Yokohama Tire Corporation, in partnership with KaBOOM!, will build a brand-new, eco-friendly playground for the citizens of West Point, Mississippi, which is the home of Yokohama Tire’s new one-million-square-foot plant that opened in October of 2015 ... ( read original story ...)
Aichi cops accuse pair of dumping Nagoya woman’s corpse in Shiga
Aichi police have accused Ichiya Nishida of abandoning the body of a 53-year-old woman from Nagoya who went missing in June (TBS News) SHIGA (TR) – Aichi Prefectural Police have accused two persons of abandoning the corpse of a missing woman from Nagoya ... ( read original story ...)
Would Japanese nukes stop North Korean aggression? Tokyo taboo weakens amid NK testing
Today, experts tell Fox News the idea that Japan can and should possess nuclear weapons on its own soil, whether they are domestically developed or provided by the U.S., is no longer the exclusive realm of Japanese extremists. "There are some Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Mayor Hayashi easily wins third term
YOKOHAMA – Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi cruised to a third four-year term on Sunday by defeating two former national and local politicians. The 71-year-old, who had the backing of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner ... ( read original story ...)
Japan hopes new North Korea sanctions proposal ready in days
Japan's ambassador to the United Nations said Tuesday he hopes a draft U.N. resolution that would impose new sanctions against North Korea following its tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile will be finished "in days." The United States and China ... ( read original story ...)
What happened to Wei Qiujie, the Chinese teacher missing in Japan?
WEI Qiujie was only meant to be in Japan for a week. The 27-year-old primary school teacher from China had travelled there for a solo trip and was staying in a hostel in Sapporo, a picturesque, mountainous city on the island of Hokkaido. She checked in on ... ( read original story ...)
New witnesses claim to have seen missing Fujian teacher in Japan
These encounters were at different times and places in the past few days, China News Service website reported Tuesday, citing information from the official website of the Chinese consulate-general in Sapporo. One of the encounters was along a forest road ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s foreign minister set to take party post in Cabinet reshuffle: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will appoint Foreign ... and aim mainly for economic reform," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Kimiko Date set to play in Japan Women’s Open tennis at 46
the Japan Tennis Association said on Wednesday. The Kyoto native had been awarded a sponsors' invite for the Sept. 11-17 event at Tokyo's Ariake Tennis Forest Park, Kyodo news reported. Date, who initially retired in 1996 but returned to competition in ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya hospital to consider offering womb transplants
NAGOYA – A Nagoya hospital will set up a project team to consider womb transplants for women born without a uterus or whose uterus has been surgically removed due to cancer or other conditions, the hospital said Wednesday. While successful uterus ... ( read original story ...)
Thai high school student team wins world’s simulated robotic search and rescue competition in Nagoya
Thai student robotic team has bagged home a world title in the biggest and most reputable robotic competitions in the world held this year in Japan’s Nagoya Robo Cup 2017 from July 27-31. Thailand sent two teams to compete with almost 400 teams from 40 ... ( read original story ...)
US team HQ to be based at Tokyo American Club in 2020
Tokyo American Club will be the home of USA House in Tokyo," U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun told a news conference at the club Wednesday. Founded in 1928, the Tokyo American Club is located a short distance from the U.S. Embassy, Tokyo Tower and ... ( read original story ...)
After Two Decades, Little Tokyo Sports Center to Break Ground
It’s definitely the light at the end of the tunnel,” Dean Matsubayashi, executive director of the LTSC, told Los Angeles Downtown News. “It’s been really challenging.” The idea of a recreation center in Little Tokyo actually dates to the 1980s ... ( read original story ...)
University of Tokyo probe says chromosome team doctored images
After a nearly year-long investigation into anonymous allegations of data and image falsification in numerous papers, a University of Tokyo committee today announced it had confirmed that one research group falsified images and graphs in five papers. ( read original story ...)
Godzilla Cinema Concert Crashes Tokyo International Film Festival 2017
On Halloween, filmgoers at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2017 will have a chance to experience the original 1954 Gojira like never before: with live music performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. Prior to the screenings, a live-talk event ... ( read original story ...)
Fujita Kanko Expands its Tokyo Portfolio with Hotel Gracery Asakusa
Asakusa, known for its venerable temples and shrines, traditional eateries, and artisan shops, is a popular sightseeing area for international visitors with its nostalgic downtown atmosphere reminiscent of old Tokyo. With easy access to/from Narita and ... ( read original story ...)