As people age, they tend to lose sharpness when it comes to reaction time, spatial awareness, and vision. In Japan, where the elderly population has been swelling for the past two decades, that shift has led to an alarming trend on the road. Recent data ... ( read original story ...)
One year after IPO, Japanese chat app Line reports drop in user numbers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Line Corp said its number of monthly active users fell from the previous quarter, its first such decline, underscoring the messaging app operator's struggles to grow outside its home country since last year's high-profile IPO. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines : low-cost carrier to launch flight to Hawaii via Osaka
Singapore Airlines' budget carrier Scoot will begin flying to Honolulu via Osaka by the end of this year, a company official said Wednesday. "The transit through Osaka will allow us to tap the Japanese market. The Japanese market has a significant diaspora ... ( read original story ...)
Solar scientists rough up silicon panels to boost light capture
(Nanowerk News) Power generation cost using solar panels depends on ... Now a team of scientists at Osaka University has taken a step closer to making inexpensive solar cells that can deliver the same high efficiency as more complex and expensive cells ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka restaurant chain fined for forcing foreign student employees to work excessive hours
OSAKA – An Osaka-based restaurant chain operator and its top manager were fined Wednesday for making foreign student employees work longer hours than legally permitted. The Osaka Summary Court fined Ichimonkai, the operator of the Kushikatsu Daruma ... ( read original story ...)
Divorcee destroys ex’s $1m violin collection in Japan
The most valuable instrument among the 54 casualties is an Italian-made violin worth 50m yen, the Kyodo news agency said. According to Japanese media, the woman is a Chinese national and was arrested on Tuesday upon returning from China to Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Nestle to open Japan factory for exotic Kit Kat demand
These are external links and will open in a new window Nestle is to open its first factory in Japan in more than 25 years because of demand for exotic flavours of Kit Kat. While traditionally the wafer snack has been made using milk chocolate, dozens of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan opens its doors to property start-ups
The number of foreigners working in Japan topped one million for the first time this year, but official data showed that nearly 40 per cent of foreign residents who sought housing in the last five years were turned down at least once as they are not Japanese. ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Miyako in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 127 km ENE of Miyako, Japan (79 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.2685 East, latitude 40.1816 North, depth = 34.49 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.49 km (21 miles). ( read original story ...)
How earthquake scientists eavesdrop on North Korea’s nuclear blasts
From South Korea to Russia to Japan, geophysical instruments recorded squiggles as seismic waves passed through and shook the ground. It looked as if an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 had just happened. But the ground shaking had originated at North ... ( read original story ...)
Google adds SOS Alerts to search results, maps
Japan, Philippines, Australia and Canada. Google's Public Alerts complement SOS Alerts by helping the local and public authorities communicate emergency messages specifically related to official weather, public safety and earthquake alerts. According to ... ( read original story ...)
Koenji: A Guide To Tokyo’s Retro Hub
Initially a sleepy farming settlement on the Ome-kaido Highway, Koenji saw an influx of small merchants and laborers displaced from downtown Tokyo by the destruction caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake ... when the Japanese PSE law went into effect ... ( read original story ...)
Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, Longevity Expert, Dies at (or Lives to) 105
He was taken hostage in 1970 when Japanese Red Army terrorists hijacked a commercial ... equipped his hospital the year before to handle mass casualties like an earthquake. He also wrote a musical for children when he was 88 and a best-selling book when ... ( read original story ...)
Melted Nuclear Fuel Found Below Fukushima by Underwater Robot
Recently, however, the Japanese have built a small underwater robot ... questions about what happened to Reactor #3’s fuel supply in the hours following the earthquake and tsunami that struck the plant on March 11, 2011. Previous attempts to see into ... ( read original story ...)
Matsuya Kanda – 130+ year old soba shop in Tokyo
Matsuya Kanda resides in a traditional Japanese building designed in the Taisho architectural style. A great earthquake destroyed the original building, so a new one was built in 1924 and has survived to this day. The interior is timeless, consisting of ... ( read original story ...)
Leonardo Inaugurates its New Airborne Systems Facility in L’Aquila, Making the Abruzzo Region A Hub for Leonardo’s High-tech Production
Built to high standards that include earthquake resistant construction ... having secured significant contracts in countries including Italy, the UK, Sweden and Japan. Market prospects are strong, as by 2020 all NATO nations will be required to upgrade ... ( read original story ...)