Tokyo collecting waste for Olympic medals

Got an old, unwanted phone? Send it to Japan and it could be made into a medal to be handed out in 2020 at the Tokyo Olympics. Tokyo's started collecting electronic waste to help produce the gold, silver and bronze medals needed for the 2020 Olympics. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo cops: Man posed as gangster to rob man of ¥50,000

Tokyo Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday. In January, Motoru Nakamura, 38, allegedly threatened the man at an apartment building in Katsushika Ward and stole the cash, Nippon News Network reports (Feb. 15). Nakamura, who told the stranger he ... ( read original story ...)

Hyderabad falters on collecting domestic waste

HYDERABAD: While the Telangana government is busy preparing the nuances of the proposed Clean Air Authority of Hyderabad, Tokyo is way ahead in providing clean air, water and soil to citizens. A study of official website of Clean Authority of Tokyo exposes ... ( read original story ...)

Japan protests Russia's naming of 5 islands on the Kuril chain

Kuzma Derevyanko, who signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender with the Allies in 1945 and Gen. Alexei Gnechko, who led the occupation of the Kuril Islands in the same year, according to TASS, a Russian news agency. The last two, according to James D ... ( read original story ...)

Japan PM Shinzo Abe's diplomatic hole in one with Trump

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump held a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago club on Saturday. Abe spoke in Japanese, condemning North Koreans for firing a ballistic missile. He stood in a ballroom at the president's club ... ( read original story ...)

Toshiba: Why troubled Japanese firms survive

Many analysts are concerned that this is a sign of far worse things to come. "It's really unheard of in Japan to miss your planned earnings announcement," Marc Einstein with Frost and Sullivan told me. "Timing and being on time is sacred in Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Japan logs 1 percent growth in 2016 as private demand stalls

But overall the report showed the challenges Japan's planners are facing in trying to rekindle growth without much help from corporate investment or wage increases. THE GOOD NEWS: 2016 was the first year that Japan saw no quarter-to-quarter contractions in ... ( read original story ...)

Best ways to save money in Tokyo

Towering glass skyscrapers, packed subway trains, cutting-edge technology; Tokyo is synonymous with many things – and one of them is being expensive. But it doesn’t have to be. Yes, despite what you may have heard, travelling in this neon-lit city ... ( read original story ...)