Tokyo, Nov 28 (IANS) Tokyo retained its position as the city ... It is something constant, but I don’t forget the essential things,” Shuzo Kishida, chef of Quintessence told Efe news. Ramen restaurants Nakiryu and Tsuta, where a meal does not cost ... ( read original story ...)
London’s West End ‘should get Tokyo-style loudspeakers’ to stop panic after stampede of shoppers sparked by Oxford Circus tube gang fight
London's West End bosses are calling on Tokyo-style loudspeakers after the outbreak of panic at Oxford Circus last week. A tube gang fight sparked a stampede of shoppers in the British capital on Black Friday, with many fearing a terrorist attack and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Toray to hold news conference on data falsification at unit
FILE PHOTO - A ballgirl runs past the logo of Toray Industries Inc. at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament, which is sponsored by the company, in Tokyo Thomson Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toray Industries said on Tuesday it will hold a news ... ( 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 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 ...)
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 ...)
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 ...)
Japan’s latest driverless car hits the Tokyo highway
CNN went for a test drive in the car in the capital of Tokyo. The modified car was equipped with 12 sonars, 12 cameras, nine radar sensors and six laser scanners to enhance the accuracy of its solo journey. The test drive saw the vehicle travel 12 miles ... ( read original story ...)
Relief for Tokyo as first new 2020 Olympics venue opens
There was more bad news last month when Olympic organisers admitted that prolonged summer rain had brought high levels of bacteria to a venue earmarked for triathlon and open water swimming. While Tokyo has taken successful measures to slash costs ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka will end sister city ties to San Francisco after US city accepted statue honoring ‘comfort women’ used as sex slaves by the Japanese army
Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura said trust between the two ... Lee signed a document Wednesday formalizing the city's acceptance of the memorial, according to Kyodo News. Mainstream historians say up to 200,000 women, mostly from Korea but also other ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka to cut ties to San Francisco over ‘comfort women’ statue
... in December after explaining the decision to the Osaka city assembly and holding meetings with top city officials. At a Nov. 24 news conference, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said about the monument, “It is extremely regrettable.” ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka to snap sister city link with San Francisco over “comfort women” statue
"This is highly regrettable," Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura told reporters ... regrettable," Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference on Friday. "We plan to continue making every effort so that things like this ... ( read original story ...)