TOKYO >> Champagne flowed as fine food was served aboard an All Nippon Airways Boeing 777 aircraft on March 31 — but the plane’s wheels never left the ground. ( read original story ...)
Could Buying a Book Help Save Your Favorite Tokyo Restaurant?
This is a way for the community to stay inspired and have a way to support restaurants that they love,” says editor Sherry Zheng. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo based food-tech venture Next Meats debuts in alternative protein hotspot Singapore in 10 months after establishment
Next Meats, the Tokyo based alternative meat brand and purveyor of the world’s first plant-based yakiniku meats, made its debut in the alternative protein hotspot Singapore this week, just 10 months ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba CEO Nobuaki Kurumatani resigns as buyout offer stirs turmoil
Nobuaki Kurumatani's resignation is the latest development in years of upheaval at the firm, which only won back its spot on the first section of the Tokyo stock exchange earlier this year after ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Metro Government assisting Southeast Asian cities with water and sewage development
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is working on water and sewage development projects and the deployment of technology and know-how i ... ( read original story ...)
Three Bath athletes who could achieve glory at Tokyo 2020
Top-level athletes who train in Bath could achieve glory at the Tokyo Olympics this summer, which kicks off in just 99 days. Despite a tough year for sport, three women at the University of Bath ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Clock stopped by earthquake restarts 10 years on
An 100-year-old Japanese clock that stopped working after the 2011 earthquake has started ticking again - after another quake struck this year. The clock, stored in a Buddhist temple, was submerged by ... ( read original story ...)
Roundup: COVID-19 cases in Japan’s Osaka hit record for 2nd straight day as expert warns of “fourth wave”
Japan's western prefecture of Osaka on Wednesday saw a record high of daily COVID-19 infections for the second straight day, logging 1,130 new virus cases. A total of 4,312 new cases were reported ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture marks 5th anniversary of killer quakes
Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture on Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of two sizable earthquakes that claimed the lives of 276 people. Five years since a magnitude 6.5 quake shook the southwestern ... ( read original story ...)
DNA Explainer: Japan plans to release 1.25 million tons of radioactive water in Pacific – what it means
Remember, in 2011 how a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and tsunami rocked Japan and destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant? Back then three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima plant suffered ... ( read original story ...)
NTT Launches First ‘Earthquake Resistant’ Data Center In U.S.
NTT’s new data center in Silicon Valley is earthquake resistant as NTT Global Data Centers Americas expands its footprint in the U.S. ( read original story ...)
Show me the medals: Ireland drops one place in Tokyo Olympic predictions
Predicting Olympic medal winners can be a futile business at the best at times; during pandemic times, when there’s still no predicting how exactly the Tokyo Olympics will unfold, it may even be ... ( read original story ...)
Why it’s hard to trust Japan’s handling of Fukushima wastewater
On Tuesday, The Japanese government decided to go ahead with the controversial solution to a 10-year-long crisis following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Fukushima plant, operated by the ... ( read original story ...)
Second chance: clock stopped after Japan tsunami starts ticking a decade later
The century-old temple clock has come back to life when an aftershock of the 2011 quake hit the region ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo bustling with people at night despite COVID-19 ‘quasi-emergency measures’
Although eateries in Tokyo are subject to requests to close early under the Japanese government's coronavirus "quasi-emergency measures" that took effect on April 12, crowds of people were seen in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Toshiba President Steps Down Amid Acquisition Talks
The president of Toshiba Corp. has stepped down, a week after the Japanese technology and manufacturing giant said it was studying an acquisition proposal from a global fund where he previously worked ... ( read original story ...)