TOKYO, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks extended gains Monday morning as pro-European Union centrist Emmanuel Macron's win in the French presidential election brightened the market mood on hopes for anti-protectionist policies and the concluding of FTA's betweenJapan and the European Union.
Young women wearing berets were conspicuous across the venues for the Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo’s 2017 Spring/Summer show held mainly in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo from Oct. 17 to 22, and surrounding areas. The round shape of the beret has softened the impression of this season’s clothes.
"It's horrific" says photographer Michael Wolf, describing scenes from his "Tokyo Compression" photo series.
Tokyo nursed a giant pumpkin-sized hangover on Monday (Oct 31) after a weekend of Halloween revelry which saw blood-spattered ghouls, fluffy animals and fake presidential candidates cut loose.
Official campaigning kicked off Oct. 11 for two Lower House by-elections that could determine whether the Abe administration can maintain its momentum and if opposition parties will continue their election cooperation.
Yoshinori Ohsumi attends press conference at Tokyo Institute of Technology on October 3, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. The 2016 Nobel Prize for physiology/medicine was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology for discoveries about autophagy - how the body breaks down and recycles cellular components.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Saturday arrested a female on suspicion of assault, following nine commuters taken to hospital for smelling a "caustic" substance at a railway station.
This year's Tokyo International Film Festival is set to take place in less than a month, and two Chinese-language films are in the final competition for the top Tokyo Grand Prix.
A Tokyo government panel is set to propose removing more 2020 Olympic venues far outside the city, some of them being hundreds of miles away, as costs have been out of control.
Six commuters were rushed to hospital during rush hour on Wednesday after multiple passengers traveling on the Seibu Shinjuku Line complained of sore throats and coughing at Tokyo's Takadanobaba Station after smelling something they described as "caustic" and similar to paint thinner or another chemical, Tokyo police officials said.
On September 20, iFashion, a dress collocation platform of Taobao Ali, staged a unique and themed live streaming event in Tokyo.
A growing shortage of truck drivers and possible traffic restrictions during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have prompted delivery services to consider shipping parcels via the Tokyo subway system.
As foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea are to meet in Tokyo Wednesday, the three major Asian powers should work together to make their differences controllable.
Seventy-one years following Japan's surrender in World War II, the specter of militarism is still haunting the country and the Asia-Pacific.
Taxis with cheaper starting rates are getting a trial spin on some Tokyo streets.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and newly elected Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike agreed on Thursday to set aside their differences and work together towards delivering a successful 2020 Olympics and Paralympics Games to be held in Tokyo.
Skateboarding, surfing, sports climbing, karate and baseball/softball will be added to the Olympic program at the Tokyo 2020 Games under plans to give the quadrennial event a fresh look.