Tag: Yokohama

Today it’s locally shortened to “Sancha”, and the neighbourhood still offers the sense of being right on the cusp of the metropolis, yet relatively tranquil. A five-day stay in Sancha, helped along ... ( read original story ...)

The number of people in Japan aged 65 or older hit a record high of 36.25 million this year, government data shows, as the country contends with one of the world's fastest-ageing societies. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Rie Sano, a career consultant at the University of Tokyo, said none of the roughly 50 Japanese companies she approached to take part in English-language career sessions agreed to join the ... ( read original story ...)

Twenty-nine percent of Japan's indigenous Ainu people have experienced discrimination, a survey last year by the Hokkaido Prefectural Gover ... ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo zoo says it has managed to breed an endangered rhinoceros, marking the facility's first such success in 50 years. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s elderly population has hit a record high of 36.25 million people, with those aged 65 or older now accounting for almost one-third of Japanese, according to government data. Japan’s Ministry of ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese state media said the drills, named Northern/Interaction-2024, aim to deepen strategic cooperation between the two countries and strengthen their ability to respond to security threats. ( read original story ...)

Walker Stewart has announced on social media that he has been chosen to provide English play-by-play commentary for STARDOM. ( read original story ...)

Major sushi restaurant chain operator Kura Sushi Inc. will offer sushi dishes as well as cuisines of other countries on a 135-meter-l ( read original story ...)

Although Tokyo might seem like the antithesis of the "sponge city" concept, the Japanese capital remains unbothered by floods and downpours. This resilience is thanks to an engineering marvel known as ... ( read original story ...)

A team at Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine has found that the enzyme protein kinase N (PKN) plays a role in cardiac fibrosis linked to heart failure. In mice models, deleting PKN reduced ... ( read original story ...)

Not on the immaculate streets of the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, where there is not a hint of litter anywhere in the sprawling megalopolis of some 34 million people, not a single dropped napkin ... ( read original story ...)

Although Tokyo might seem like the antithesis of the "sponge city" concept, the Japanese capital is largely unbothered by floods and downpours. This is thanks to an engineering marvel known as the ... ( read original story ...)

Police in Tokyo have arrested a 62-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting a JR Shibuya Station employee. According to police, Shiro Hosoi, who works for NHK subsidiary NHK Global Media Services, ... ( read original story ...)

Experts say the dinosaur was related to the triceratops - but it was much smaller in size, measuring around 3ft in length and 10kg in weight. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka has parted ways with coach Wim Fissette after four years together across two stints, the 26-year-old announced late on Friday. The former world number one won two of her four Grand Slam ... ( read original story ...)