Tag: Yokohama

Japan's parliament is about to approve a law on "integrated resorts" that is the first major hurdle in allowing casinos to set up shop in the wealthy nation. The upper house of the Diet approved the bill on Wednesday after it was pushed through the lower ... ( read original story ...)

Tsukamoto kindergarten, in Osaka, introduced the rescript 15 years ago, although school officials say it is not intended to fuel nationalism. “What we’re aiming to foster in education is patriotism or ‘Japanese-ism,’ expanding Japan’s spirit all ... ( read original story ...)

Shares in some of the world's biggest gambling firms have rallied after the legalisation of casinos in Japan moved a step closer. A parliamentary panel approved a long-awaited bill, effectively meaning it is guaranteed to become law, possibly as soon as ... ( read original story ...)

An elderly Japanese woman has died while snorkelling at the Great Barrier Reef, in the fourth tourist death at the Australian attraction in a month. The 75-year-old was pulled from the water on Tuesday at Moore Reef, about 45km (30 miles) from Cairns. ( read original story ...)

The US maintains two Osprey squadrons in Japan, according to Reuters ... it could have fallen on where we are living," local resident Yuri Soma told Kyodo news agency. Local anger against the US military has intensified in recent months after a civilian ... ( read original story ...)

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA.—Christmas gifts arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday, courtesy of Japan. A Japanese cargo ship pulled up at the orbiting lab four days after launching. The capsule — called Kounotori, or white stork — contains ... ( read original story ...)

The outer space could do with some cleaning up, and a Japanese space vehicle has a solution. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently launched into orbit a space junk collector to clean up space debris. Kounotori, which means stork in Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Christmas gifts arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday, courtesy of Japan. A Japanese cargo ship pulled up at the orbiting lab four days after launching. The capsule -- called Kounotori, or white stork -- contains ... ( read original story ...)

The Whites lifted the 2002 Intercontinental Cup in Yokohama. Real Madrid boast previous experience of winning silverware in Yokohama after lifting the Intercontinental Cup there in 2002, as they ran out 2-0 winners against Paraguay's Olimpia de Asunción. ( read original story ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)