Tag: Yokohama

My favourite tempura bar, Tenshin at Regent Singapore hotel, just got itself some competition. Ippoh Tempura Bar by Osaka's Ginza Ippoh opened earlier this month at Como Dempsey. The family- owned Ippoh brand dates back to 1850 and is said to be the oldest ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo will have the full backing of Asia should the city formally bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, Olympic Council of Asia president Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah said in an interview with Kyodo News. Sapporo, which will host the Asian Winter Games ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Kyodo News service reported that Abe, who was golfing outside Tokyo, refused comment when asked about Inada's visit. The defense minister doffed her shoes on her way into the shrine, and afterward told waiting journalists, "Regardless of ... ( read original story ...)

The head of Japan's largest advertising agency has said he will resign following the "death by overwork" of a young employee who put in hundreds of hours in overtime. Matsuri Takahashi, a 24-year-old worker at Dentsu, took her own life in December last ... ( read original story ...)

If you don't like tight spaces, you might want to look away now. Otonamaki, which directly translates to "adult wrapping", is a Japanese therapeutic method meant to alleviate posture problems and stiffness and it is gaining traction around the country. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s NHK news agency said the tremors were felt throughout “wide areas” of the east coast, though the epicentre was not at sea, meaning a tsunami is unlikely. The Japan News said it was powerful enough to be felt in the same region as the nuclear ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Kyodo News service reported that Abe, who was golfing outside Tokyo, refused comment when asked about Inada's visit. The defence minister doffed her shoes on her way into the shrine, and afterward told waiting journalists, "Regardless of ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan Times newsroom selected these national news stories as the most important of 2016 ... atomic bombs and called for the elimination of nuclear weapons. People in Tokyo watch a speech by Emperor Akihito on Aug. 8. | BLOOMBERG 2. ( read original story ...)

President Tadashi Ishii said at a Tokyo news conference he will tender his resignation at a board meeting in January although he will stay through March as a courtesy to shareholders. Earlier Wednesday, government authorities filed papers demanding ... ( read original story ...)

President Tadashi Ishii said at a Tokyo news conference he will tender his resignation at a board meeting in January although he will stay through March as a courtesy to shareholders. Earlier Wednesday, government authorities filed papers demanding ... ( read original story ...)

Under a warm Oahu sun, with the tranquil, teal waters of Pearl Harbor behind them, former enemies came together Tuesday to acknowledge the tremendous loss caused by the Japanese attack on U.S. military installations in Hawaii 75 years ago. Japanese Prime ... ( read original story ...)

Putting 75 years of resentment behind them, the leaders of the United States and Japan have come together for a historic pilgrimage to Pearl Harbor, where a devastating surprise attack sent the U.S. marching into the Second World War. Ahead of a visit to ... ( read original story ...)

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Bahrain’s Shitaye Eshete will be looking to break up the Japanese dominance of the Osaka Women’s Marathon when she competes at the IAAF Silver Label Road Race on January 29. The 26-year-old may not have the fastest PB of the field, but Eshete’s ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid wreaths at various cemeteries and memorials Monday ahead of a visit to the site of the 1941 bombing that plunged the United States into the Second World War. Abe landed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and then ... ( read original story ...)

Media captionJapanese PM Shinzo Abe and director of the National Memorial of the Pacific, James Horton Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has visited several memorials in Hawaii, ahead of a visit to Pearl Harbor, the US naval base attacked by the Japanese in 1941. ( read original story ...)