A strong earthquake hit off the coast of northeastern Japan late Saturday, shaking Fukushima, Miyagi and other areas, but there was no threat of a tsunami, officials said. ( read original story ...)
Unique onsen finds renewed popularity after closing last year
OSAKA--Even after closing its doors for good last spring after serving the local community for 80 years, the Gengahashi Onsen in Ikuno Ward here is continuing to make a splash. The bathhouse is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Earthquake of magnitude 7.0 hits Fukushima
Japan: Earthquake of magnitude 7.0 hits Fukushima - The earthquake was centered about 60 kilometres (37 miles) beneath the ocean bed ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo athletes in limbo as hundreds of Australians struggle to arrange for qualifying tournaments
Australia plans on sending one of its largest ever away team of athletes to the Toyko Games this year. There's just one problem — there are no competitions available for them to qualify. ( read original story ...)
A Sense of Where You Are
Profile of the Princeton basketball star Bill Bradley, the best player ever to have been seen in the Ivy League, where athletes of the highest calibre usually don’t show up. ( read original story ...)
Anime streaming wars: Japanese films gain fans worldwide, as Sony, HBO Max and Netflix scramble for rights to show them
The world can’t get enough Japanese anime, but there’s a shrinking supply because young Japanese artists spurn an industry known for its long hours and low budgets. ( read original story ...)
Ask Gareth Shaw: Will Japanese Knotweed discovery make it harder for my daughter to buy house?
Question: My daughter is a first-time buyer and has found a property but Japanese Knotweed has been discovered nearby. Will she lose her mortgage? Should she avoid the property? ( read original story ...)
Why Disney fans have their post-pandemic sights set on Japan
As some families eagerly await COVID-19 vaccinations so they can get their Mickey-loving kids back to the Magic Kingdom, the most passionate Disney fans are looking forward to something else entirely: ... ( read original story ...)
Remote Japanese island resort taps ocean for drinking water
Hoshino Resorts will produce drinking water by desalination at its property on a remote Okinawan island beginning Saturday, dispensing with the need to provide plastic bottles of water in guest rooms. ( read original story ...)
Trend Inn at Bentencho(204-3)
Detailed information for Other Accommodations Trend Inn at Bentencho(204-3) located in the USJ, Nanko Port area. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Games head Mori’s sexist remarks may violate Olympic Charter
Tokyo Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games President Yoshiro Mori said during a Feb. 3 councilors' meeting of the Japane ... ( read original story ...)
Discovery of a new law of phase separation
Researchers from Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo investigated the mechanism of phase separation into the two phases with very different particle mobilities using computer ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota profits up amid solid recovery from pandemic fallout
Toyota reported a 50% jump in its October to December profit Wednesday, underlining a solid recovery at the Japanese automaker from the damage of the coronavirus pandemic. Toyota ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Philippines’ plan to sell Japanese war reparations properties is ‘crooked’ Locsin says, contradicting Duterte
Foreign secretary Teodoro Locsin Jnr denounces move to sell properties Japan gave Manila after WWII, calling them ‘the blood of our people’ President Duterte had suggested the sales were needed to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic committee to meet over Mori comments as volunteers withdraw
Yoshiro Mori has come under fire for saying last week that meetings with female participants take a long time, adding that they ‘get competitive’ with each other. ( read original story ...)
SRS Real Estate Partners Arranges $9M Sale of Multi-Tenant Retail Center in Palmdale, California
SRS Real Estate Partners’ Investment Properties Group West has brokered the sale of a 56,309-square-foot portion of Towne Square West, a retail property located at 2220 E. Palmdale Blvd. in Palmdale. ( read original story ...)