Thousands of Pokemon Go players gathered in the Japanese port city of Yokohama to try their hand at catching rare virtual creatures while watching dance shows featuring people dressed as giant Pikachus. Performers in Pikachu costumes dance at a Splash show ... ( read original story ...)
Pokemon Go: Niantic Working to Resolve Premier Ball Bug, Japan Pikachu Outbreak Event Detailed
The event will be hosted by The Pokemon Company at Red Brick Park and Cup Noodle Museum Park in Yokohama. Red Brick Park will host ... Hope Corrigan is an Australian freelance news writer for IGN who hasn't caught a single Legendary.You can follow her ... ( read original story ...)
Pokemon Go: Niantic Working to Resolve Premiere Ball Bug, Japan Pikachu Outbreak Event Detailed
The event will be hosted by The Pokemon Company at Red Brick Park and Cup Noodle Museum Park in Yokohama. Red Brick Park will host ... Hope Corrigan is an Australian freelance news writer for IGN who hasn't caught a single Legendary.You can follow her ... ( read original story ...)
Nissan to sell electric battery business to GSR Capital
YOKOHAMA, Japan – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan) today announced it has entered into a definitive sale and purchase agreement with GSR Capital (GSR), a private investment fund, for the sale of Nissan's electric battery operations and production ... ( read original story ...)
New multi-role response vessel from Japan now in Manila
The MRRV- Suluan with assigned bow number 4406 is a 44-meter multi-role response vessel which was built and delivered by the Japan Marine United Corporation (JMUC) Yokohama shipyard in Japan. She (ship) is named after the Suluan Lighthouse situated in ... ( read original story ...)
Suspect in Osaka stabbing apprehended in Kyoto
Tooru Murakami has been accused of stabbing his former wife and her male acquaintance in Osaka on Tuesday (Fuji News Network) OSAKA (TR) – Police have arrested a 54-year-old man in Kyoto for allegedly slashing his former wife and her male acquaintance in ... ( read original story ...)
HK Express will open Nagoya-Guam route in October
Two months after ceasing flights between Hong Kong and Guam, low-fare airline HK Express has announced it will begin operating a new route between Nagoya, Japan, and Guam beginning Oct. 29. HK Express said in a news release it will be the only low-cost ... ( read original story ...)
S. Korean court orders Japan’s Mitsubishi to pay for war labour
The victims, both in their teens at the time, worked without pay at a Mitsubishi aircraft manufacturing plant in Nagoya in 1944 after being falsely promised they would be able to make money and study in Japan. Mitsubishi said in a statement it had not yet ... ( read original story ...)
Armenia and Azerbaijan’s Evolving Implicit Rivalry Over Nakhchivan
However, Armenian diplomats have repeatedly asserted that this is not legally applicable to the Nakhchivan exclave, invoking stipulations found in the October 1921 Treaty of Kars (News.am ... kindly allows Modern Tokyo Times to publish their highly ... ( read original story ...)
The Tokyoiter: celebrating Tokyo in the artistic style of The New Yorker
Tokyo is such an experience that we want all the artists to have felt what it’s like to be here for real, that’s the main limit when it comes time to choose artists,” Andrew Joyce told Lonely Planet Travel News. A colourful design by Shinji Tsuchimochi. ( read original story ...)
North Korea may have ability for miniaturised nuclear warhead, Japan says
Japan has warned that the threat from North Korean nuclear weapons ... missile that would be able to re-enter earth’s atmosphere intact, according to Kyodo news. The report also cited Pyongyang’s attempts to improve its ability to conduct a surprise ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s ballistic missile threat at a ‘new stage’, warns Japan
The threat to Japan from North Korea has reached a “new stage” now that the country is capable of launching an intercontinental ballistic missile and its nuclear weapons program has advanced, a defence ministry report said Tuesday. North Korea was the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan slaps high tariff on U.S. beef
Ten percent of U.S beef goes to export. Looking for a bright side of the news from Japan, Brown says the tariff bump covers only frozen, not refrigerated, beef. “Undoubtedly, we will send more non-frozen beef to Japan. But, they may reach a cap on that ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s nuclear threat at a ‘new stage’, warns Japan
Japan has warned that the threat from North Korean nuclear weapons ... missile that would be able to re-enter earth’s atmosphere intact, according to Kyodo news. The report also cited Pyongyang’s attempts to improve its ability to conduct a surprise ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s use of missile and nuclear tests threatens world security says Japan
That, along with China's continued threatening behaviour in the East China Sea and South China Sea, is a major concern for Japan,” Mr Onodera told a news briefing in Tokyo. The ministry said the number of Japan's jet scrambles against Chinese aircraft ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea threat to Japan reaches ‘new stage’: defence review report
TOKYO -- The threat to Japan from North Korea has reached a "new stage" now that the country is capable of launching an intercontinental ballistic missile and its nuclear weapons program has advanced, a defence ministry report said Tuesday. North Korea was ... ( read original story ...)