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Tokyo Halloween Festival 2025 Brings World-Class Entertainers, ¥1,000,000 Costume Contest to Zepp Haneda Oct. 31

Tokyo Halloween Festival 2025 Brings World-Class Entertainers, ¥1,000,000 Costume Contest to Zepp Haneda Oct. 31

Tokyo Halloween Festival (Copyright © 2025 Metropolis All Rights Reserved.) One-night-only Halloween takeover with live performances, VIP packages, and Tokyo’s most creative costumes. This Halloween, Zepp Haneda at Haneda Innovation City will...

Owner:  American Government
Kyoto temple to require reservations, $20 to see New Year's Eve bell ringing
Tokyo homebuyers split on purchase plans as living costs soar, survey shows

Tokyo homebuyers split on purchase plans as living costs soar, survey shows

Japan’s bout of inflation is cutting both ways in the Tokyo housing market. Potential homebuyers in Tokyo are divided on their property purchasing plans as surging living costs add to affordability concerns, according to a Bloomberg Intelligence...

Owner:  News2u Holdings Corporation
Japanese rubber futures little changed amid robust China auto demand

Japanese rubber futures little changed amid robust China auto demand

SINGAPORE: Japanese rubber futures held steady on Thursday, supported by robust Chinese auto demand while currency market swings kept overseas buyers cautious. The Osaka Exchange (OSE) rubber contract for March delivery was down 0.1 percent at...

Owner:  Zuberi Family
Tokyo losing another iconic arcade with announced closure of 40-year-old Ikebukuro game center

Tokyo losing another iconic arcade with announced closure of 40-year-old Ikebukuro game center

A once-adored location in Ikebukuro is down to its last few months. Japan is one of the last bastions of video game arcade culture, but these are tumultuous times for the industry. It’s not just little local arcades that have been closing their...

Owner:  Socio Corporation (Yoshito Ueda general manager)
Japanese nonprofit sends ambulance to rural Tanzania

Japanese nonprofit sends ambulance to rural Tanzania

OBU, Aichi Prefecture—An ambulance up for decommissioning after 10 years of service has a new lease of life in a village thousands of kilometers from Japan in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania. Uswa and its population of 12,500 sit at an altitude...

Owner:  Murayama & Ueno Families
Japan’s Sanae Takaichi sends offering to Tokyo war shrine

Japan’s Sanae Takaichi sends offering to Tokyo war shrine

TOKYO - Japan’s leading candidate to become prime minister, Ms Sanae Takaichi, sent an offering to a Tokyo shrine honouring war dead, an official said on Oct 17, but is expected to avoid visiting for fear of angering Asian neighbours. Past visits...

Owner:  Ong Beng Seng & Singaporean Government
Damages Awarded to S. Asian over Tokyo Police Dispute Handling
Korean-Japanese Business Community Launches Economic Cooperation 2.0

Korean-Japanese Business Community Launches Economic Cooperation 2.0

The Korean and Japanese business communities have agreed to open a new era of “Korea-Japan Economic Cooperation 2.0,” elevating bilateral cooperation to a new level on the 60th anniversary of diplomatic normalization. The business sectors of both...

Owner:  Businesskorea Co. Ltd
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