United Airlines announced last week that it will terminate its Guam-Sapporo route effective Jan. 15, 2018, and flights from Palau to Yap will end on Jan. 7, 2018. According to a story first published by Pacific Daily News, the announcement came from United ... ( read original story ...)
Third-generation Toyota Century is revealed ahead of 2017 Tokyo Motor Show
Now on its third generation or twenty years after since its second iteration was launched, Toyota Japan’s regal four-door limousine is preparing to grace 2017 Tokyo Motor Show. What can we confirm so far? The 2018 Toyota Century will take the same ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese GP: Blister stopped Verstappen challenging Hamilton’s win
... news Full access to our news and in-depth Autosport Plus features - all in an ad-free enviroment. Subscribe to Autosport Plus Grosjean questions Hamilton's seatbelt removal Romain Grosjean sparked a debate in the Japanese Grand Prix Formula 1 drivers ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese GP: Tense end made ‘no difference’ to Verstappen win bid
Max Verstappen believes he would not have beaten Lewis Hamilton to victory in Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix even without losing time in the traffic late on. The Dutchman was all over Hamilton on the penultimate lap at Suzuka, as the race leader got ... ( read original story ...)
Revised Japanese GP grid
With engine and gearbox penalties in play, Sunday’s Japanese GP grid looks rather different to the timesheet at the end of qualifying. Valtteri Bottas falls from second to sixth due to a gearbox penalty whie Kimi Raikkonen is starting P10 as a result of ... ( read original story ...)
Hamilton wins Japanese GP to move closer to F1 title; Stroll in 12th
SUZUKA, Japan — Championship leader Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, taking a major step toward winning his fourth Formula One title. The Mercedes driver crossed the finish line 1.2 seconds ahead of Malaysia GP winner Max Verstappen ... ( read original story ...)
Goffin wins Japan Open for 2nd title in 2 weeks
TOKYO (AP) -- David Goffin atoned for his defeat in the Japan Open final last year by winning it on Sunday, beating Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 7-5. The victory extended Goffin's winning streak to nine matches, including four in Shenzhen last week when he won ... ( read original story ...)
Japan crush Honduras, Nakamura scores meet’s first hat-trick
The Japanese dominated the game throughout and never really allowed ... first two editions but managed to reach the quarterfinals in 2013 in the UAE. Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App. Download The Times of India news ... ( read original story ...)
In Trailblazing Tokyo Governor, Japan Meets Its Great Disrupter
A Kyodo News poll a week after the announcement showed that 33 percent ... said she should remain in that post. “You know the Japanese proverb saying, ‘If you chase after two rabbits, you won’t catch either?’ ” said Keiko Inokiri, 61, a homemaker ... ( read original story ...)
Hamilton wins Japanese GP to move s step closer to F1 title
SUZUKA, Japan: Championship leader Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, taking a major step toward winning his third Formula One title. The Mercedes driver crossed the finish line 1.2 seconds ahead of Malaysia GP winner Max Verstappen to ... ( read original story ...)
Haiti – Football : Grenadiers settle in Yokohama
Saturday at 4:00 pm after a flight of nearly 13 hours, the Grenadiers, the technical and management staff arrived in Yokoama, Japan's second largest city after Tokyo, where they have settled in the luxurious Hotel "InterContinental Yokohama Grand". ( read original story ...)
Strong M5.9 earthquake hits Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
In the 1980's studies began to forecast the imminence of a large earthquake in the Tōkai region, and warned of its potential impact on the cities of Tokyo and Yokohama (the two largest cities in Japan); to date, the expected event has not occurred. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe fully behind U.S. on pressuring North Korea
TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday that his government fully supports the U.S. stance on pressuring North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, with all options on the table. In a televised debate Sunday among leaders of major ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Muroran in Japan
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ebetsu, Sapporo, Shizunai-furukawachō. Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Sapporo (c. ( read original story ...)
Solar cars begin 3,000 km journey through center of Australia
Nagoya Institute of Technology team director Hiroki Tanaka told Kyodo News they have made a variety of design changes to this year's racer and hope to improve on their previous performance in 2015, when they placed 16th. "Compared to our previous cars ... ( read original story ...)
Death toll in tanker-Chinese fishing vessel collision rises to 13
Three patrol vessels of the Japan Coast Guard had begun work since early Friday with frogmen sent to search for the missing people, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted the consulate general as saying. Five bodies were found in the vessel on Friday morning ... ( read original story ...)