Travel Frog fuels Chinese travel craze for Japan

BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Travel Frog gamers are straining at the leash to visit Japan after seeing photos of the country and snacks their virtual baby frog brought back. China's biggest online travel agency, Ctrip, reports a 150 per cent ... ( read original story ...)

Two crew feared dead in Japan army helicopter crash

Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera confirmed the crash in the town of Kanzaki and said the two crew on board were retrieved "in a state of cardiac and respiratory arrest," Jiji news agency reported. The language is often used by Japanese officials before ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Launches Smallest Satellite Carrying Rocket Successfully

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA ... place from the Uchinoura Space Centre in Kagoshima prefecture and was aired live on YouTube, Efe news reported. Also read: Google Hiring More People Outside Silicon Valley in US The rocket, an improved ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo coffee shop introduces robot barista named Sawyer

TOKYO -- Japan has a new cafe where customers can enjoy coffee brewed and served by a robot barista. The robot named Sawyer debuted this week at Henna Cafe in Tokyo's downtown business and shopping district of Shibuya. The shop's name in Japanese means ... ( read original story ...)

Astro Boy headlines opening of 69th Sapporo snow festival

SAPPORO – The 69th Sapporo Snow Festival launched on Monday with some 200 snow and ice sculptures on display, including one of a famous manga hero. More than 2 million people are expected to attend weeklong event, which is held in three venues in ... ( read original story ...)

Japan PM Abe Calls for Continued ‘Bold’ Bank of Japan Easing

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he hoped the central bank would continue to promote "bold" monetary easing to achieve its 2 percent inflation target. He also said it was premature to declare an end to deflation despite ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka: Ex-employee of supermarket accused over robbery

Osaka police arrested a former employee of a supermarket in ... “I know about the incident from the news, but i, personally, do not recall the matter,” the suspect was quoted by police. According to police, Hiraki surfaced as a person of interest ... ( read original story ...)

VN plans to send unemployed university graduates to Japan

The figure was released by the Japan Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on January 26, according to Kyodo News. By October 2017, the number of Vietnamese workers in Japan had increased by 40 percent compared with the same period in 2016 to 240,259. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Peace Boat glides into Sydney

Japan's Peace Boat has sailed into Sydney Harbour carrying survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings as well as descendants of Aboriginal survivors of the 1950s Maralinga nuclear testing, to advocate for nuclear disarmament. The 11-storey vessel is ... ( read original story ...)

Boon to Japan’s bid to relocate US base on Okinawa

Efforts to relocate a US air base on Japan's Okinawa appeared to move a step forward on Sunday, more than two decades after they began, with the electoral victory of a new mayor backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc. Taketoyo Toguchi ... ( read original story ...)