Tag: sapporo

Cue squeals of delight now: The latest social media obsession with palm-sized hedgehogs has landed in Tokyo, with the opening of a new hedgehog café. Over the last few years, the latest pet craze has spawned many a viral video of hedgehogs being cradled ... ( read original story ...)

In the early hours of Thursday, Tokyo Metro Co. discovered one of its trains had been vandalized overnight with graffiti while parked near Nakano Station, the subway operator said. The incident was the third in the past seven days where Tokyo Metro subway ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 20-year-old male student at Keio University over the fatal stabbing of his father at their residence in Ota Ward on Thursday, reports TBS News (Jan. 19). At around 10:00 p.m., Tomonari Torita ... ( read original story ...)

"It's ready to go," Takeda told AFP in an interview. "We would use all the facilities from the (1972) Sapporo Olympics. The sliding courses for bobsleigh and luge no longer exist, but we would use the Nagano tracks. "We could also use the Sapporo Dome for ... ( read original story ...)

KANAGAWA (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have revealed that a man who has admitted to killing nine persons in his residence in Zama City last year repeatedly pestered his only male victim for money, reports Fuji News Network (Jan. 17). According to ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police revealed on Wednesday that the boss of a criminal syndicate has been re-arrested, reports Fuji News Network (Dec. 22). Over a four-year period ending in October of last year, Yasunori Matsudo, a 53-year-old boss within the ... ( read original story ...)

The likeable Queenslander is Australia’s last remaining competitor in the women’s singles draw and could face a potential fourth-round match-up with top seed Simona Halep with a win over Japan’s Naomi Osaka. Barty declared Osaka ‘a great chick ... ( read original story ...)

A man, 68, was robbed of 20 million yen in cash in Nagoya’s Nakamura Ward on Tuesday (TBS News) AICHI (TR) – Aichi Prefectural Police have launched an investigation after a man was attacked and robbed of a bag containing 20 million yen in cash in ... ( read original story ...)

A disaster drill aimed particularly at providing shelter for stranded foreigners was conducted at the Roppongi Hills complex in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday, the 23rd anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The exercise was held in ... ( read original story ...)

Aliens from Space Invaders were projected onto the window panes of a Tokyo skyscraper where they were blasted by enthusiastic fans to celebrate 40 years of the game. Four decades after the game took the world by storm, a high-tech exhibition is allowing ... ( read original story ...)

HOKKAIDO (TR) – Hokkaido Prefectural Police have arrested a former co-worker of a 23-year-old woman who was found murdered in her residence in Sapporo last year, reports Nippon News Network (Jan. 17). Police have accused Akihiro Kumakura, 43, of ... ( read original story ...)

Legendary Wallaby George Smith has been arrested in Tokyo, police said Wednesday, after he allegedly refused to pay his taxi fare and then assaulted the driver. The 37-year-old flanker is suspected of running away from a taxi without paying roughly 10,000 ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo (AFP) - Block graphic aliens dropped down the window panes of a Tokyo skyscraper before being blasted into oblivion by enthusiastic gamers celebrating 40 years of the arcade sensation "Space Invaders". Four decades after the game took the world by ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — I've always resisted the idea of taking a guided tour on my annual visits to Japan. My interests are pretty niche and I know Tokyo well enough that friends there have trouble suggesting new things to see. This year I decided to try two ... ( read original story ...)

NHK television issued the message on its internet and mobile news sites as well as on Twitter, saying North Korea appeared to have fired a missile at Japan. It said the government was telling people to evacuate and take shelter. "North Korea appears to ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese public broadcaster NHK issued a false alarm about ... The same alert was sent to mobile phone users of NHK's online news distribution service. Regional tension soared after North Korea in September conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test ... ( read original story ...)