sox-celtics/

After a clean sweep in Tokyo to end 2022, Bellator MMA is back with their first event of the new year, Bellator 290: Bader vs. Fedor (Saturday, February 4, 6 p.m. PST / 9 p.m. EST CBS and Paramount+).

Source: https://brobible.com/sports/article/is-bellator-290-bader-vs-fedor-2-the-biggest-fight-in-bellator-mma-history/

“After Tokyo, I thought I had finished again, I had a second retirement!

Source: https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/truro/23766623.truro-rower-helen-glover-world-championships-belgrade/?ref=rss

A good part of that also comes out of Indiana, so it’s a great relationship to maintain,” says Don Lamb, Director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA), who just returned from a USDA trade mission to Tokyo and Osaka, Japan.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/hoosier-ag-today/isda-director-don-lamb-on-importance-of-recent-ag-trade-mission-to-japan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=isda-director-don-lamb-on-importance-of-recent-ag-trade-mission-to-japan

A hobby shop in Tokyo had more than 2.2 million yen in cards stolen, and police suspect a young company worker is to blame.

Source: https://comicbook.com/anime/news/pokemon-cards-theft-japan/

“A horrendous crime has been committed,” he told reporters at a Tokyo hotel, bowing deeply several times with Ms Fujishima.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23773982.japanese-talent-agency-president-quits-apologises-late-uncles-sex-abuse/?ref=rss

A house undergoing renovation by Sumitomo Realty & Development in Tokyo in February 2021.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2023/08/27/sustainability/japan-scrap-build-sustainability/

A Japanese company embroiled in the Tokyo Olympic corruption scandal says it will strengthen oversight to prevent further wrongdoing.

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/olympics/ioc-details-russia-stance-for-olympics-cites-human-rights/article_e28f5c78-d9d8-525a-bf47-aebd601873a2.html

Also qualified for the Olympics is Oleksandr Khyzhniak—the “Drago-like” fighter of the “Rocky” film series fame—who beat Marcial in the semifinals in Tokyo.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/11/05/marcial-gets-to-know-potential-rivals-in-light-heavyweight-division-in-paris/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marcial-gets-to-know-potential-rivals-in-light-heavyweight-division-in-paris

A man was shot dead in the city of Machida in western Tokyo on Friday evening, with two suspected attackers on the run, police sources said.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/05/27/national/crime-legal/machida-shooting-tokyo/

Among major Asian markets, Tokyo and Shanghai finished in the green but Hong Kong was unable to maintain their early gains and turned lower.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/asian-european-markets-diverge-us-debt-deal.1034577

Among the winners on the Pan American Games in 2019 who went on to swim for Team USA on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics embody Alex Walsh, Annie Lazor, and Phoebe Bacon.

Source: https://basquiatstrings.co.uk/usa-swimming-unveils-selection-criteria-for-2023-pan-american-games-bt-news

And when Ukraine's embassy in Tokyo initially called for volunteers to join the fight -- echoing an invitation by Zelenskyy for foreign support -- it quickly retracted it.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/national/%27more-than-words%27-the-japanese-men-joining-ukraine%27s-fight1

An El Al passenger plane traveling from Tel Aviv to Tokyo had to double back and make an emergency landing at Ben Gurion International Airport late Saturday.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/plane-from-tel-aviv-to-tokyo-makes-emergency-landing-back-in-israel/

An electronic board shows the rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/01/06/business/financial-markets/bank-of-japan-yen-dollar/

An employee of the consumer electronics retailer chain Bic Camera works at the promotion display of the Sony PlayStation 5 game console and its gaming software, ahead of the game console's official launch, in Tokyo, Japan November 10, 2020.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/sonys-profits-drop-as-it-warns-of-the-impact-from-us-movie-strikes-8883930/

An observatory room at Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant shows (from left) unit 1 to unit 4 reactor buildings and storage tanks for contaminated water.

Source: https://grist.org/indigenous/as-japan-releases-fukushima-wastewater-into-the-ocean-pacific-islanders-are-reminded-of-a-never-ending-nuclear-legacy/