Tag: Yokohama

Inflation in Japan's capital city of Tokyo is widely considered a leading indicator of price increases in the country. ( read original story ...)

Inflation in Tokyo accelerated for a third month in July, keeping the door open to a possible interest rate hike when the central bank’s policy board meets next week. Consumer prices excluding fresh ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened lower Friday, weighed down by technology issues tracking declines of their U.S. counterparts overnight, but losses were limited by buybacks after the Nikkei index ... ( read original story ...)

SENDAI -- Japan's last three sets of "UFO-style" traffic lights will be removed from intersections in this Miyagi Prefecture capital at the end of July due to aging, but in fact, a similar set is ... ( read original story ...)

A cosplay artist in Japan is calling on people to help allow breaks for cosplayers wearing layers of clothing and battling the intense summer heat for hours at outdoor photo shoots.The season has ... ( read original story ...)

Theodore Sanchez, the San Bernardino councilmember, was on vacation last month in Tokyo, Japan. Strolling through a glitzy mall, Miyashita Park, he was surprised to see, side by side in the food court, a McDonald’s and a Taco Bell. “I thought ... ( read original story ...)

Netflix’s ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ takes the audience into the underbelly of a crime that endangers people’s lives in unimaginable ways. The story focuses on a group of con artists who go to extreme ends to create an elaborate con and fraud people through real estate scams. ( read original story ...)

They reportedly broke into an unoccupied house in Sapporo, Hokkaido, in May, stealing 200 yen (US$1.30) and three bottles of whisky valued at 10,000 yen (US$65). In June, they were accused of robbing ... ( read original story ...)

L.A.’s Little Tokyo celebrates its 104 th anniversary. It’s a testament to the strength and resilience of the community, but there are real concerns among community leaders that it may not survive another hundred and forty years. ( read original story ...)

(AP) It’s been 35 months, though it may feel like yesterday, since Chopra pushed those boundaries of imagination with that throw on that August Sunday evening on that unforgettable final medal night of the Tokyo Games. Three years is a long time in sport. ( read original story ...)

Japan's 20-year-old playmaker Aoba Fujito smashes free kick upper-90 to open the scoring against Spain at the 2024 Paris Olympics. ( read original story ...)

Bad weather brought by a typhoon had ended China's coast guard record-breaking patrols in waters around disputed islands in the East China Sea. China has been deploying coast guard ships—some of them were armed with suspected autocannons—around the Senkaku Islands, ( read original story ...)

Rebecca Downie has arrived in Paris with dreams of capturing her first Olympic gymnastic medal after being controversially left out of the British squad in Tokyo.The three-times Olympian was among a ... ( read original story ...)

Around 30 people who were passengers on a high-speed jet ferry that lost control of its rudder Wednesday in waters south of Tokyo hav ... ( read original story ...)

Heavy rain has hit northern Japan, triggering floods and landslides, disrupting transportation systems and sending hundreds of residents to take shelter at safer grounds ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO--Actress Sayaka Kanda died after falling from the high-rise hotel here where she was staying. Police have not ruled out suicide or foul play as possible causes of her Dec. 18 death, ... ( read original story ...)