Tag: Nagoya

The United States kicked off the IAAF World Relays Yokohama 2019 with a bang on Saturday (11), producing convincing victories in the competition’s two newest events. Competing before an appreciative ... ( read original story ...)

The world's fastest bullet train, which at its peak can top out at speeds of up to 400 km/h, has conducted its first test runs in Japan. On Friday, East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) unveiled their next ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka Castle is located in the eastern part of the city inside ... However, in the oppressive Japan summer heat, the walk to the castle tower could be brutal. The good news is are electric cars ... ( read original story ...)

LANGFORD, B.C. -- Canada's bid to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is on hold after a fifth-place finish at the HSBC Canada Sevens Series at Westhills Stadium. With the top four teams in the season ... ( read original story ...)

To qualify for next year's Summer Games in Tokyo, athletes can either achieve the toughened standard or gain entry based on their world ranking within a qualifying period that has been extended in ... ( read original story ...)

Now, ManyBears hopes to find a sponsor that could fund his training as he tries to make it to Tokyo in 2020. "There's a lot of barriers that First Nations athletes face," he said. "For elite ... ( read original story ...)

In 2007, plaintiffs won a settlement from local governments and automakers in Japan, but the group has been back in the news recently because its members ... the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan and the ... ( read original story ...)

Qantas Flight QF26 from Tokyo to Sydney operated by a Boeing 747-400 made an unscheduled ... There were quite a few vibrations occurring from that initial explosion," he said. In a statement to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) -- If you're a Japan resident and you want tickets for next year's Tokyo Olympics be patient. Tokyo organizers on Friday said delays and long waits to get an online response met Japan ... ( read original story ...)

GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) — Olympic sports leaders criticized Tokyo Games organizers on Tuesday for cutting spending on how events will be presented at venues next year. Less than 15 months before ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has picked up his barbeque tongs to convey his message to Japan: Buy more American beef. Perdue said Monday that as a top consumer of U.S. beef, Japan ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Japanese palace officials have used an ancient turtle-shell divination to choose sites to harvest sacred rice used in an upcoming harvest ritual — the most important one new Emperor Naruhito ... ( read original story ...)

increased the knowledge and understanding of the objectives and obligations of Nagoya protocol among participants comprising professors, senior legal practitioners, Ph.D. candidates, research scholars ... ( read original story ...)

a North Vancouver couple now has what appears to be a Japanese giant hornet living in their home. Valerie Walsh first alerted Global News to the discovery Friday, posting pictures of the four ... ( read original story ...)

An Australian woman has died in Japan, reportedly after a cliff fall. The woman aged in her 60s died on Friday while walking the Kumano Kodo in the Wakayama Prefecture, according to the country's NHK ... ( read original story ...)

Canada's mixed 4x400-metre team earned the country's lone medal at the IAAF World Relays on Sunday in Yokohama, Japan. Austin Cole, Aiyanna-Brigitte Stiverne, Zoe Sherar and Philip Osei earned silver ... ( read original story ...)