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Tokyo Skytree will celebrate its first anniversary Wednesday but has not yet completed its prime mission of reliably broadcasting to households in the capital and its suburbs. Since December, the world’s tallest free-standing tower, at 634 meters high, has been making test broadcasts to ...
If you work in an office, you probably spend a fair part of your time sitting at a desk, which, of course, isn’t very healthy. To combat that the Pomodoro technique recommends that you work in intervals with regular breaks — for example, 25 ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
“Outsider art” is relatively new in Japan and, as a genre, works made by self-taught Japanese artists are still not very well known on the category-delineating, label-loving international art scene. Now, though, “Souzou: Outsider Art from Japan,” an exhibition on view (through June 30) ...
After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the two tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from start to finish to win 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title. “Rafa was just ...
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) has expelled House of Representatives lawmaker Shingo Nishimura for making disparaging public remarks about the South Korean people, party Secretary General Ichiro Matsui said Monday. The rightwinger had offered to leave the party after telling fellow lawmakers ...
As Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) gears up for this summer’s Upper House election, its relationship with New Komeito, especially over constitutional revision, has come under increased pressure. Last week, Nippon Ishin unveiled its basic policy outline for the campaign. At the ...
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, coleader of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), has crossed the threshold of 1 million followers on his Twitter social-networking account, reflecting strong public attention rarely enjoyed by other politicians. Hashimoto posted over 9,000 tweets during the two years ...
The Democratic Party of Japan does not plan to cooperate with Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) in the Upper House election this summer. “We will not cooperate with Ishin,” DPJ Secretary General Goshi Hosono told a news conference Monday after a party ...
Nippon Ishin no Kai introduces candidates for the Upper House election and a new platform that calls for revising the "Occupation Constitution" at its first-ever convention.
Shintaro Ishihara, coleader of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), will miss its first-ever convention this weekend due to ill health, a party official confirmed Friday. Nippon Ishin Secretary General Ichiro Matsui, who doubles as Osaka governor, told reporters that Ishihara will not ...
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) and Your Party will cooperate in this summer’s Upper House election by not running candidates against each other in the same district. However, Your Party officials have ruled out for now a merger with Nippon Ishin, despite ...
The leadership of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) agreed Saturday to promote Osaka Mayor and deputy chief Toru Hashimoto to coleader to boost the party’s media exposure ahead of the Upper House election. Hashimoto’s promotion will be formalized at a party convention ...
Osaka Mayor and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) founder Toru Hashimoto will be appointed coleader of the party in a move designed to heal the rift between the Osaka faction and Shintaro Ishihara that is threatening the party’s prospects in this summer’s ...