3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (642+ words) May 22, 2026 at 16: 50 JST A stock board displays the Nikkei 225 finishing at a record-high close of 63, 339. 07, up 1, 654. 93 yen, on May 22 in Chuo Ward, Tokyo (The Asahi Shimbun) HONG KONG'Asian shares advanced Friday following modest gains on Wall Street, while oil prices…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago  (689+ words) By AKIHITO OGAWA/ Staff Writer May 18, 2026 at 07: 00 JST Perfumes of designer brands, such as Dior and Chanel, are sprayed from this vending machine installed near JR Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo's Toshima Ward, on Oct. 24, 2025. (Akihito Ogawa) Marketing channels for perfumes…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (913+ words) April 8, 2024 at 07: 10 JST SUZUKA, Mie Prefecture--Max Verstappen's record-breaking dominance in Formula 1 resumed Sunday with his victory in the Japanese Grand Prix, leading almost the entire race on a sunny day in central Japan. His abrupt breakdown two weeks ago…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (99+ words) By MAKOTO ODA/ Staff Writer April 4, 2026 at 07: 00 JST The steering wheel, seats and all the other parts created by wood model maker Kenji Yamada, characterized by an uncompromising attention to detail (Makoto Oda) TAKASAKI--Like most car buffs, Kenji Yamada…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1134+ words) By NANAKO MATSUZAWA/ Staff Writer October 5, 2025 at 07: 00 JST Onitsuka Tiger's iconic Mexico 66 model that incorporates elements from the company's 1960s archive (Provided by Onitsuka Tiger) On a recent day, customers lined up in front of a store in Tokyo's posh Ginza…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (749+ words) March 24, 2024 at 17: 50 JST MELBOURNE, Australia--Ferrari's Carlos Sainz ended Red Bull's Formula 1 winning streak when the Spaniard took advantage of Max Verstappen's early retirement to win the Australian Grand Prix just two weeks after missing the previous race in Saudi…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (867+ words) March 28, 2026 at 12: 05 JST SUZUKA--The Japanese Grand Prix is only the third race of the new Formula 1 season, but it will be the last one for five weeks with events in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia called off because of the…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (590+ words) January 28, 2026 at 12: 24 JST A still image from video shows colored synthetic diamonds on display at De Beers' International Institute of Diamond Grading and Research in Maidenhead, United Kingdom, on Aug. 15, 2016. (REUTERS) A plan to build a synthetic diamond plant in…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (765+ words) BEIJING/SHANGHAI--Chinese energy sector worker Mandy Li likes to treat herself to a luxury brand handbag once in a while. But since her state-owned employer cut her wage by 10% and the properties her family owns lost half their value,…...