Good news for both Filipino and foreign business-class passengers headed to North America: All Nippon Airways (ANA) now offers connected travel to North American destinations from the Philippines through Tokyo, Japan. Travelers can fly to the key cities of ... ( read original story ...)
US, S. Korea, Japan Vow Cooperation Over N. Korea Sanctions
Top nuclear envoys from South Korea, the United States and Japan pledged Tuesday to implement new sanctions against North Korea, including capping the country's coal exports to choke off cash flowing into its nuclear weapons program. After meeting in Seoul ... ( read original story ...)
Universal Studios Japan to debut Nintendo-themed area in 2020
OSAKA – The operator of Universal Studios Japan in Osaka said Monday that it will open a Nintendo-themed area featuring the game maker’s popular characters by summer 2020, investing over ¥50 billion ($432 million). USJ Co. said it will create an area ... ( read original story ...)
Lawson, Panasonic team up to test robotic cashier-bagger at Osaka store
The system, dubbed Reji Robo, short for register robots, debuted at an outlet of Lawson in Osaka Prefecture on Monday. Lawson plans to eventually introduce the machine at its stores nationwide to alleviate a staff shortage and for peak-time congestion. ( read original story ...)
Heavy snow leaves SIA passengers stranded in Sapporo over the weekend
Flight SQ661 from Sapporo, capital city of Hokkaido, was originally scheduled to depart on Friday at 8.55am local time with 192 passengers and 12 crew but it was delayed because of poor weather. It was rescheduled to leave the next day but was further ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Display to raise stake in OLED display maker Joled: Nikkei
Japan Display Inc (6740.T) will raise its stake in Joled, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display maker that was created through the merger of Panasonic Corp's (6752.T) and Sony Corp's (6758.T) OLED operations, the Nikkei reported. Japan Display ... ( read original story ...)
Universal to open first Nintendo-centric theme park by 2020
The Nintendo-themed area of the Osaka-based park will include rides, interactive areas, shops and restaurants built around and featuring familiar Nintendo characters and games. Nintendo's creative mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto is working alongside Universal ... ( read original story ...)
Japan prepares for Super Nintendo World
The gaming giant has revealed the logo for the first Super Nintendo World, which is set to open in Osaka at Universal Studios Japan ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The park will be filled with "Nintendo's most popular characters and games ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka police search for man who pushed woman off train platform
A man pushed a woman, 63, from a platform at JR Shin-Imamiya Station onto the tracks on Sunday (Fuji News Network) OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police are seeking the whereabouts of a man suspected of pushing a 63-year-old woman from a train platform ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo says no trade deals with Moscow in violation of international sanctions
The heads of state are likely to discuss the issue of the Kuril Islands, the Russian territory part of which Tokyo regards as its own. The islands have been part of the Soviet Union and later the Russian Federation since the end of World War II in ... ( read original story ...)
Palace Hotel Tokyo Makes the Season Special with a Romantic Getaway for Two
Though Tokyo’s winter weather can occasionally be frightful, a holiday stay at Palace Hotel Tokyo is simply delightful. From now until February 28, the five-star property is offering the Romancing Tokyo package. Perfect for a pair of lovebirds ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo-Seoul currency swap deal unlikely until next year, Korean deputy says
Yoo, also strategy and finance minister, told reporters Sunday that although Tokyo and Seoul are making efforts, there would be some delay in the talks. As a result of the National Assembly’s vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye and its immediate ... ( read original story ...)
Bird flu infections confirmed at Nagoya zoo
Three black swans that have died at a zoo in Nagoya since late last month were all confirmed to have been infected with avian influenza, the Aichi prefectural government said Monday. The infections at Higashiyama Zoo Botanical Gardens in the central Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says no deals with Russia that undermine sanctions
The two leaders will meet in Japan to discuss economic cooperation and a decades-old territorial dispute. "We will never hurt G7 solidarity over the Ukraine issue. That's a prerequisite," Seko told a news conference. "We are making sure each item in the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan denies Chinese claim of dangerous fighter-jet conduct
TOKYO – Japan has protested to China about what it says are groundless accusations that Japanese fighter jets had fired "jamming shells" as six Chinese military planes flew over waters between Japan's southern Okinawa and Miyako islands. Japan's top ... ( read original story ...)
Japan minister: Economic ties will foster trust with Russia
TOKYO – Japan's trade minister says his country's economic relations with Russia have grown more smoothly than political ties, with about 30 joint projects ready to be signed regardless of a breakthrough in territorial issues. Trade minister Hiroshige ... ( read original story ...)