Thin is the new thick: Japanese masters of minimalism win RIBA gold medal

found 2025 › Feb › 06 (Thu) @ 17:15 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Japanese practice Sanaa’s slender, stripped-back buildings boast walls that are just 16mm thick and concrete canopies that look as if they could float away

It is not often as an architecture critic th…

Kanye West in shock as his naked Grammys stunt with Bianca Censori costs him $20million Tokyo gigs after rapper 'greatly misjudged the tolerance of the Japanese people'

found 2025 › Feb › 03 (Mon) @ 20:42 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Kanye West has lost a $20 million deal to play in Japan as a result of his controversial stunt at the Grammys, according to sources in Tokyo.

Search continues for Japanese driver, 74, not seen since his truck was swallowed up by a sinkhole four days ago - as cavity expands to size of Olympic swimming pool

found 2025 › Feb › 01 (Sat) @ 14:17 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The unnamed 74-year-old male driver plummeted into the hole when the ground suddenly collapsed at an intersection in Yashio City, northeast of Tokyo on Tuesday morning.

Fears grow in Japan for truck driver trapped in sinkhole for third day

found 2025 › Jan › 31 (Fri) @ 11:32 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Residents near Tokyo question slow pace of effort to rescue 74-year-old as workers race to build 30-metre ramp

Fears are growing for a truck driver who has spent three days trapped inside a sinkhole i…

Race to rescue driver trapped in Japan sinkhole for two days

found 2025 › Jan › 30 (Thu) @ 06:47 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Attempts in Japan to retrieve the man were temporarily halted early on Wednesday after a second sinkhole appeared

Rescue workers in Japan are battling water leaks, gas pipes and unstable ground as the…

Former West Ham footballer faces new threat of extradition to Japan after being accused of £680K Tokyo jewellery raid - as judges overturn earlier ruling that put him in the clear

found 2025 › Jan › 30 (Thu) @ 06:47 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Ex-footballer Kaine Wright and Joe Chappell could be extradited to Japan after they allegedly stole 46 pieces of jewellery and violently attacked a security guard at a shop in Tokyo in 2015.

Last orders? Soaring costs and declining demand take toll on Japan’s legendary izakaya

found 2025 › Jan › 18 (Sat) @ 06:57 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Ramen restaurants also struggling as Japan’s culinary landscape faces economic challenges and changing customer behaviour

In the bowels of a commercial building in Tokyo’s Shinbashi neighbourhood ther…

SpaceX launches two lunar landers to the moon

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 17:08 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Privately built spacecraft from Texas-based Firefly and Japan’s ispace will conduct experiments for future missions

Two privately built lunar landers were speeding towards the moon on Wednesday after …

Tokyo drift: what happens when a city stops being the future?

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 05:55 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Tokyo remains, in the world’s imagination, a place of sophistication and wealth. But with economic revival forever distant, ‘tourism pollution’ seems the only viable plan

The yen is low, and everybod…

Jack Draper faces battle to be in top shape for Australian Open after injury

found 2024 › Dec › 23 (Mon) @ 12:43 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

British No 1 suffered hip problem in pre-season training
‘What’s most important is that I can have a long career’

Jack Draper faces a race against time to be in top physical shape for the Australian Op…