Tag: Nagoya

Kyodo news agency reported. Tepco has long been criticized for ignoring the threat posed by natural disasters to the nuclear plant while the Japanese government has been derided for its handling of the crisis. ( read original story ...)

Hundreds of candidates took to the streets Tuesday as the official 12-day campaigning period for Japan's Oct. 22 lower house election kicked off, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party facing challenges from regrouped opposition forces. Up for grabs ... ( read original story ...)

2,000 trees planted at Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi (YTMM). Yokohama’ factory in West Point, Mississippi held a tree-planting ceremony on Oct. 7 as part of the “Yokohama Forever Forest” project. More than 300 Yokohama employees and guests ... ( read original story ...)

He said: "TAAX remains eager to resume its short-lived regular service to Sapporo, which operated briefly in mid-2015." TAAX hopes to reactivate the Bangkok-Sapporo service by year-end, operating with a daily frequency, said Mr Nadda. Other new ... ( read original story ...)

Now we've learned that a Nissan Leaf Nismo Concept is headed to the Tokyo Motor Show later in October, and that it will be more than just a styling statement. DON'T MISS: World's sexiest car, Jaguar E-Type, reappears as all-electric concept In typical ... ( read original story ...)

JACK Penny has been selected for his sixth world championship but the trampoline veteran has an eye on a bigger prize — the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. Penny, 27, and Damien Axelsen, 24, both of Hobart, were named yesterday in the Australian Trampoline ... ( read original story ...)

Volunteers assembled a number of the modular homes on Sand Island in Honolulu on Saturday after materials for 30 of the structures arrived from Japan last week, Hawaii News Now reported. The new community, known as the Kahauiki Village, will house people ... ( read original story ...)

Pyongyang’s state-controlled news agency KCNA issued a statement today directly threatening Japan, stating the country’s preparations for a possible war could be “destroyed to pieces”. The statement read: “Should Japan take the advantages of the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Alliance News) - Japan had a current account surplus of 2.380 trillion yen in August, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday. That exceeded expectations for a surplus of 2.223 trillion yen and was up from 2.320 trillion yen in July. The trade ... ( read original story ...)

The Mercedes driver prevailed on the road however, winning the Japanese GP by a margin of 1.211s ... Keep informed with the latest F1 news, reports and results from F1i.com. Also bringing you live reporting, features, interviews, videos, pictures and ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese news reporter who was employed by the national broadcasting network NHK was found dead after working 159 hours of overtime in one month. Thirty-one-year-old Miwa Sado, a political reporter for the news agency, was reportedly found dead in her ... ( read original story ...)

This Japanese summer, two prominent women – the Leader of the ... Within days of forming the Party of Hope last month, Koike saw surging support. A Kyodo News poll a week after the announcement showed that 33 per cent of respondents wanted Koike as ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo - A poodle's dash for freedom briefly shut down one runway at a major Japanese airport on Monday, 9 October, forcing its owner to come out and catch the canine. The dog escaped at Tokyo's Haneda airport while cargo crews were loading its cage onto a ... ( read original story ...)

Chieko Kikuchi, 87, was targeted by thousands of the insects and stung hundreds times after leaving a nursing home in the city of Ozu, western Japan. The Asian giant hornet ... According to National Geographic News, nearly 40 people die of hornets attacks ... ( read original story ...)

It is ending scheduled service from Guam to Sappora, Japan, and reducing all other Japan routes. The Sapporo route will be suspended, effective January 15, 2018. "After careful analysis, we have determined that this route is no longer economically sustainable. ( read original story ...)

Then again, a quick glance at the Liberty Walk yard on Google Street View reveals that capability might not be at the forefront in sunny Nagoya. Sign up to our newsletter to receive all the best and latest news on fast cars and living the performance car ... ( read original story ...)