Sunrays Hitting The Road Can Generate Power. Tokyo Shows How

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 ...)

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 ...)

Tokyo fun fact: Everything here is tiny

Tokyo may be a megapolis, but our 13 million-strong population (with an additional 29 million in greater Tokyo) means space is, well, limited. Enter a whole load of things that would probably be twice the size abroad, which have been squeezed into the ... ( read original story ...)