Tag: Yokohama

Yokohama Rubber Co. has made an agreement to acquire all of the shares of Japanese industrial tire manufacturer, Aichi Tire Industry Co., strengthening Yokohama’s place in the industrial tire market. Headquartered in Komaki, Aichi, Aichi Tire ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya has contracted Nakanihon Automotive College in Sakahogi, Gifu Prefecture, to repair a Mercedes-Benz fire truck from 1935 in its possession. Teachers and students from the college will begin work this spring to make the truck usable again. According ... ( read original story ...)

Work to build a line for magnetically levitated bullet trains has kicked off 10 years before its scheduled 2027 launch as Japan looks to shorten the trip from Tokyo to Nagoya to just 40 minutes. Construction of a tunnel under the Minami Alps, believed to ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is considering shouldering some of the costs for building temporary facilities in the capital for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, sources said. The metropolitan government plans to hold talks on the matter shortly with ... ( read original story ...)

It was then that news of the tragedy was broken to them and they were told that Mr Browning’s body had been found by a taxi driver. She wrote: “Some of you will know that on New Year’s Eve this year, my friend Justin, who I was living with in Tokyo ... ( read original ...

Tokyo, Jan. 6 — Japan decided Friday to recall its ambassador ... according to a report by Kyodo news agency. The South Korean foreign ministry called Japan’s decision to recall its ambassador very regrettable. “Even if there are difficult issues ... ( read original story ...)

Justin Browning, 21, was believed to be watching Tokyo’s New Year’s Eve celebrations when he plunged from the building. It has been reported by the Sunday Times that a taxi driver discovered his body on the ground. The student was studying in Japan as ... ( read original story ...)

The government plans to pick 10 municipalities nationwide to carry out intensive landscape development, aiming to create “Second Kyoto” tourist destinations ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Through the initiative, it hopes to attract ... ( read original story ...)

Reports quoting the interior ministry linked the man to al-Qaeda and Jabat Fateh al-Sham in Syria (Morocco World News, November 20 ... The Jamestown Foundation kindly allows Modern Tokyo Times to publish their highly esteemed articles. ( read original story ...)

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. stock fell 2% in early Friday morning trading after President-elect Donald Trump said on Twitter that the Japanese automaker faces a “big border tax” if it goes ahead with plans on a new Mexico ... ( read original story ...)

Tensions between the two countries increased on Friday after Tokyo withdrew its ambassador to South Korea in a row over a statue representing sex slaves. Japan said the 1.5m-tall (5ft) bronze statue depicting a young, barefoot woman sitting in a chair ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has temporarily withdrawn its ambassador to South Korea, amid an escalating row over a statue representing wartime sex slaves. The statue was installed by activists outside the Japanese consulate in the South Korean city of Busan last month. South ... ( read original story ...)

Ume the kangaroo was found dead at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo, which was previously questioned over its habitat conditions following a string of animal deaths (Nippon News Network) HOKKAIDO (TR) – A female kangaroo found dead at a zoo in Sapporo on Friday was ... ( read original story ...)

BUSAN, South Korea, Jan. 6 (UPI) --Japan recalled two top diplomats from South Korea because leaders in the country have allowed a statue representing "comfort women" to be constructed in front of its consulate. The Japanese ambassador to South Korea and ... ( read original story ...)

“The Japanese government finds this situation extremely regrettable,” Yoshihide Suga, chief cabinet secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said during a news conference in Tokyo, referring to the placement of the statue outside the Japanese Consulate ... ( read original story ...)

I was writing so that I can do my best this year," said 17 year-old participant, Shohei Mikuriya, a head of calligraphy activity in his high school in Fukuoka, southern Japan, who also wrote a Chinese poem. Winners will be announced at a separate ceremony ... ( read original story ...)