Tag: sapporo

Nissan Motor Co. and the City of Yokohama are introducing a round-trip car sharing service today featuring the Nissan New Mobility Concept, an ultra-compact electric vehicle. The service, “Choimobi Yokohama,” enables users who register online to pick ... ( read original story ...)

Choimobi Yokohama is a new round-trip car rental service that will let anyone with a driver's licence, credit card and smartphone borrow a compact electric city car. The new service, which officially launches on Friday, uses Nissan's ultra-compact New ... ( read original story ...)

"Should gender equality not be respected, then we would look for another venue which would ensure non-discrimination," Bach said last Friday at a news conference in South Korea. Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, welcomed ... ( read original story ...)

Japan and Russia agreed Monday to step up work toward resolving a longstanding territorial dispute through cooperation in a range of areas. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, also joined in urging North ... ( read original story ...)

A dye house in Nagoya that specializes in kuro montsukizome, the dyeing of black-crested formal kimono that has been practiced since the Edo Period (1603 to 1868), is working on selling stoles and T-shirts that make use of the same technology. Yamakatsu ... ( read original story ...)

The Austrian skier secured the women’s visually impaired title with guide brother Julian Josef in Sapporo, Japan. Austria´s Carina Edlinger and her guide Julian after their victory at the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships. © • Heinz ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - The foreign and defence ministers from Japan and Russia are meeting in Tokyo for the first "two-plus-two" talks since Russia's annexation of Ukraine. Monday's one-day meeting comes as the sides work to end a decades-long territorial dispute that is ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo government's main negotiator for the purchase of land ... To have fuller access to the Kyodo News website, it is necessary to subscribe. We offer a broad range of subscription options depending on your needs. Learn more. ( read original story ...)

GMA News TV’s resident biyahero Drew Arellano and his ‘Biyahe ni Drew’ crew have listed the top things to do in Sapporo in wintertime: Sled at Moerenuma Park Who knew a landfill could turn into a beautiful park? Since being opened to the public in ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government held its first-ever drill Friday to protect citizens in case a ballistic missile is launched toward Japan. More than 100 residents and schoolchildren of the coastal city of Oga in northern Japan participated in the drill. ( read original story ...)

Much like wine, the flavors of coffee are nuanced and vary greatly. Osaka believes that in order to fully enjoy coffee it is not just the source of the beans or the method of roasting. If brewed incorrectly the results will not be satisfactory. With Osaka ... ( read original story ...)

Legoland Japan, which opens April 1, 2017, in the central Japan city of Nagoya, is revealed to the press on March ... Use of the video is limited to news and other relevant broadcasting. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 will be the first time that baseball and softball have been featured at the Olympics since 2008. A stadium in the city of Yokohama will host other baseball and softball games. "Fukushima will have a great platform to show the world the extent of ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – The number of children referred to juvenile counseling centers in Osaka last year for alleged abuse against them rose 33.7 percent from the previous year to 8,536, keeping Osaka ahead of 46 other prefectures for the third straight year. According ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings on Friday denied a media report that it was set to decommission a nuclear reactor that suffered only minor damage compared with the nearby Fukushima Daiichi plant that was wrecked after a massive quake in 2011. The Mainichi ... ( read original story ...)

Organizers on Friday confirmed that baseball and softball games for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be held in Fukushima, an area hit by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster. The International Olympic Committee approved the use of Fukushima Azuma Baseball ... ( read original story ...)