A “2 Years to Go” countdown ceremony hosted jointly by the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government was held on Saturday (25 Au... ( read original story ...)
Cooking classes give visitors to Japan an experience to savor
TOKYO -- Ask visitors to Japan to name a few local dishes and they might list sushi, tempura or sukiyaki. But these days, more overseas tourists are learning about Japanese home cooking, which is very ... ( read original story ...)
Lemaire Wins World All-Star Jockeys Title
Jockey Christophe Lemaire captured the World All-Star Jockeys Title at Sapporo on Sunday with 72 points. The two-day challenge pits jockeys against each other over four races, two per day. Lemaire won ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese PM Abe seen headed for extended term despite policy doubts
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his candidacy ... He has denied wrongdoing. An Asahi News Network (ANN) survey published last week put his support at 38.8 percent, while ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea expels Japanese man who had been detained
North Korea has expelled a Japanese tourist who had been detained by authorities on unspecified charges, the official Korean Central News Agency said late Sunday. A two-sentence report said that Tomoy... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo fears losing a part of its soul as world’s biggest fish market moves
In October the core of its business – the hundreds of wholesalers that provide seafood, meat, fruit and veg to restaurants and shops across Japan – will move two kilometres east to new waterfront prem... ( read original story ...)
How Nestle’s Japan Experiment Could Create a $1 Billion Business
Nestle SA’s unit in Japan expects a fledgling business selling nutritional drinks and supplements to aging consumers to grow into a nearly $1 billion business within a decade as the food giant becomes ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese PM Abe seen headed for extended term despite flat ratings
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Sunday ... He has denied wrongdoing. An Asahi News Network (ANN) survey published on Monday put his support at 38.8 percent, while a K... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama city hosts Pikachu dancing event
Yokohama[Japan], August 24 (ANI): The city of Yokohama, in partnership with The Pokemon Company, has been holding city-wide "Pikachu Outbreak!" events for four years in a row. A lot of fans of Pokemon ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 258 km ESE of Namie, Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 258 km ESE of Namie, Japan (160 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of e... ( read original story ...)
New Social Media Tool From Yokohama
(Photo: Yokohama) Rallio is designed to help dealers publish and personalize Yokohama-related social media content. “The Rallio app is a simple dashboard that allows distributors and dealers to receiv... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Hachinohe in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gh0l. Id of event: us10... ( read original story ...)
Japan to become new market for Okanagan cherry growers
The Japanese market has been opened to cherries grown in the Okanagan. The federal government announced Friday that it has secured access to Japan for fresh cherries from B.C. “The Government of Canad... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo on the brain for Jenkins after breezing to European glory
A confident Harri Jenkins believes the push to Tokyo is back on after storming his way to World Para Athletics European Championship gold in Berlin. The season has far from been consistent for the Wel... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s stoicism in the face of natural disaster, and the tragedy of the tsunami-hit school: a British journalist investigates
The book’s ostensible subject is the Tohoku earthquake and resulting tsunami that, on one freezing winter’s day in March 2011, killed more than 18,000 people and destroyed the lives of countless more. ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mizuho to take on more lending risk to arrest decline in profitability: CEO
Mizuho is the least profitable of Japan’s three mega-banks ... said credit officers responsible for screening loans are being embedded with each business unit rather than grouped in an independent dep... ( read original story ...)