While the attacks definitely made an impression, they did not offer the Navy a long-term strategic role for its battlefleet. ( read original story ...)
Only 3% of Osaka residents have received 100,000 yen relief money
Almost two months after a payout of 100,000 yen ($926) was approved for coronavirus relief, only 3.4 percent of residents in Osaka have received the lump sum payouts, the highest delay seen across ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese tourism industry paying extra attention to virus safety to lure crowds back
From Hokkaido to Okinawa, hotels and other accomodation facilities are limiting contact and taking other pandemic-related measures to encourage visitors to stay. ( read original story ...)
Global coronavirus cases exceed 10 million
Maria Ortiz reacts while kneeling beside the body of her partner Jose Holguin, 50, originally from the Dominican Republic and who died of complications related to the coronavirus disease, during a vie ... ( read original story ...)
13-year-old girl hit and killed by train in Yokohama
A 13-year-old girl was hit and killed by an express train in Yokohama on Friday night. According to police, the incident occurred at around 7:35 p.m. at Futamagawa Station on the Sotetsu Line in Asahi ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka U. president slams name picked for public university opening in city in 2022
The operator of both Osaka Prefecture University and Osaka City University in western Japan on June 26 announced a new public university comb ... ( read original story ...)
A Painful Past And Ghostly Present Converge In ‘Tokyo Ueno Station’
Yu Miri's novel, about a homeless man who dies and finds the afterlife much bleaker than he expected, is both mournful and angry, emphasizing the unfairness of poverty with painful contrasts. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports highest daily tally of Covid-19 cases since state of emergency lifted
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Saturday said that 57 new cases of Covid-19 infections had been confirmed in the capital, the highest single-day count since the state of emergency was lifted on ... ( read original story ...)
Planning for Japan’s new magnetic levitation train hits snag
Japan wants to usher in a new era of high-speed public transport with magnetic levitation, or maglev, trains, but the billion-dollar mammoth project for the first Tokyo-Nagoya line ... ( read original story ...)
JR Central to delay planned start in 2027 of maglev train service
Central Japan Railway Co is expected to announce soon a decision to delay its planned opening in 2027 of a high-speed maglev train line between Tokyo and Nagoya, sources familiar with the matter say, ... ( read original story ...)
2 girls hit and killed by train in Yokohama
Two 13-year-old girls were hit and killed by an express train in Yokohama on Friday night. According to police, the incident occurred at around 7:35 p.m. at Futamagawa Station on the Sotetsu Line in ... ( read original story ...)
Only 3% of Osaka families have received Japan gov’t 100,000-yen cash handouts
Only 3% of this city's households had received the Japanese government's 100,000-yen per person novel coronavirus crisis relief handout as of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s maglev pits new artery against the environment
TOKYO -- Japan's plan to connect its three major economic centers of Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka with just an hour's train ride has taken a major step back. Twice as fast as Japan's famed bullet ... ( read original story ...)
JR Central to delay planned 2027 start of Tokyo-Nagoya maglev train service
Setback expected after local governor rejects approving the start of preparatory construction work, citing environmental concerns. ( read original story ...)
Fact check: Hong Kong, not Japan, sprayed “looters and rioters” with blue dye
A post on social media makes the claim that in Japan “looters and rioters” are sprayed with an indelible blue dye so they can be later identified by law enforcement. While the photograph that ... ( read original story ...)
Maglev project pits need for new artery against the environment
TOKYO -- Japan's plan to connect its three major economic centers of Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka with just an hour's train ride has taken a major step back. Twice as fast as Japan's famed bullet ... ( read original story ...)