Month: August 2017

Firefighters have extinguished a blaze at Japan's famous Tsukiji fish market - the largest in the world and a top tourist attraction. The 80-year-old Tokyo market is known for its tuna auctions which supply many of the capital's top sushi restaurants. ( read original story ...)

Japanese police and fire investigators sifted through the charred wreckage of parts of the world's largest fish market, a day after fire tore through seven buildings at the popular Tokyo tourist site. The 80-year-old Tsukiji market draws tens of thousands ... ( read original story ...)

The body of Miyuki Noda as found buried in the mountains of the town of Taga on Monday (TBS News) AICHI (TR) – Aichi Prefectural Police revealed on Thursday that a missing woman whose body was found buried in the mountains of Shiga Prefecture earlier ... ( read original story ...)

BANGKOK, 3 August 2017 (NNT) - A group of Thai students from King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB) won two awards at the World Robocup Rescue 2017 in Nagoya, Japan. KMUTNB President Dr. Suchart Siengchin welcomed the students ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya University (2017, August 3 ... Published online July 10 2017 doi:10.1038/s41598-017-05327-8 Feel free to share this Neuroscience News. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO/NAGOYA, Japan -- Toyota Motor is stepping on the partnership ... On Friday morning, Mazda shares surged on the news. Toyota shares ended morning trading at 6,240 yen, up 0.24% from the previous close, while Mazda's stood at 1,721 yen, up 4.77%. ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA – Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. are set to form a capital alliance to boost joint development of electric vehicles, sources close to the matter said Friday. Japan’s largest carmaker is mulling taking a roughly 5 percent stake in Mazda ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA: Nissan has revealed a profile shot of the new LEAF, saying it will feature an improved aerodynamic design that makes it even more efficient, allowing drivers to travel farther on a single charge. Aerodynamics is key to how efficiently an electric ... ( read original story ...)

... “fire ants” from South America were discovered at the Honmokufuto container terminal in Yokohama Port, the Ministry of Transportation announced to news organizations an emergency plan to seal all exposed earth in the port. With each new discovery ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama has teamed up with Horsepower Adventures ... Check out photos, recaps, and history, plus watch for news about the 2018 event, at cal4whcom/events/sierra-trek. We want your Jeep for our Sideways department! Here are ways you can get your Jeep ... ( read original story ...)

There are a number of other outdoor yoga events held in places such as Shinjuku Gyoen park in Tokyo, Yamashita Park in Yokohama, Nakanoshima Park in Osaka and Ohori Park in Fukuoka. ( read original story ...)

Chelsea was the first EPL club to land a sleeve sponsor in Alliance Tyres, a subsidiary of Chelsea's principal shirt sponsor Yokohama. Manchester City has ... Or if you have a news story or tip-off, drop us a line at adnews@yaffa.com.au ( read original story ...)

As if the news out of North Korea wasn’t bad enough ... more powerful than the atomic bombs the United States dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan that led to the end of World War II. North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un claimed early last year ... ( read original story ...)

The amount of frozen Canadian beef headed to Japan is about to drop, mainly due to a new tariff slapped on by the Japanese government because of the large amounts that country was importing. “This past quarter, we exceeded [the formula set by the world ... ( read original story ...)

The university cleared the five other labs of misconduct, representatives of the University of Tokyo said at a 1 August press conference announcing the results of the investigation, according to Japanese news reports. In May, a university investigative ... ( read original story ...)