The 113-year-old merry-go-round, which arrived in Tokyo after stints in Germany and Coney Island, is now in storage, its fate uncertain in a country that tends to preserve only the very old. ( read original story ...)
Spin clean-up method brings practical quantum computers closer to reality
Researchers at Osaka City University create a quantum algorithm that removes spin contaminants while making chemical calculations on quantum computers. This allows for predictions of electronic and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Retail Property Sector Leads Market as Lockdowns Ease
Japanese real estate funds and developers focusing on the retail sector are leading a stock market rally as investors bet the cheaply valued sector will outperform as consumer spending recovers from ... ( read original story ...)
US protests: Why are people talking about Breonna Taylor?
The 26-year-old hospital worker died at her home in Louisville, Kentucky on 13 March after being shot by the police. ( read original story ...)
The Kahala Hotel & Resort opens new property in Japan
The Kahala Hotel & Resort has opened a new property in Japan, marking the first Kahala branded hotel outside of Hawaii. Located on the Minato Mirai waterfront about 30 minutes from Haneda ... ( read original story ...)
Plan to sell Japan properties bucked
A resolution has been filed in Congress seeking to stop the reported plan to sell four Philippine government properties in Japan. ( read original story ...)
DFA nixes sale of PH property in Japan
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday rejected proposals for the Philippine government to sell five pieces of prime property in Japan with the proceeds supposedly to be used for the ... ( read original story ...)
DFA: Proposed sale of Philippine properties in Japan will lead to legal problems
The proposed sale or development of various Philippines-owned properties in Japan will result in legal problems for the Philippine government, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. ( read original story ...)
New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel to close, reopen under new management
The New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel last week filed a WARN notice with the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations saying 110 of the hotel’s 114 employees will be laid off Nov. 30 “due to sa ... ( read original story ...)
DFA nixes sale of PH property in Japan
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday rejected proposals for the Philippine government to sell five pieces of prime property in Japan with the proceeds supposedly to be used for the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo now wants Okinawa to be pillaged for sand for U.S. base
The central government plans to extract so much sand to continue a contentious land reclamation project for a U.S. military base that alarm bells are now ringing about the likely adverse affects the ... ( read original story ...)
New Hotel with Stunning Views of Osaka Bay Opens
After being operated as The Westin Awaji Island and managed by Yumebutai Co., Ltd. and Marriott International Inc. for 20 years, Nikko Hotels rebrands ... ( read original story ...)
History’s Headlines: When the war ended
On the morning of August 6, 1945, many newspaper readers in the Lehigh Valley and around the world had one question: when would Japan surrender and World War II finally ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and Russia: Sharing a view of the West
There are striking affinities between Japan and Russia, noticeable even before either country was fully aware of the other. Both were backward by 19th-cent ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ex-PM Abe visits controversial Tokyo shrine
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he has visited a shrine viewed by China and both Koreas as a symbol of wartime aggression.Abe's visit ... ( read original story ...)
Hontiveros urges DFA: Press Japan on rescue of Filipino seafarers
"Our government should sustain the fight by persuading the Japanese government to not only continue and expand [search and rescue] operations but also, if possible, to allow other countries such as ... ( read original story ...)