Passengers will be able to explore pilgrimage routes, Shingon Buddhist temples and the largest cemetery in Japan. View on euronews ... ( read original story ...)
Canada’s Carney to visit India, Australia, and Japan
Feb 23 (Reuters) - Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to India, Australia, and Japan, from February 26 to March 7, the Canadian government said on Monday. Carney will meet with Indian ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s emperor expresses concern about disaster survivors on his 66th birthday
Japanese Emperor Naruhito has expressed concern about the scars that remain for survivors of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in comments released for his 66th birthday Monday just ... ( read original story ...)
New game re-release – Yokohama Duel
Synapses Games has re-issued Yokohama Duel, a two-player edition of their popular game, Yokohama, ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Skytree tower closed after 20 trapped in lift for 5 hours
Twenty people were trapped inside a lift at Tokyo Skytree tower from Sunday night for more than five hours, the operator said, adding that the facility, which is Japan’s tallest broadcasting tower and ... ( read original story ...)
XG producer Simon Jakops, K-hip hop producer Chancellor arrested on drug charges in Nagoya hotel raid
TOKYO, Feb 23 — Simon Jakops, the executive producer and creative force behind globally successful girl group ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Emperor greets public on his 66th birthday
Japan's Emperor Naruhito has greeted the general public on his 66th birthday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. About 15,000 people were standing in line outside the palace grounds when the main gate ... ( read original story ...)
Japan mines Pacific Ocean mud for rare earths to counter China’s chokehold
Japan is the biggest consumer of rare earths after China. Beijing dominates the supply chain for the strategic minerals, controlling 60 per cent of mining and more than 90 per cent of refining and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan media split on U.S. investment after tariff ruling
Major Japanese newspapers welcomed a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs as illegal. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Skytree elevator malfunctions, trapping 20 people for 5 hours
Over a thousand people were stranded on the observation deck temporarily. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Japan mines for deep sea rare earths to counter China’s chokehold
Japan is the biggest consumer of rare earths after China. Beijing dominates the supply chain for the strategic minerals, controlling 60 per cent of mining and more than 90 per cent of refining and ... ( read original story ...)
Letter debunks postwar rebirth of gold creatures at Nagoya Castle
NAGOYA—The famed “rebirth” of a pair of 17th century gold “shachihoko” tiger-fish ornaments on Nagoya Castle that were smashed in World War II is likely false. Misako Asahi, a curator at the Nagoya ... ( read original story ...)
Trump says Indo-Pacific energy meeting to be held in Tokyo in March
TOKYO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's "National Energy Dominance Council" will hold the inaugural Indo-Pacific Energy Security Ministerial and Business Forum with Japan in Tokyo on ... ( read original story ...)
S Korea calls in Japanese diplomat over annual event asserting Tokyo’s claims to Dokdo
The foreign ministry on Sunday called in a Japanese diplomat to lodge a protest over an annual regional event in Japan claiming sovereignty over South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo. The ministry ... ( read original story ...)
Internship in English-speaking Niseko provides immersive ‘study abroad’
A unique internship program in Hokkaido, under which Japanese university students work and live for a month at the famed Niseko ski ... ( read original story ...)
Abandoned baby monkey charms Tokyo zoo visitors by befriending stuffed orangutan
Punch has had some differences with the other monkeys as he has tried to communicate with them, but zookeepers say that is part of the learning process and he is steadily integrating with the troop. ( read original story ...)