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From Tokyo salons to saffron robes: Japanese tycoon’s turns Shiva devotee, joins Kanwar Yatra
Among the sea of saffron on the Kanwar Yatra trail to Haridwar, one figure stands apart — Hoshi Takayuki, a 41-year-old ...
Japan to ease overseas student enrolment caps at universities in bid to attract talent
Emphasis will be on increasing student enrolment from the G-7 nations, India and South-east Asia. Read more at ...
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This Is One of Japan's Best Beach Towns—and It's Only an Hour From Tokyo
Kōtoku-in, selected by Travel + Leisure as one of Japan’s most stunning temples, is one of the biggest tourist draws in town, thanks to its 36-foot-tall bronze statue of Amitābha Buddha from the 13th ...
Four of Tokyo's best hotels for a swish city break
Four of Tokyo's best hotels for a swish city break - Tokyo is a city full of luxury hotels — so which ones stand out from the ...
China Strong-Armed Japan Over Rare Earths. It’s a Lesson for the U.S.
The U.S. found out this year that China could use its chokehold on rare-earth minerals as a coercive tool. For Japan, it was ...
Why a ‘mini Trump' is breaking through in Japan
As President Donald Trump’s tariffs add to a sense of uncertainty in Japan, the Sanseito party and its leader Sohei Kamiya ...
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LDP’s Historic Electoral Defeat upends Japan’s Politics
The LDP’s historic electoral fall exposes a fractured Japan, where public disillusionment, economic woes and rising populism ...
US-Japan trade deal gives Trump control over $550 billion in investments. It could be ‘vapor ware’ — and a model for other countries
Analysts at Bank of America said that the Japan deal "looks like a reasonable blueprint" for other auto-exporting countries ...
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Ridiculous: German Law Makes a Japanese Airline Do a Go Around Because It Was 18 Seconds Early Into Frankfurt
A flight from Tokyo to Frankfurt was forced to go around for landing just 18 seconds early due to Germany’s strict airport ...
Trump says Japan will invest $550 billion in US at his direction. It may not be a sure thing
President Donald Trump is bragging that Japan has given him, as part of a new trade framework, $550 billion to invest in the ...
Japan’s anti-foreigner politics on the rise as right-wing party wins votes online
"They are the party of YouTube," said Jeffrey Hall, a lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies who has authored ...
Trump's 'Largest Deal Ever' Faces Japan Diet in Crisis
When President Donald Trump revealed that his administration had struck a "massive" trade and investment deal with Japan, he described it as "completed"—but it must still pass the Japanese parliament, ...