The Seiun Award winners were announced July 22 with Yasumi Kobayashi’s “Ultraman F” snatching Best Japanese Long Story and anime director Hideaki Anno’s live-action “Shin Godzilla” taking the Best Dramatic Presentation gong. Osamu Akimoto’s ... ( read original story ...)
Lufkin, Texas, takes on mighty Japan for LLWS title
Its task may be even tougher on Sunday, when Lufkin takes on 10-time tournament winner Japan in the championship. Japan has won four of the last seven Little League World Series, and Tokyo Kitasuna, the club representing Japan this year, has won the ... ( read original story ...)
Shiga tops in volunteerism but Osaka in last place: leisure survey
OSAKA – If you’re the kind of person who prioritizes volunteer work, enjoys playing badminton and has an interest in studying, Shiga Prefecture might be your ideal home in Kansai. On the other hand, if education and learning new skills are your top ... ( read original story ...)
5.0-magnitude quake strikes near Japan’s Kitaibaraki city
TOKYO: A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck just 4km northwest of the Japanese city of Kitaibarakai in the Ibaraki prefecture on Sunday (Aug 27), according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The quake was reportedly felt in Fukushima and the capital Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Competition to host Japan’s first casino resort heats up
OSAKA – As the Diet prepares to debate the structure of integrated casino resorts this autumn, competition in Osaka and neighboring Wakayama to win the rights to host one of the first legal gambling complexes in the country is heating up. The most talked ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese delegation in Seychelles to study Port Victoria’s success
(Seychelles News Agency) - A Japanese delegation is in Seychelles to ... The 36-member delegation comprising of representatives from the public and private sectors of Japan’s Port of Nagoya and the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry toured the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan in talks to export defense aircraft to UAE
TOKYO -- Japan could be on the verge of exporting its first piece of finished defense equipment. The government is considering sales of the Air Self-Defense Force's latest transport aircraft, the C-2, to the United Arab Emirates, The Nikkei learned on ... ( read original story ...)
Riding around Tokyo in a go-kart is a crazy new thing you can do
We opted for the two hour tour which visits Tokyo Tower, the red light district of Roppongi and ... An Aussie calls out for details of where he can get on the tour but I have to break some bad news. Even though the Japanese will let you loose on their ... ( read original ...
Killer robots: Labor-saving tech may bust Japan’s jobs boom
Robots could perform 30% of roughly 2,000 unique job activities humans are paid to do, joint research by The Nikkei and the Financial Times shows. In Japan, that share tops 50%. Recruit Works Institute, part of Tokyo-based Recruit Holdings, estimates that ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea fires short-range missiles into Sea of Japan
North Korea fired multiple short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News Friday. The official confirmed a report by the Yonhap news agency that cited South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff and reported that the projectile ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese device KunKun tells you if you have body odour
Covering news from Japan for the ABC is not exactly a hardship posting, but sometimes I have to put my body on the line in the name of investigative journalism. In this case, it was my armpits. A Japanese company has developed a device to tell you what ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea reportedly fires ‘projectile’ into Sea of Japan
North Korea fired an "unidentified projectile" into the Sea of Japan Saturday morning, South Korea's military told local news outlets. Yonhap news agency, citing South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, reported that the projectile was fired from a site in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan carmakers taking $12.8bn-plus hit on Takata recalls
TOKYO -- Losses sustained by Japanese automakers from the recall of faulty Takata air bags are slated to top 1.4 trillion yen ($12.8 billion), according to figures that include an estimate from Subaru, the last of the pack to release such a number. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Power Players Are Multiplying
... Japan’s very high awareness of electricity consumption — and efforts to conserve — since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the ensuing shutdown of its nuclear-reactor fleet. Just as important — and perhaps more significant going ... ( read original story ...)
Sushi chefs from around the world battle in Tokyo
The annual competition, World Sushi Cup Japan, was held on the sidelines of a seafood expo in Tokyo. “Sushi is considered a Japanese food, but I’m very glad and even grateful that this many people are making so much effort to develop the food ... ( read original story ...)
In defense of Japan’s misunderstood young generation
Ask someone for examples of young Japanese who are known internationally, they might name a few athletes -- at best. Ask them to name some young Japanese entrepreneurs, and they are likely to come up empty. There is a widespread perception that the youth ... ( read original story ...)