Tag: news

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called an election a year early and will dissolve parliament on Thursday. Mr Abe said he was seeking a fresh mandate to overcome "a national crisis" amid rising threats from North Korea. His decision comes amid ... ( read original story ...)

Though still a fairly new technology, the virtual reality market in Japan is the second largest in the world, following the United States. As the technology continues to grow, numerous industries, including the adult entertainment industry, are looking to ... ( read original story ...)

(Kyodo News via AP, File) Japan's government on Tuesday approved a revision of its 30-to-40-year plan to decommission the Fukushima nuclear plant, delaying by three more years the removal of radioactive fuel rods stored at two of the three reactors damaged ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese voters could see the election as a "cynical and opportunistic ... That was higher than the 27.7 percent a Kyodo news agency survey showed voting for Abe's party, with 42.2 percent undecided. ( read original story ...)

“Wherever you go in Japan, they’re playing jazz — in restaurants and cafés ... “Stanley was certainly a great mentor for me to have at that early age.” Like the Palo Alto Daily News Facebook page for neighborhood news and conversation from ... ( read original story ...)

Instead of following American trends of long and skinny custom Harley-Davidsons in the ‘West Coast-style’, Hatton says, he turned instead to Japanese influences. “In Japan, they tend to go for a big and chunky look, and it’s much more muscular ... ( read original story ...)

Hawaiian Airlines (Nasdaq: HA) was the busiest airline serving the Islands last year, while Japan Airlines was busiest international airline serving the state, according to Pacific Business News research. More than 1.8 million passengers flew to Hawaii ... ( read original story ...)

Abe said at a news conference Sept. 25 that he would dissolve the Lower ... A 24-year-old graduate student in Sapporo said he was twice awakened by the J-Alert nationwide warning system when North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the southern part ... ( read original story ...)

FOLLOW DAILY NEWS AUTOS ON FACEBOOK. 'LIKE' US HERE. For now, what we do know is that the VIZIV Performance concept to be debuted in Tokyo continues along the thematic lines of previous concepts in terms of a “vision for innovation,” an idea that folds ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japanese doctor Nagato Natsume has been appointed as Honourary Consul of Việt Nam in Nagoya city of Aichi prefecture. Dr Natsume, director of the Japanese Cleft Palate Foundation, will hold the position for the 2017-20 term. Over the past 25 ... ( read original story ...)

The stores and website have been designed to highlight Disney's four major franchises. The idea is being tested at the two California stores as well as in Nagoya, Japan, and Shanghai. Locations in Munich and Miami will be redesigned later this year. ( read original story ...)

Nagoya Prince Hotel Sky Tower is opening in Nagoya on October 2nd. Occupying the 31-36 floors of the impressive newly-constructed Global Gate building in the Sasashima Live 24 region, the hotel has 170 guest rooms, an exclusive club lounge, a restaurant, a ... ( read original story ...)

YNot Studios, the makers of the film, proudly tweeted: "The big news is here! We are happy to inform that 'Vikram Vedha' has been selected at Tokyo International Film Festival." Directed by Pushkar-Gayatri, "Vikram Vedha" features Madhavan as an encounter ... ( read original story ...)

On October 30th, the world’s first official Godzilla retail shop will open in Japan. It’s called Godzilla Store Tokyo and will be located in Shinjuku. According to Moviche, the store will feature around 500 items for sale, some of them unique to the ... ( read original story ...)

Julian Ryall reports. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike stole a minor march on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday afternoon, announcing the launch of a new political party named "Kibo no To," or "Party of Hope," just a few hours before Abe confirmed the poorly ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., today announced that it will begin marketing the 'ADVAN dB V552', the latest addition to the company's global flagship brand 'ADVAN', in Asian markets from this November. The 'ADVAN dB V552' initially will be ... ( read original story ...)