Tokyo Metro jumps 45% on market debut
Tokyo Metro, the main operator of the Japanese capital's sprawling underground rail network, made a stellar market debut on Wednesday in the country's biggest IPO in six years. Its shares rose 45…
Olympics will happen ‘however coronavirus evolves’: Tokyo 2020 chief
The pandemic-postponed Olympics will go ahead this summer "however the coronavirus evolves", Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori says at a press conference in the capital, brushing aside doubts about the event.…
With six months to go, cancellation fears cloud Tokyo Olympics
When the Tokyo Olympics were postponed last year, officials promised they would open in 2021 as proof of mankind's triumph over the coronavirus. But six months before the rescheduled start, victory over…
Africa’s confirmed cases pass 3.1m – Africa CDC, Trump faces historic second impeachment vote and more
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Olympic super-fan determined to welcome world to Tokyo
Whistle-blowing, flag-waving super-fan Kyoko Ishikawa has attended every Summer Olympics in the past 30 years -- and the Tokyo resident doesn't plan on missing out on a Games in her home city.…
Tokyo governor sees ‘no circumstances’ for cancelling Olympics
Tokyo's governor says she can see "no circumstances" under which the virus-postponed 2020 Olympics will be cancelled, despite rising coronavirus infections in Japan and continued public scepticism. In an interview with AFP,…
‘Flowers’ bloom between Singapore and Tokyo despite travel ban
A new art installation in Tokyo and Singapore lets people "blow" dandelion fluff across to each other at a time when the coronavirus has closed international borders.…
Must be love: the Tokyo ‘clinic’ treating stuffed toys
Tokyo's Natsumi Clinic specialises in restoring much-loved stuffed toys to their original glory, delighting owners like Yui Kato, who brought in her sheep, Yuki-chan.…
Must be love: the Tokyo ‘clinic’ treating stuffed toys
Tokyo's Natsumi Clinic specialises in restoring much-loved stuffed toys to their original glory, delighting owners like Yui Kato, who brought in her sheep, Yuki-chan.…
Tokyo opens 15,000-seat Olympic aquatics centre
Tokyo opens a 15,000-seat swimming venue for next year's Olympic Games, with a swimming star who was diagnosed with leukaemia last year demonstrating freestyle at the ceremony. The $542 million Aquatics Centre…
The underground ‘Parthenon’ protecting Tokyo from floods
It has been called Japan's underground "Parthenon," a cavernous complex charged with protecting Tokyo from catastrophic flooding -- a risk experts warn is growing as the climate changes.…