TOKYO (Alliance News) - Japan had a current account surplus of 2.380 trillion yen in August, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday. That exceeded expectations for a surplus of 2.223 trillion yen and was up from 2.320 trillion yen in July. The trade ... ( read original story ...)
Who ruled in the DHL fastest pit stop challenge in Japan?
The Mercedes driver prevailed on the road however, winning the Japanese GP by a margin of 1.211s ... Keep informed with the latest F1 news, reports and results from F1i.com. Also bringing you live reporting, features, interviews, videos, pictures and ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese reporter dies after clocking 159 hours of overtime
A Japanese news reporter who was employed by the national broadcasting network NHK was found dead after working 159 hours of overtime in one month. Thirty-one-year-old Miwa Sado, a political reporter for the news agency, was reportedly found dead in her ... ( read original story ...)
How Yuriko Koike is shaking up Japanese politics
This Japanese summer, two prominent women – the Leader of the ... Within days of forming the Party of Hope last month, Koike saw surging support. A Kyodo News poll a week after the announcement showed that 33 per cent of respondents wanted Koike as ... ( read original story ...)
Poodle causes Japanese airport havoc
Tokyo - A poodle's dash for freedom briefly shut down one runway at a major Japanese airport on Monday, 9 October, forcing its owner to come out and catch the canine. The dog escaped at Tokyo's Haneda airport while cargo crews were loading its cage onto a ... ( read original story ...)
Wheelchair-bound Japanese OAP, 87, killed by swarm of giant hornets that covered her in a ‘thick cloud’
Chieko Kikuchi, 87, was targeted by thousands of the insects and stung hundreds times after leaving a nursing home in the city of Ozu, western Japan. The Asian giant hornet ... According to National Geographic News, nearly 40 people die of hornets attacks ... ( read original story ...)
United Airlines downsizing in Guam
It is ending scheduled service from Guam to Sappora, Japan, and reducing all other Japan routes. The Sapporo route will be suspended, effective January 15, 2018. "After careful analysis, we have determined that this route is no longer economically sustainable. ( read original story ...)
The Liberty Walk Works Ford Mustang is an aggro Pony
Then again, a quick glance at the Liberty Walk yard on Google Street View reveals that capability might not be at the forefront in sunny Nagoya. Sign up to our newsletter to receive all the best and latest news on fast cars and living the performance car ... ( read original story ...)
Garuda to retire Boeing 747-400s
Garuda Indonesia’s B747-400 planes served a number of international routes including to Amsterdam, London, Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Paris, Madrid, Vienna, Tokyo Narita, Nagoya, Osaka, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok ... ( read original story ...)
Yuriko Koike, the Tokyo governor known as ‘lipstick ninja’, threatens Japan’s Abe in risky election battle
Now Yuriko Koike, Tokyo governor and perhaps Japan’s most powerful woman, is at the starting line of the biggest race of her political life to date: Tuesday’s launch of Japan’s national election campaign. Ms Koike, 65, shook up Japan’s normally ... ( read original story ...)
Manchester UCI Track World Cup team target Tokyo 2020
With a month to go until the Manchester UCI Track World Cup, local fans are being urged to ‘raise the roof’ to support riders targeting Tokyo 2020. Following the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio last summer, the cyclists are back in training at ... ( read original story ...)
Rapsody, Leikeli47, Kash Doll and Tokyo Jetz Spit for 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher
The network is rolling out some of the cyphers that took place, including an all-female freestyle battle between Rapsody, Leikeli47, Kash Doll and Tokyo Jetz. BET deemed the cypher as “Hip Hop’s fire femcees” while incorporating the rising talent ... ( read original story ...)
Businesses: Slowdown in tourism starts to pinch
GPO General Manager Monte Mesa said he was concerned at first but is confident that United's Sapporo-Guam flights will resume as the demand to travel to Guam grows back. Mesa mentioned the generous amount of marketing dollars that GPO and the Tumon Sands ... ( read original story ...)
Relocation, relocation, relocation! The homes and tourist attractions that were purchased, packed-up and shipped overseas
Constructed in Nagoya, Japan, in 1984, it was donated to Furman University by its owner, Kiyohiro Tsuzuki, in 2004. Carefully dismantled and packed into four separate shipping containers, it arrived on American soil weeks later - but sat in storage for ... ( read original story ...)
JRYU x Tokyo Jesus Goddesses and Monsters show at Wrong Gallery
Both JRYU and Tokyo Jesus have landed in Taipei and soaking up the TTF spirits while opening their duo show at the infamous Wong Gallery Taipei 靠邊走藝術空間. Showcasing a ray of one of a kind artworks and sculptures away from the crazy crowds of TTF. ( read original story ...)
Dog escapes from plane at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, disrupts 14 flights
TOKYO, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- A dog caused mayhem at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Monday after escaping before being loaded onto a plane and running off toward runways, causing disruption to numerous flights, the transport ministry said. According to the ministry ... ( read original story ...)