Centara Hotels & Resorts, a leading hotel operator in Thailand, together with Taisei Corporation and Kanden Realty & Development have broken ground on construction of the 34-storey Centara Grand Hotel ... ( read original story ...)
Sick, health workers in Japan face bullying and ostracism
In Mie, central Japan, people threw stones at a patient's house and vandalized property. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other officials have denounced such behaviour ... ( read original story ...)
kiyoaki takeda’s timber house with five retaining walls in tokyo merges nature with artefact
kiyoaki takeda architects has built a timber house with five retaining walls that merge nature with artefact by allowing the property to coexist harmoniously with the hilly terrai ... ( read original story ...)
Makoto Imai masters Japanese traditional woodworking and construction in Washington and around the world
Makoto has designed and built homes in Japan, in California, on the East Coast and in Washington, along with stunning, singular pieces of furniture. ( read original story ...)
In Japan, coronavirus pandemic brings outbreaks of bullying, ostracism
TOKYO >> The coronavirus in Japan has brought not just an epidemic of infections, but also an onslaught of bullying and discrimination against the sick, their families and health workers. ( read original story ...)
Prologis Japan Inks Big Prelease for In-development Osaka Facility, Nabs Two Awards for Its REIT
Prologis announced that it had completed a new leasing agreement for a total of 211,000 square feet of space at its Prologis Park Osaka 5. The new tenant at the property will be Koizumi Logistics ... ( read original story ...)
Centara breaks ground in Osaka
Centara Hotels & Resorts together with Taisei Corporation and Kanden Realty & Development, completed the official groundbreaking ceremony and sake dedication, known as “jichinsai”, to mark the ... ( read original story ...)
Counter-terrorism sniffer dogs Mick and Mack are trained to root out destructive Japanese knotweed
Labrador retrievers Mack and Mick are thought to be the first dogs in the UK trained to sniff out Japanese knotweed in both homes and gardens and will freeze when they identify the plant. ( read original story ...)
Ground-breaking Ceremony and Sake Dedication for Centara Grand Hotel Osaka
Centara Grand Hotel Osaka is Centara’s first property in Japan and is scheduled to open in mid-2023. The newly built hotel is an upper upscale property with 515 keys that will occupy a gleaming ... ( read original story ...)
How well do you know your Japanese vending machines?
Perhaps no other country has embraced the vending machine like Japan. The country currently has about 3.8 million machines – one machine for every 34 people – installed, with roughly two thirds ... ( read original story ...)
Special branch! Counter-terrorism sniffer dogs Mick and Mack are trained to root out destructive Japanese knotweed from gardens in minutes
Labrador retrievers Mack and Mick are thought to be the first dogs in the UK trained to sniff out Japanese knotweed in both homes and gardens and will freeze when they identify the plant. ( read original story ...)
Luxury-property prices dropping
Luxury property prices in some of the world’s most popular cities fell in the first quarter as Covid-19 began to take its toll on the real estate sector. Values of high-end homes in New York, London, ... ( read original story ...)
Tokio Marine to use Tractable’s AI to analyse auto damage across Japan
Tokio Marine, one of the world's largest property and casualty insurers*, is to use an AI solution to process auto damage across its ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Should Have a Serious Debate on Revising Its Constitution—But Not Now
Since the party’s inception in 1955, the LDP has been dead set on revising the constitution and adding certain elements to it. A major hurdle has been the need to obtain a two-thirds majority in the ... ( read original story ...)
M5.0 quake rattles eastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 rattled eastern Japan early Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued. ( read original story ...)
Saisei Pharma plans clinical study of oral MAF in COVID-19 patients
The potent effect of Saisei Pharma MAF on phagocytosis is not accompanied by clinical or biochemical signs of inflammation when administered to humans. This means that our innate immunity can fight ... ( read original story ...)