Tag: Nagoya

Osaka Prefectural Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of a decayed corpse in a lake in the town of Kumatori on Friday, reports Nippon News Network (May 27). At around 5:50 p.m., a woman alerted police after seeing the body ... ( read original story ...)

Exclusive: Fresh translations of samurai accounts of ‘barbarian’ ship arriving at the height of Japan’s feudal isolation corroborate a story long dismissed as fantasy A watercolour of a British-flagged ship that arrived off the coast of Mugi ... ( read original story ...)

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The pride of Japan's naval defence, the JS Izumo, is making an unprecedented journey through Asian waters over the next three months. The Izumo is the largest vessel built by Japan since the end of World War Two - and she looks very much like an aircraft ... ( read original story ...)

The history of Japanese Manitobans will be put in the spotlight Sunday at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. And that means having some uncomfortable conversations about the forced internment of Japanese citizens and children that occurred when Canada ... ( read original story ...)

Yes, rock climbing is a sport. And yes, it's in the Olympics. Rock climbing will make its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, and since the announcement late last year, the numbers in Australia have surged. The most recent national youth titles featured twice the ... ( read original story ...)

Targeting anime fans visiting Japan, a new cosplay rental service is now available at J-World Tokyo, an indoor theme park in the capital’s Ikebukuro district dedicated to popular titles from the Weekly Shonen Jump manga anthology. The new service, J-COS! ( read original story ...)

Nicknamed "tenka no daidokoro", or "the nation’s kitchen", Osaka lives up to its reputation of being the standard bearer for Japanese cuisine. Its people live by the ethos of kuidaore - the concept of eating oneself bankrupt. And it is hard not to ... ( read original story ...)

The Osaka Dojima Commodity Exchange plans to apply with the agriculture ministry to get rice futures, which are being traded on a trial basis, permanently listed, sources said. The exchange, formerly known as the Kansai Commodities Exchange, will make a ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo police on Thursday arrested a man at an office of Shinjuku Station after he attempted to flee a groping accusation (Fuji News Network) TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested an accused groper who attempted to flee JR Shinjuku Station ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday as investors initially opted to take profits while a firm yen later on saw exporters offloaded, with the market mood soured by OPEC agreeing to extend supply cuts which saw energy-related issues ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks declined Friday morning as investors opted to secure gains following the market's recent rise, with the overall mood lackluster after OPEC's agreement to extend production cuts sent energy-linked stocks lower. The 225 ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo has expressed its concern in recent weeks over North ... after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with US President Donald Trump at a summit in the US, Kyodo news agency reported at the time. North Korea has conducted dozens of missile launches and ... ( read original story ...)

The Vietnam Festival 2017 will take place at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on June 10 and 11, according to the Vietnam News Agency. The festival aims to strengthen mutual understanding between the two nations and bring Vietnamese people living in Japan closer ... ( read original story ...)

Low cost carrier AirAsia has opened a new route from Narita International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali. On Thursday, AirAsia X’s maiden flight, with the flight number XT402, landed for the first time in Bali from ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have raided a pachinko parlor operating illegally in the Kabukicho red-light district of Shinjuku Ward, reports TBS News (May 25). On Tuesday, police busted parlor Panic Gold, located in a multi-tenant building ... ( read original story ...)