Ami Yuasa won all three rounds in a battle against b-girl Nicka from Lithuania to clinch gold, wrapping up a long day of breakers putting hip-hop culture on the Olympic stage.
Breaking, better known as breakdancing, made its debut amid the grand elegance of Paris' Place de la Concorde, with 17 dancers known as B-Girls going head-to-head in a series of battles.
In the 1980s, Japan was the dominant player in the semiconductor market. But huge shifts in the way the chip supply chain operated eroded that leading-edge.
The urban sport of breaking spun its way onto the Olympic stage on Friday for the first and possibly last time, with Japan's B-Girl Ami winning the inaugural women's gold."What is an Olympic sport?
TikTok is offering steep discounts on goods to US users who invite friends to the app, expanding a referral scheme from countries like Japan and Thailand — TikTok is testing a truism: Money talks. — TikTok users in the U.S. who invite…
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. The Indian Embassy in Japan issued a mega-quake advisory for Indian citizens residing in Japan on Friday, urging them to prepare for natural disasters after a strong magnitude 7.1…
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida canceled a planned trip to Central Asia on Friday to lead the government's response after scientists urged people to prepare for a possible "megaquake" off the country's southern coast. The Japan…
Thursday's 7.1 earthquake has heightened concerns among experts, who warn that it could be a precursor to an even larger rupture along a fault line off the Japanese coast.