thoughts immediately switched to the prospect of swimming the middle and long-distance trifecta at July's world championships and then at the Tokyo Olympics. Prior to Horton's clean sweep at the Chandler Aquatic centre last week, Grant Hackett in 2008 was ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Weighs Plans for S. Korea Evacuation over Nuclear Crisis: Report
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference Friday that the government was always collecting and analyzing information about North Korea's moves but refrained from commenting on details. "At present, we are in close contact with ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to conduct evacuation drill to prepare for North Korea missiles
Kyodo news agency reported Friday. The drill will simulate a summer North Korea missile strike against the Japanese city, according to the report. In Sasebo, a core city in Nagasaki Prefecture home to a U.S. Navy base, police, firefighters and self-defense ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese onsens and getting naked with strangers
JAPAN is frequently touted as a country where old meets new — where ancient temples stand alongside gleaming skyscrapers, and Geishas wander among teenagers with multicoloured haircuts. In this highly developed yet strictly traditional country, one ... ( read original story ...)
Japan police name two Chinese women suspected of attacking Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine with oily liquid
Japan police have obtained arrest warrants for two Chinese women after Meiji Shrine in central Tokyo was vandalised earlier this month with an oily liquid. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police said Piao Jinyu and Piao Shanai, both 49, are suspected of vandalising ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo IT firm taps 3-D technology to offer perfect-fitting shoes
CHIBA – It’s every shoe lover’s dream: Footwear perfectly made for their feet. Tokyo-based information technology firm Flickfit Inc. is developing just that — a service that virtually fits shoes to a person’s feet using 3-D scans. The service ... ( read original story ...)
Yukio Kanao Named General Manager of Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
He was appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Imperial Hotel, Ltd. in 2011, and from 2014 served as Deputy General Manager of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. Tokyo's Imperial was founded by Japanese aristocracy in 1890 on the same site it occupies ... ( read original story ...)
Tepco’s latest plan for Kawashiwazaki-Kariwa plant envisions restart in 2019
Tokyo Electric is now aiming to restart the Kawashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture in April 2019, sources say. The company plans to include the goal in its financial outlook under a reconstruction program, the sources said Friday ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Value HR to establish wholly owned subsidiary in Tokyo
Says it will establish a wholly owned subsidiary based in Tokyo on May 1 * New subsidiary will be engaged ... goo.gl/bGWhjg Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) ( read original story ...)
U.S. 'Wants Trade to Dominate Economic Talks with Japan'
The United States is pushing for trade to be a key issue in top-level economic talks with Japan, a person involved in the talks told Reuters on Thursday, an unwelcome development for Tokyo, which is seeking to fend off U.S. pressure to reduce the bilateral ... ( read original story ...)
Movie reviews: Latest 'Furious' bombastic, but sputters on fun
Perhaps it was the wild train heist in “Fast Five,” or the entirety of “Tokyo Drift” or the skyscraper-to-skyscraper jump from “Fast and Furious 7.” Whatever it was, at some point in the sixteen years someone decided more is really more. ( read original story ...)
Japan court upholds 'black widow' death sentence
Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese "black widow" convicted of murdering ... The case has been closely followed in Japan and major media flashed news of the top court decision across television screens. Kijima writes a blog from the detention centre where she has ... ( read original story ...)
Trump and Japan's Abe expand friendship as tensions mount with North Korea and China
Japan has also dispatched its largest warship – the Izumo ... the director for East and Southeast Asia at the Center for American Progress, told Fox News. In his first months in office the Trump administration has taken a more active stance toward ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama eco-tyre unveiled
PETALING JAYA: YHI (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, the local distributor of Yokohama tyres, has launched the new BluEarth-ES ES32 tyre which promises reduced fuel consumption and longer service life with the benefits of improved dry and wet handling. The new tyre is ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya looks beautiful at night! French astonaut Thomas Pesquet shares the pic
New Delhi: French asronaut Thomas Pesquet, who is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has shared a very beautiful picture of Nagoya, capital of Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, taken at night from the space station. He has shared the ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya looks beautiful at night! French astonuat Thomas Pesquet shares the pic
New Delhi: French asronaut Thomas Pesquet, who is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has shared a very beautiful picture of Nagoya, capital of Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, taken during night time. He has shared the image with his social ... ( read original story ...)