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Why Japan is clamping down on host clubs
The Week· 3 days agoHost clubs, where young male staff "pamper and flatter" female guests, are "booming" in Japan. What are host clubs? Host clubs are the alternative...
Morning Bid: PMI-fest kicks off new month, spotlight on China
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 13 hours agoPurchasing managers index figures will show how factory activity in China, Japan, Taiwan, Australia,...
Japan’s push to make all research open access is taking shape
Nature· 4 days agoJapan will start allocating the 10 billion yen it promised to spend on institutional repositories to...
Popular Tokyo neighborhood to ban drinking in public places
WKBT La Crosse· 4 hours agoThe measure, which is expected to take effect in October, will see drinking alcohol forbidden on streets or public places in Shibuya from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. every day. The legal drinking age in ...
Strong earthquakes shake area near Japanese region hit by Jan. 1 fatal disaster, but no tsunami -...
WTOP Washington· 13 hours agoStrong earthquakes early Monday struck Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa that was hit by Jan. 1 fatal quake, but authorities said there was no danger of a tsunami.
Why Line, a Superapp, Sparked a Diplomatic Dispute
Bloomberg· 15 hours ago‘Everything app’ Line has found itself at the center of a diplomatic row that’s dredged up old grievances and threatens improving relations between Tokyo...
Chinese craft lands on moon's far side amid global rivalry in space
Euronews via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoGlobal...Europe is also increasing its presence in space. Earlier this week, a climate research...
Japan Warns North Korea Against Planned Satellite Launch - TaiwanPlus News
Brenham Banner-Press· 7 days agoJapan has demanded that North Korea ditch its plans to launch a rocket and put a satellite into...
Saso wins 2nd US Women’s Open title; MacIntyre takes Canadian Open - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 11 hours agoWomen’s Open champion for the second time Sunday and took her place in history with a rare footnote — the first Filipino to win the Women’s Open in 2021, and now the first from Japan ...
South Korea's Yoon approves exploration of vast oil, gas prospects off the coast
CNBC· 7 hours agoThe possibility of the area containing as much as 14 billion barrels of oil and gas is "very high,"...