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 ...)
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 ...)
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 ...)
Japan’s factory activity shrinks at slower pace in Aug – PMI
Japan's factory activity shrank for a third straight month in August amid higher oil prices and uncertainty over the global economic outlook, although the pace of decline slowed, a private sector survey showed on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Air Force Academy’s uniforms honoring group that bombed Japan in WWII receive mixed feelings on social media
The Air Force Academy's alternate uniforms honoring the Doolittle Raiders for their Oct. 21 game against Navy have received mixed reviews on social media. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo builds Japan’s biggest underground flood control space in anti-disaster megaproject
The government of Japan's capital has started work on a megaproject to improve its disaster prevention infrastructure by the 2040s, including building the country's largest underground flood control ... ( read original story ...)
Fire climbing the cliffs at Oahu’s Yokohama Beach
The Honolulu Fire Department responded to a brush fire in the Yokohama area around 12:22 p.m. Police are responding and clearing Keawaula Beach Park as well as the radar ... ( read original story ...)
NASA, Japan’s space agency hope to unveil mysteries of gravity with latest mission
NASA and the Japanese Space Agency's X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, which has also received support from the European Space Agency, is scheduled to launch Saturday. ( read original story ...)
What? Crows in central Tokyo have decreased by 70% over the past 20 years! Unexpected “causal relationship” with rat infestation.
The number of crows in Tokyo is decreasing. According to a report by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in April of this year, the number of crows decreased by about 76% from about 36,400 in 2001 to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s neighbors react to Tokyo’s decision to release treated water into ocean
Japan's neighbors have been reacting to the news of Tokyo's decision to start releasing treated and diluted water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean as early as ... ( read original story ...)