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OSAKA – A rooster raised by Osaka’s Tennoji Zoo as food for other animals has now become an attraction himself, after thrice managing to avoid the gallows and a grim fate as fare for his fellows. It seems a belief has taken hold among some visitors ... ( read original story ...)

The male chicken, named Masahiro, has become something of a local celebrity in Osaka, even serving as an honorary "chief" of the local traffic police last month, the Kyodo news agency reports. Masahiro was meant to become raccoon food at the city's Tennoji ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A popular teenage all-girls band in Japan is under fire for performing in outfits resembling Nazi-era German military uniforms. The members of Keyakizaka46 appeared recently in black knee-length dresses that look like military overcoats ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Kyodo News agency says that journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka (koh-soo-keh soo-neh-OH-ka) was reporting on the battle to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group. Kyodo reported he is being held by the Kurdish militia known as the peshmerga. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The rowing and canoeing venue for the 2020 Olympics should either be moved to a site hundreds of kilometres away in northern Japan or downgraded to a temporary facility in Tokyo, a city government cost-cutting panel said Tuesday. The ... ( read original story ...)

International flights are also on the cards, it said. At present, Peach connects Sapporo with Osaka Kansai and Tokyo Narita. To access our news database including full archive search and exclusive stories reported first by ch-aviation you need to upgrade ... ( read original story ...)

HO CHI MINH CITY - The Japanese brewery Sapporo VietNam Ltd on July 12 launched Blue Gap beer, an exclusive product for the Vietnamese market, by the end of this month. The brewery has previously offered the exclusive beers Sapporo Vietnam and Sapporo ... ( read original story ...)

After that, the streetcar will begin its regular operation schedule from November 21st until March 26th. Watch for the news of the reveal on November 20th! Below is a video report on the Snow Miku 2016 streetcar from the last Snow Miku Sapporo event. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Homegrown film-maker Royston Tan won the Best Asian Short Film prize at the Sapporo International Short Film Festival on Saturday night (Oct 15). The win was for Bunga Sayang, about a young boy who strikes up a friendship with an old Malay ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO – Sapporo-based drug store chain Tsuruha Co. on Friday agreed with Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to settle a damages suit related to the 2011 nuclear accident at the utility’s Fukushima No. 1 plant. In the suit, Tsuruha, a unit of ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo is known for its roaring flames, flying food and theatrical performances. If that’s not enough to embrace your inner spook fan, then you can also find that bright orange symbol of Halloween inside some of their dishes this weekend. Sapporo has ... ( read original story ...)

Liverpool chef Vincent Margiotta is opening up a family restaurant celebrating his family recipes. Vincent, who previously worked at Il Forno and Sapporo on Duke Street, launched his own restaurant in Dubai, and is now looking forward to opening up a new ... ( read original story ...)

Innotech Corp (Yokohama City), Nextech Co Ltd (Sapporo City) and Iwasaki Co Ltd (Sapporo City) announced Oct 12, 2016, that they have established a soil diagnosis system by combining a solar-powered wireless LAN unit and solar-powered soil sensors and ... ( read original story ...)

A pair of persimmons went on sale in Nagoya for 300,000 yen (Nippon News Network) The department store in Nakamura Ward is pricing the persimmons, sold under the label “Tenka Tomimai” and grown in Gifu Prefecture, at a rounded number of 300,000 yen ... ( read original story ...)

Expectations are running high that Shabani, a male gorilla famed for his “good looks,” may win the prize for most popular animal at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya. If Shabani wins the biennial contest, which is determined by visitor ... ( read original story ...)

Finnair in winter 2016/17 season is temporary reducing service on Helsinki – Nagoya route, as the oneWorld member operates ... content offering in 2010 and continues to provide breaking news on new routes and schedule changes to the network development ... ( read original story ...)