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Fukuoka food: Value dining & market experiences
2+ week, 6+ day ago (121+ words) Discover Fukuoka's best value dining, from bustling markets and fresh seafood huts to atmospheric yatai stalls. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com. Fukuoka food guide: Best value markets, sushi, oysters and yatai After a dozen visits…...
From boardroom chic to battling win, Osaka reaches US Open last 16
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (247+ words) Published Sep 06, 2026, 10:06 AM NEW YORK, Sept 5 - Naomi Osaka continued to impress with her style and staying power at the U.S. Open on Saturday as the Japanese 13th seed battled past Elise Mertens 6-3 3-6 7-5 to reach the fourth round. For her latest fashionable walk-on…...
Japan’s Tottori ramps up Vivant drama tourism push, urges filming-site sleuthing
3+ week, 8+ hour ago (116+ words) The Straits Times Japan’s Tottori ramps up Vivant drama tourism push, urges filming-site sleuthing Published Aug 23, 2026, 11:20 AM Updated Aug 23, 2026, 11:20 AM In one social media video, Governor Shinji Hirai and staff members from the tourism strategy division staged a skit in…...
Japan’s biggest curry chain CoCo Ichibanya headed for sale
1+ week, 5+ day ago (380+ words) kissaten, or Japanese cafe, and later transformed the business into an international franchise. “A change of...opportunity for Ichibanya to enter the next phase of business growth,” said Tsutomu Yamada, analyst at Mitsubishi...
Japan seeks change to new UN world map over Russia ‘misconception’
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (339+ words) Russian President Vladimir Putin meets residents as he visits the Southern Kuril Island of Iturup, in far eastern Sakhalin Region, Russia, on Aug 13. Published Sep 10, 2026, 07:48 PM TOKYO – Japan said on Sept 10 it had asked for the revision of a new…...
‘A celebration’: Amsterdam museum unveils Yayoi Kusama show weeks after death
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (518+ words) The exhibition at Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum features a huge “infinity room” with black walls covered by yellow polka dots. Published Sep 09, 2026, 09:34 PM Updated Sep 09, 2026, 09:42 PM AMSTERDAM – More than 300 works by Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama go on display in Amsterdam…...
Osaka brings style and steel for wining start to US Open
1+ week, 5+ day ago (371+ words) Published Sep 01, 2026, 12:55 PM NEW YORK, Aug 31 - Naomi Osaka unveiled another bold Grand Slam walk-on outfit at the U.S. Open on Monday before the two-time champion battled to a 7-6(6) 7-6(3) victory over unseeded Russian Anastasia Zakharova to reach the second round. Osaka has…...
China hits Japan with anti-dumping measures on chip chemical
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (287+ words) Published Sep 08, 2026, 10:28 AM BEIJING – China unveiled preliminary anti-dumping measures on imports from Japan of a chemical used to make semiconductors, adding to its retaliation in a diplomatic dispute over Taiwan. Companies importing Japanese dichlorosilane, used to process silicon wafers into…...
New Zealand select Mo’unga at flyhalf to face Lions on South Africa tour
2+ week, 6+ day ago (201+ words) Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2023 - Final - New Zealand v South Africa - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - October 28, 2023 New Zealand's Richie Mo'unga after being substituted REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq Published Aug 23, 2026, 11:08 PM JOHANNESBURG, Aug 23 - New Zealand have picked Richie Mo'unga at flyhalf…...