Tag: Yokohama

The male chicken, named Masahiro, has become something of a local celebrity in Osaka, even serving as an honorary "chief" of the local traffic police last month, the Kyodo news agency reports. Masahiro was meant to become raccoon food at the city's Tennoji ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A popular teenage all-girls band in Japan is under fire for performing in outfits resembling Nazi-era German military uniforms. The members of Keyakizaka46 appeared recently in black knee-length dresses that look like military overcoats ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Kyodo News agency says that journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka (koh-soo-keh soo-neh-OH-ka) was reporting on the battle to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group. Kyodo reported he is being held by the Kurdish militia known as the peshmerga. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The rowing and canoeing venue for the 2020 Olympics should either be moved to a site hundreds of kilometres away in northern Japan or downgraded to a temporary facility in Tokyo, a city government cost-cutting panel said Tuesday. The ... ( read original story ...)

International flights are also on the cards, it said. At present, Peach connects Sapporo with Osaka Kansai and Tokyo Narita. To access our news database including full archive search and exclusive stories reported first by ch-aviation you need to upgrade ... ( read original story ...)

HO CHI MINH CITY - The Japanese brewery Sapporo VietNam Ltd on July 12 launched Blue Gap beer, an exclusive product for the Vietnamese market, by the end of this month. The brewery has previously offered the exclusive beers Sapporo Vietnam and Sapporo ... ( read original story ...)

After that, the streetcar will begin its regular operation schedule from November 21st until March 26th. Watch for the news of the reveal on November 20th! Below is a video report on the Snow Miku 2016 streetcar from the last Snow Miku Sapporo event. ( read original story ...)