Tag: Yokohama

As scenes of epic devastation started to roll in from across northeastern Japan, I futilely dialed one of the few places with functioning phones, the Sendai police department. An overwhelmed officer ... ( read original story ...)

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster began 10 years ago today, marking one of the most serious nuclear accidents in history. The disaster was deemed to be a level 7 incident on the International ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo Holdings Ltd is planning to set up a brewery in the US by the end of 2024, as the top-selling Japanese beer in the US market seeks to expand its market share and cut costs. “I would like to ... ( read original story ...)

The head of the Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee denied on Thursday widespread reports that Japan had decided already to bar foreign spectators from the Summer Games. Committee President Seiko ... ( read original story ...)

Four months remain before the start of the rescheduled Olympics in Tokyo but the cancellation of qualifying events in various disciplines due to COVID-19 restrictions is once again disrupting the ... ( read original story ...)

CBS News' Lucy Craft lost contact with her son Kohei for days when Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami ravaged the region where he was going to school. She reports on what it was like for him and her ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Off Highway Tires (YOHT), the consolidated off –the-road business identity of The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. of Japan, has begun work on the ₹1,200-crore greenfield plant at Atchutapuram ... ( read original story ...)

A decision has not been reached on whether to allow foreign spectators to watch the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee President Seiko Hashimoto said on Thursday, denying media ... ( read original story ...)

The International Olympic Committee and China are teaming up to offer vaccines to athletes and teams preparing ... ( read original story ...)

Japan rebuilt a city wiped out by the tsunami, but it hasn't healed Japan rebuilt a city wiped out by the tsunami... 04:31 Rikuzen-Takata, Japan — Japan marked the 10th anniversary on Thursday of the ... ( read original story ...)

NAMIBIAN biodiversity expert Kauna Schroeder has been elected chairperson of the compliance committee of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing under the 1992 Convention on Biological ... ( read original story ...)

The Chinese Olympic Committee has offered vaccine doses to be used for participants at this year's Tokyo Olympics and the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on ... ( read original story ...)

Emperor Naruhito and Prime Minister Suga took part in a memorial for the more than 20,000 estimated victims, while singer Lady Gaga leant her support. ( read original story ...)

Japan fell quiet at 2:46 p.m. Thursday to mark the minute that an earthquake began 10 years ago, setting off a tsunami and nuclear crisis that devastated the country’s northeast ... ( read original story ...)

Four people found infected with the coronavirus in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests conducted here on Jan. 15 were mistakenly told th ... ( read original story ...)

At 54 years and 12 days old, Kazuyoshi Miura, dubbed "King Kazu" in Japan, beat his own record as the oldest soccer player in a J-League fi･･･ ... ( read original story ...)