The Tokyo metropolitan government intends to take the initiative in introducing the new technologies of "solar roads" that collect energy from the sun via solar panels installed beneath the surface of roads and "power-generating floors" that generate ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Plans To Release Tons Of Radioactive Waste Into The Pacific Ocean
Interviewed by Japan News Agency, an unnamed official declared that “in order to advance the decommissioning, the number of tanks should be decreased at an early date”. Since 2011, the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant has been leaking small amounts ... ( read original story ...)
Deadly stabbing on Japan bullet train
a local police spokesman told AFP news agency. Mr Kojima told police he had picked victims at random and had been armed with "multiple bladed objects" on the train, Japanese broadcaster NHK reports. Witnesses said passengers were in tears as they attempted ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: Yakuza boss extorted former gang member
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a yakuza boss over the alleged extortion of a former gang member last year, reports TBS News (June 6). In July, Yoshinori Hirabayashi, the 72-year-old chairman of a gang affiliated with the Kobe ... ( read original story ...)
Hopes this week’s Trump-Kim summit will stem the tide of North Korean ghost ships washing ashore in Japan
On a desolate stretch of Japan's north-western coast lies a wrecked, wooden fishing boat with weather-beaten Korean characters near the bow. 'Ghost ships' are so named because they often appear on beaches empty, or only with skeletal remains In the last ... ( read original story ...)
In the ‘land of the immortals’: Japan’s centenarian pop band
Kohama, Japan (CNN)It's baking hot in Okinawa ... she looks it up on her map. "When I saw the news about [North Korean leader] Kim Jong Un's brother being killed in Malaysia, I didn't know where that was, so I looked it up immediately," she said ... ( read original story ...)
Abe tries to keep Japan on Trump’s radar ahead of Singapore summit
TOKYO (Reuters) - In dozens of conversations, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has counseled President Donald Trump to avoid making concessions to North Korea that could upset East Asia's balance of power, including a military retreat from South Korea ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops nab members of notorious extortion ring targeting men in Harajuku
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two persons who are believed to be members of a notorious extortion ring that targets men by making false accusations about the taking of illicit photographs, reports Nippon News Network (June 6). ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Worried, hopeful and wary: Neighbors await Kim-Trump summit
TOKYO — North Korea’s East Asian neighbors have a shared goal of denuclearizing the peninsula, but what may come out of Tuesday’s summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un has different and possibly conflicting implications for each ... ( read original story ...)
Treating City property
On June 5, we began treating parks and public property in the False Creek area, beginning with the lawn next to the Roundhouse Community Centre. On Sunday, June 10, we will begin treatment in David Lam Park where Japanese beetle was first found in 2017. ( read original story ...)
Foxconn leverages Xi’s hopes to raise $4.2bn
TAIPEI/SHANGHAI/OSAKA -- Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry ... The company plans to put some IPO funds toward addressing the cost issue by mechanizing production lines, including by applying artificial intelligence. Investors include Chinese e-commerce ... ( read original story ...)
Japan automaker lobby slams U.S. tariff threat ahead of July trade talks
New tariffs on auto imports could raise costs for Japanese automakers doing business in the United States, the world’s No. 2 auto market. The probe follows a U.S. decision to slap new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Japan and other countries ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Airbnb offerings evaporate ahead of new regulations
Japan, which just months ago had tens of thousands of Airbnb ... The new regulations were meant to bring transparency to a business that was until now rather murky, and technically allowed only in certain zones - although many hosts ignored such restrictions. ( read original story ...)
Nankai Trough quake, tsunami could cost Japan ¥1.4 quadrillion over 20 years, engineers say
A massive earthquake predicted to occur in Japan within the next 30 years could cause ¥1.4 quadrillion ($12.8 trillion) in damage to the economy, much more than a government estimate, a construction industry body said Thursday. The estimate is based on an ... ( read original story ...)
Backup plan to ensure correct Japan Standard Time in disasters
The necessity of the backup plan came under the spotlight after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Tohoku region. A radio wave transmission facility for disseminating time had been operating in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Narita in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Narita in Japan. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:58:40 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/06/18 / 2018-06-07 05 ... ( read original story ...)