Potential 90-100mph gusts and heavy rainfall threaten Obon holiday, possibly disrupting travel for millions ( read original story ...)
Cafe in Tokyo to install vertical pods for customers to sleep upright
A cafe in Tokyo will be installing vertical pods in which customers can take naps while standing upright. Standing sleeping booth: The Nescafé Harajuku invites employees and students to take a power ... ( read original story ...)
Pokemon World Championships 2023, 800 Drones Illuminate Night Sky Of Yokohama, Japan
This footage was filmed and produced 10 August 2023. The "Pokemon World Championships 2023" an annual esports tournament, kicked off on Friday, August 11, in Yokohama, Japan. A spectacular show with ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo and Canberra Orchestrate Efforts to Multilateralize the South China Sea
As their interests converge on the South China Sea, Japan and Australia are enhancing their multilateral efforts to maintain a rules-based maritime order. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama evaluating new sites for Chinese tire plant
Yokohama Rubber Co. is reviewing options for relocating its tire factory in Hangzhou, China, after receiving a request from government entities in China "to relocate the site of the current factory." ... ( read original story ...)
Typhoon approaches western Japan, threatening to bring heavy rain and high winds during holiday week
A powerful typhoon is approaching Japan’s main archipelago of Honshu, threatening to hit large areas of western and central Japan with heavy rain and high winds. ( read original story ...)
Can Japan and South Korea Unite to Face the Chinese Threat?
The collaboration is ostensibly mainly about North Korea. Both Japan and South Korea live at risk of nuclear annihilation by the volatile despot in Pyongyang, and a formal platform of security cooperation with the U.S. is vital for their defense and Mr. Kim’s deterrence. ( read original story ...)
U.S. aims to link alliances with Tokyo, Seoul at Camp David summit
U.S. President Joe Biden has invited Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to Camp David, a presidential retreat near Washington, where the countries will hold ... ( read original story ...)
Nisei Week Parade highlighted Japanese culture on Sunday in Little Tokyo
There’s still time to explore Little Tokyo for culture, food, entertainment, shopping during Nisei Week in Los Angeles. ( read original story ...)
Typhoon forces suspension of shinkansen, local trains in west, central Japan on Aug. 15
The Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line will be suspended on Aug. 15 between Nagoya and Shin-Osaka stations due to the approach of Typhoon L・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
Trains, Flights On Aug. 15 Canceled As Typhoon Lan Heads To Western Japan
Some shinkansen bullet train services and flights are set to be canceled as a strong typhoon remains on course to make landfall ... ( read original story ...)
‘Stronger together’: the Yokohama TWS off-highway tyre integration delivers many opportunities – Pompei
Yokohama officially completed the acquisition of Trelleborg Wheel Systems. As a result, the well-respected off-highway tyre and wheel manufacturer rebranded as Yokohama TWS. With any acquisition, questions of integration are front-and-centre. ( read original story ...)
How Serena and Venus Williams inspired Naomi Osaka’s rise to tennis stardom
Naomi Osaka's parents have attributed her remarkable rise to tennis stardom to legends Serena and Venus Williams. A spark of inspiration: Tamaki Osaka, mother of the four-time Grand Slam champion ... ( read original story ...)
Expo 2025 Osaka: Italy signs contract to start its pavilion
Commissioner General for Italy at Expo 2025 Osaka Mario Vattani has signed the contract with MCA - Mario Cucinella Architects for the urgent commencement of the design and construction activities for ... ( read original story ...)
China’s economy is stumbling, but it still isn’t as dire as Japan’s 1990s collapse
Beijing's demographic hurdles and unstable housing market Japan's problems three decades ago, but China's crisis isn't of the same magnitude yet. ( read original story ...)
Family arrested for murder of decapitated man found in Sapporo hotel
A woman and her parents were served fresh arrest warrants on Monday for allegedly murdering a man who was found decapitated in a ho ... ( read original story ...)