Tokyo’s newest venue is the $350m Ariake Arena, which opened in February 2020 ... the Kobe Arena (10,000), and the IG Arena in Nagoya (17,000) – replacing the current Aichi Arena inside Nagoya Castle.

The guided-missile destroyer the USS Milius conducts a Taiwan Strait transit operation in April 2023. U.S. Navy via Reuters The PRC threatened Taiwan and its partners with live-fire military drills.

Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles ...

U.S. industrial production ramped up in February, more than doubling a solid gain in January. The Federal Reserve’s latest Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization report, issue on March 18, ...

If you're not traveling to Japan around late March to early April, you can still enjoy early blossoms in southern areas like Kawazu and Atami City from January to February, or later blooms in colder ...

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