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Why are there so few women in top managerial roles in Japan?

TOKYO: Despite decades of promises that women would have the chance to "shine" in Japan's corporate and political worlds, the country lags behind other industrialised nations in gender equality.

Bangkok Post

Okinawa marks 50 years of end to US rule amid protests

Okinawa is marking the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan after 27 years of American rule on May 15, 1972, amid protests against a continued heavy U.S. military presence and lack of support from the mainland

The Independent UK

Katsumoto Saotome: Author who refused to let memory of the Tokyo firebombings fade

As a witness to the Allied attack, Katsumoto Saotome spent decades chronicling the harrowing event in books and films

The Independent UK

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Tokyo Vice to Night Sky: the seven best shows to stream this week

A thriller about an American reporter on the Tokyo crime beat, Sissy Spacek and JK Simmons in an intriguing sci-fi … plus Lindsay Lohan in your new guilty pleasure, Lovestruck High

The Guardian - UK

EU's Von Der Leyen: Russia 'Most Direct Threat to World Order'

Top European officials warned Thursday that Russia poses the "most direct threat" to world order and urged China to play a more constructive role on the international stage as they held talks in Tokyo. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel are in Japan…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan PM Kishida pledges further cooperation with EU on Russia

Tokyo earlier this week announced it would phase out imports of Russian oil.

Al Jazeera

EU to help break blockade on Ukraine’s Odesa to free up grain exports

The European Commission said Thursday it would help Ukraine break the Russian blockade on the port city of Odesa, where thousands of tonnes of grain destined for the global market remains trapped. UN and EU officials have warned that Russia’s continuing siege of the southern port risks causing a global…

France 24

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Japanese writer who documented WWII Tokyo firebombing dies

Katsumoto Saotome, a Japanese writer who gathered the accounts of survivors of the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo in World War II to raise awareness of the massive civilian deaths and the importance of peace, has died

The Independent UK

Finnish PM says NATO decision will focus on safety of citizens

Finland's Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, said on Wednesday that if her nation takes the historic step to apply to join the NATO alliance, it will be for the security of its own citizens.

Reuters

Tokyo to recognize same-sex unions but not as legal marriage

Japan’s capital has announced it will start recognizing same-sex partnerships to ease the burdens faced by residents in their daily lives, but the unions will not be considered legal marriages

The Independent UK

Japan government says masks not needed outdoors if distancing maintained

TOKYO: Wearing masks outdoors to protect against the coronavirus is not necessary providing social distancing is practiced, Japan's top government spokesman said on Wednesday, with the approach of summer increasing the risk of heatstroke.

Bangkok Post

Frugal Japanese tighten their belts as prices rise, yen slides

Japan’s household spending fell 2.3 percent in March compared with the previous year.

Al Jazeera

Okinawan music and dance, old and new, on stage in Tokyo

A festival of Okinawan performing arts was recently held at the National Theatre in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the return of Okinawa Prefecture to Japanese sovereignty.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

With improved technique, Annu Rani ready for the Worlds

Her National record on Sunday has taken her to the third spot in this year’s World list

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Laura Collett lauds ‘unbelievable’ strength of GB eventing after Badminton win

British riders filled the top seven places at the Badminton Horse Trials.

Daily Record

Music fans in for a treat as guitarist returns to his Paisley roots

Tony McManus has played prestigious venues in Tokyo, Sydney and New York

AAP

Browning third in the 100m in Tokyo

Rohan Browning and Georgia Griffith were among the Australians to claim podium finishes at the golden grand prix meet in Tokyo.

ABC News

Former Opals captain Jenna O'Hea says Liz Cambage told Nigerian players to 'go back to your Third World country' during a training game

Former Opals captain Jenna O'Hea claims that Liz Cambage caused a confrontation with Nigerian basketballers in a training game before the Tokyo Olympics, telling them to "go back to your Third World country".

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Asharq Al-Awsat

'Like Family': Japan's Virtual YouTubers Make Millions from Fans

Mayu Iizuka sheds her soft-spoken personality and starts cackling, screaming and waving wildly in a makeshift studio in Tokyo as her avatar appears on a livestream before hundreds of fans. Virtual YouTubers like Iizuka, who voices and animates a character called Yume Kotobuki, have transformed a niche Japanese subculture into…

The Independent UK

Olympic champion Jonny Brownlee still searching for ‘the perfect triathlon’

Brownlee ‘completed’ his Olympic medal set in Tokyo lasst summer with gold in the mixed relay

The Independent UK

Okinawa seeks Tokyo's help lowering tensions with China

Okinawa's governor is calling for Japan to do more for peaceful diplomacy with China

Reuters

Tokyo consumer prices rise at fastest pace in 7 years

Core consumer prices in Tokyo, considered a leading indicator of Japanese price trends, rose 1.9% in April from a year earlier, marking the fastest annual pace in seven years, government data showed on Friday.

The Independent UK

Biden says Olympians brought a bit of unity to weary nation

President Joe Biden praised Team USA for bringing a bit of unity to a pandemic weary nation as he hosted a White House celebration Wednesday with about 600 athletes from this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing and the coronavirus-delayed Summer Games held in 2021 in Tokyo

Bangkok Post

Bowls of beloved 'soba' noodles will cost more

TOKYO: Ryu Ishihara will soon be raising prices on his inexpensive bowls of soba noodles for the first time in nearly a decade, as rising costs and Russia's invasion of Ukraine take an unlikely toll on Japan's beloved buckwheat noodles.

Daily Mirror

Russian Olympian vows to boycott Olympics until country's flag is restored

Russian fencing star Sofya Velikaya is a veteran of four Olympic Summer Games, having won gold medals at Rio in 2016 and Tokyo last summer, as well as three silvers

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