TOKYO: Chinese group tours are back in Japan but anyone banking on them arriving in droves and splashing around cash like they did before the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to be disappointed. An ANA fli ...
A closer look at sumo’s ‘hot hand’ after Hokutofuji’s Nagoya run
Fast-rising Hoshoryu clinched a maiden title, and earned promotion to sumo’s second highest rank of ozeki, with a fine 12-3 effort in Nagoya last month. The 10th Mongolian-born rikishi to lift the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Aichi Pref. to recognize same-sex, common-law couples with children as families
NAGOYA -- Aichi Prefecture will introduce a "family-ship" system in which sexual minority couples and common-law married couples and their children will be officially recognized as a family. Aichi Gov ... ( read original story ...)
Mixed views in Tokyo over Fukushima water release
STORY: Satoshi Matsuda, a 39-year-old from Tokyo, told Reuters he would like the Japanese government to show more evidence that the Fukushima water release plan will not have an effect on the ... ( read original story ...)
2 men arrested for sending bomb threat to Tokyo college
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two men have been arrested for allegedly faxing a bomb threat to a Tokyo college, police said Wednesday, adding that the pair are suspected of sending over 300,000 similar faxes to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks end higher on rises in utilities, US earnings eyed
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday for the third straight day on rises in utilities and other shares sensitive to domestic demand, while investors awaited earnings results from a major U.S. ( read original story ...)
Michelin-starred Le Pristine from Belgium is opening in Tokyo this December
Slated to open in winter, Hotel Toranomon Hills is Tokyo’s first boutique hotel under The Unbound Collection by Hyatt. It will be home to the first Asian outpost of Le Pristine, the Michelin-starred ... ( read original story ...)
China is furious with Japan’s plan to release treated Fukushima water into the ocean
The imminent water release comes more than a decade after Japan was rocked by the second-worst nuclear disaster in history. ( read original story ...)
Japan Is Releasing Fukushima’s Water Into the Pacific—Is That Safe?
Controversially, the wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that melted down in 2011 is due to be released into the ocean starting Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Japan begins final preparations for Fukushima water release
The final preparations to discharge waste water from the crippled Fukushima power plant in Japan began Wednesday, its operator said, a day before the scheduled release into the Pacific Ocean.The ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin mines could be used for energy storage | FT Tech
Bitcoin mining is extremely energy intensive, and bitcoin bashers have labelled the digital currency a climate villain. But as the FT’s Scott Chipolina reports, one novel strategy being looked at is ...
Yokohama Plant engine production passes 40 million milestone
The Yokohama Plant commenced operations in 1935, two years after Nissan’s founding. It built its 10 millionth engine in 1976, its 20 millionth in 1986 and its 30 millionth in 1997. Reaching the 40 ... ( read original story ...)
Two men arrested for sending bomb threat to Tokyo college
The pair were arrested on suspicion of sending a fax to Tokyo College of Music stating that 334 bombs were planted at the school and demanding ¥300,000. ( read original story ...)
Can Shrinking Be Good for Japan? A Marxist Best Seller Makes the Case.
Mr. Saito laughed. “I’m definitely bourgeois,” he said. Ben Dooley reports on Japan’s business and economy, with a special interest in social issues and the intersections between business and politics ... ( read original story ...)
Asia markets poised for fall ahead of private business activity reports from Australia and Japan
Asia-Pacific markets are set to fall, reversing gains markets around the region made across the board on Monday. This comes as investors assess private business activity surveys from Australia and ... ( read original story ...)
Digital clones and Vocaloids may be popular in Japan. Elsewhere, they could get lost in translation
Kazutaka Yonekura dreams of a world where everyone will have their very own digital “clone,” an online avatar that's updated in real time with information about a person's tastes and habits. ( read original story ...)