Qantas flies direct from Sydney to Osaka's Kansai airport three times a week (Monday, Wednesday and Saturday) on an upgraded two-class Airbus A330. Return economy flights start from $859 and return bu... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Rubber : Accelerating Joint Research with Thai Universities on Natural Rubber
Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that the results of joint research projects conducted since 2013 with two universities in Thailand, a major producer of natural rubber, were recent... ( read original story ...)
Canada to join Mexico, Japan, South Korea and the EU in auto tariff talks
Japan and the European Union organized the meeting for Tuesday in Geneva, where vice and deputy ministers from Canada, the EU, Japan and South Korea will gather to talk about the punishing levies thre... ( read original story ...)
Canada to join Mexico, Japan, South Korea, EU to talk auto tariffs
Japan and the European Union organized the meeting for Tuesday in Geneva, where vice and deputy ministers from Canada, the EU, Japan and South Korea will gather to talk about the punishing levies thre... ( read original story ...)
Findings from Nagoya University in the Area of Risk Management Described (Difference between car-to-cyclist crash and near crash in a perpendicular…
Financial support for this research came from Takata Foundation. The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Nagoya University, "Focusing on cases where the car and cyclist approac... ( read original story ...)
Tropical storm hits Japan, heads for western region still recovering from heavy rains
A tropical storm in Japan disrupted transportation and knocked out power to thousands of homes in its path as it headed west toward a region still recovering from devastating rains earlier this month. ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful earthquake strikes Indonesian island of Lombok, killing 14
WATCH: 6.1-magnitude earthquake kills 3, injures hundreds in Japan The Lombok quake struck at 6:47 a.m. (2247 GMT on Saturday) and was only 4.35 miles deep (7 km), a shallow depth that would have ampl... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Yaita in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Yaita in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000gge9. Unique identifier: us2000gge9. The ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Bonin Islands, Japan region
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Bonin Islands, Japan region (0 miles). Event id: us2000g33n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g33n. Exact locati... ( read original story ...)
Sweltering conditions a major challenge for Tokyo 2020 Games
"In recent days Tokyo and Japan [have] been like a sauna," said Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, calling the issue a major challenge in a July 23 news conference. She then laid out countermeasures that in... ( read original story ...)
Japan looks to post offices to keep rural areas alive
TOKYO -- In the village of Yasuoka in Japan's central, mountainous prefecture of Nagano, there is just one elementary school, one junior high school and a population of a little more than 1,600 people ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful earthquake strikes Indonesian island of Lombok, killing 10
The second struck less than a hour later WATCH: 6.1-magnitude earthquake kills 3, injures hundreds in Japan A magnitude 6.4 earthquake is considered strong and is capable of causing severe damage. The ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka: 300 gravestones destroyed at cemeteries
OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have launched an investigation ... While investigating the case on suspicion of infliction of property damage, police are also investigating there is a connection ... ( read original story ...)
WATCH: Sunset turns Osaka sky into work of art
People in Osaka were greeted with a spectacular sight when the sun went down on July 25. As the Japanese endure one of the hottest summer seasons to hit their country, people in Osaka were given a bri... ( read original story ...)
Tropical storm hits Japan, heads for hard-hit western region
TOKYO -- A tropical storm in Japan disrupted transportation and knocked out power to thousands of homes in its path as it headed west toward a region still recovering from devastating rains earlier th... ( read original story ...)
Where I’m At: July, 2018 – Osaka edition
Greetings from Osaka and another edition of Where I’m At; a monthly update of what I’ve been up to and general site news. There are no direct flights from Luang Prabang to Saigon so I opted to stay in ... ( read original story ...)