held this year at a new venue near Tokyo Tower, is an event styled to present young, entrepreneurial-minded individuals and their startup business concepts that will contribute to society with global impact in genres like technology, communications ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Metro shows off 60-year-old subway cars
Three subway cars that operated in Japan and Argentina for some 60 years in total were shown to the media in Tokyo on Monday after undergoing a thorough refurbishing. It is unusual for a train car to mark a 60-year anniversary, well beyond the standard ... ( read original story ...)
Monkey mascot takes centre stage ahead of Cerezo Osaka’s J-League match
Japanese club Cerezo Osaka have risked controversy by dressing a monkey in a miniature kit and instructing him to hand over the match ball to the referee prior to kick-off. For Osaka’s J-League game against Vissel Kobe, the club decided to invite a small ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks snap three-day winning streak
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks snapped a three-day winning streak Monday with profit-takers paring early gains ahead of the release of key economic data in the US and China. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which opened higher, lost 0.24 percent, or 54.86 points, to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 organisers unveil first new venue
In a significant milestone on the road towards the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, on 25 November the Japanese capital unveiled the first of eight new permanent venues that are being built for the Games. The opening of the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza ... ( read original story ...)
Possible North Korea defectors may be occupants of skeleton-filled ghost ship found on Japan coast
The 68-year-old woman who initially spotted the boat told Kyodo News she saw rescue workers carrying skeletal remains using stretchers. "I was surprised to see the boat in such a bad condition," the woman told the Japanese news site. The discovery has ... ( read original story ...)
Consumer Goods Companies in Japan Put New Focus on Sustainability
TOKYO, Nov. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumer Goods Forum Creates First Japan Local Group Committed to Addressing Today's Regional Sustainability Challenges; Implementation of Sustainability Resolutions Key Priority The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF ... ( read original story ...)
BANK OF JAPAN : Bubble or breakthrough? Bitcoin keeps central bankers on edge
Central bankers say the success of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is just a bubble. But it keeps them awake at night because these private currencies threaten their control of the banking system and money supply, which could undermine the monetary ... ( read original story ...)
Long-dormant earthquake faultline has awoken and could trigger a devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake – devastating New Zealand in MINUTES
They state the trench - running offshore from the top of the South Island to Gisborne in the north - can produce deadly 9.0 earthquakes and tsunamis powerful enough to reach residents in just seven minutes. 'We need to think Japan 2011 basically ... ( read original story ...)
Man appearing to be foreign robs Nagoya yakiniku restaurant
AICHI (TR) – Aichi Prefectural Police are searching for a man believed to be a foreigner over the robbery of 1 million yen from a restaurant in Nagoya’s Higashi Ward early Sunday, reports Nippon News Network (Nov. 26). At just past 1:00 a.m., the ... ( read original story ...)
Business is booming between China, Japan and South Korea — the US should get in on it
China , Japan and South Korea account for a quarter of the world's output of goods and services. Their combined trade surplus is currently running at an annual rate of $400 billion. They can recycle that trade income to finance, with interest, most of ... ( read original story ...)
Boy, 12, undergoing questioning over stabbing of woman in Sapporo
over the stabbing of a woman in Sapporo the day before, reports Fuji News Network (Nov. 27). At just before 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, police were tipped off about a woman who was collapsed with a wound to her back in the Kita area of Higashi Ward. ( read original story ...)
OSAKA GAS: Pilot Project Launched in Thailand to Explore Biogas Refining and Vehicle Natural Gas Fuel Supply for Future Commercial Usage
In this pilot project *1, at its palm oil factory ABC will digest organic matter contained in factory wastewater to generate biogas, which will be subsequently refined by OSAKA GAS into methane gas. ABC will use *2 the refined methane gas as fuel in its ... ( read original story ...)
Comfort women: Osaka cuts ties with sister city San Francisco over statue memorialising military sex slaves
The mayor of Osaka has said he plans to cut a six-decade tie with its sister city, San Francisco, after a sculpture showing controversial “comfort women” was named as an official statue. The issue of so-called comfort women, the phrase used to describe ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka mayor to end sister city status with San Francisco over ‘comfort women’ statue
At a news conference Friday, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide ... The Japan Times reports that some politicians in the Osaka city assembly also were concerned that Yoshimura's actions could harm the city's reputation abroad, and petitioned ... ( read original story ...)
NZ tsunami fears: Experts warn long-dormant faultline has AWOKEN and could trigger devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquakes – leaving residents just SEVEN MINUTES to escape ‘2011 …
They state the trench - running offshore from the top of the South Island to Gisborne in the north - can produce deadly 9.0 earthquakes and tsunamis powerful enough to reach residents in just seven minutes. 'We need to think Japan 2011 basically ... ( read original story ...)