Lightning can generate an abundant amount of antimatter, the perplexing substance that has the curious property of emitting light and disappearing when it encounters matter, Japanese scientists have found. The group of researchers from Kyoto University ... ( read original story ...)
Land ownership riddles in ageing Japan come at a cost, stifle economy
TOKYO (Reuters) - When Sparx Green Energy & Technology, a renewable energy firm, found an ideal plot of land on which to build a solar panel factory in Japan, there was a catch. The three people on public record as the owners of the land had died years ago. ( read original story ...)
Lost property in Tokyo – Japan Forum
I recently lost my jacket and phone in Tokyo. I'm certain I left it in a taxi but once I had realised I had to get on a plane and fly home. I've contacted the hotel I was picked up at but they don't have either. I have found the police lost property report ... ( ...
Room-sharing: Rakuten STAY offers new services for Japan property owners
Just six months remain until what promises to be one of the biggest shake-ups ever to hit Japan’s accommodation industry, as a new law passed this year legalizing room-sharing – so called minpaku, or vacation rentals – goes into effect in June. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo police: Suspects in slaying at shrine rented property overlooking crime scene beforehand
TOKYO (TR) – Investigative sources with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police believe that a man who used a sword to fatally stab his sister, the chief priestess at a shrine in Koto Ward, rented a nearby apartment beforehand to track her movements, reports ... ( read original story ...)
Japan seeks additional $6.4mn to deploy Aegis Ashore anti-missile systems
A medium-range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, on Aug. 29, 2017 © Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Japan’s defense ministry has requested additional funding to scout potential deployment sites ... ( read original story ...)
Norway’s oil fund makes first Asian property investment
Norway’s $1tn oil fund is eyeing further property deals in Tokyo after making its first real estate investment in Asia. The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund has been scouring the region since 2015 for property but concluded its first deal only on ... ( read original story ...)
9 Best Hotels in Tokyo
From here, you can see what feels like the entire city of Tokyo, with its sweeping vistas. Along with extraordinary service, this property offers public areas that complement its understated rooms, each with the latest and greatest tech amenities ... ( read original story ...)
Can a death kill property value?
Local governments throughout Japan have had to address this problem as society has ... but the interested party still has to make an appointment to inspect the property and submit all the proper paperwork beforehand. The UR site may indicate that people ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese property giant, Tokyu invests in Titijaya’s unit
KUALA LUMPUR: Titijaya Land Bhd has roped in Japanese leading property giant, Tokyu Land Corp, to be the new shareholder of its wholly-owned Epoch Property Sdn Bhd in a RM47 million deal. Epoch Property sealed a conditional share subscription agreement ... ( read original story ...)
A Guided Tour Of Tokyo With Prince Hotels
There are no tall buildings obscuring the view, and there never will be, so our views really do take in the best of Tokyo. 2. I know that you describe this area and property as intertwining traditional and Western cultures – tell me about some of the ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel Review: Hotel Il Monte Osaka – Walking Distance to Osaka and Namba Stations
During the Osaka leg of my trip to the Kansai region, I stayed at the Hotel Il Monte. Exhausted from a long overnight flight from Singapore, I checked in at around 10am and was relieved to find the property accommodating my check-in request. Hotel Il Monte ... ( read original story ...)
Japan protests San Francisco’s decision on ‘sex slave’ statue
Japan expressed strong regret Friday over San Francisco’s decision to give city property status to a statue commemorating Asian women who worked in military brothels for Japanese troops during World War II, with Osaka declaring it will terminate its 60 ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka mayor to terminate six-decade ties as San Francisco designates ‘comfort women’ memorial city property
OSAKA – Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura will end Osaka’s six-decade sister city relationship with San Francisco after the mayor of the U.S. city, Edwin Lee, signed a resolution Wednesday that designates as city property a memorial to “comfort women ... ( read original story ...)
Japan protests San Francisco’s ‘sex slave’ statue decision
The mayor of Japan's second city of Osaka said November 24 he would end sister-city relations with San Francisco after the US TOKYO (AP) — Japan expressed strong regret Friday over San Francisco's decision to give city property status to a statue ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to scrap sister-city relationship with San Francisco over ‘comfort women’ statue
TOKYO—Japan expressed strong regret Friday over San Francisco’s decision to give city property status to a statue commemorating Asian women who worked in military brothels for Japanese troops during World War II, with Osaka declaring it will terminate ... ( read original story ...)