Tag: Yokohama

Police in Yokohama are investigating the theft of a safe from the house of a woman in her 90s on Saturday morning. According to police, the woman called 110 at around 6:05 a.m. to say she had been ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's revised law requiring cyclists to wear helmets will go into effect in April, but what will happen to users of shared bicycles? ( read original story ...)

Considering we are now in the year 2023, it feels like there ought to be some better way to defend our homes from invading insects such as cockroaches than a rolled-up magazine or noxious mixtures of ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida risks reinforcing the view that the country is not serious about addressing gender inequality if women are shut out of the new leadership set to take the helm of ... ( read original story ...)

Haven Hailu Desse led a 1-2 finish for Ethiopia in Sunday's Osaka Women's Marathon, with Japan's Yuka Ando coming in third. ( read original story ...)

Haven Hailu Desse led a 1-2 finish for Ethiopian athletes in Sunday's Osaka Women's Marathon. Desse clocked two hours, 21 minutes and 13 seconds to claim the title, followed by compatriot Sisay ... ( read original story ...)

Ethiopia’s Haven Hailu returned to winning ways to triumph at the Osaka Women’s Marathon, this year’s first World Athletics Platinum Label road race, on Sunday (29). The 24-year-old led an Ethiopian ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese whaling operator, after struggling for years to promote its products amid protests from conservationists, has found a new way to cultivate clientele and bolster sales: whale meat vending ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's health ministry said it confirmed 3,427 new cases of coronavirus infection in Tokyo on Sunday. The daily tally was down 1,683 from a week ago and marked the 12th straight day of week-on-week ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department issued warnings for 3,480 offers of "yami baito" — or shady part-time jobs — posted to Twitter in 2022, up nearly 1.5-times from the 2,246 in 2021. ( read original story ...)

Russia in June suspended the 1998 agreement that allowed Japanese boats to fish near the islands and Japan's chief cabinet secretary on Monday told a news conference that Japan wo ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA -- "Just seeing it makes me feel soothed," said one of the customers who cheered in admiration as they were served by a fluffy hand of a bear appearing from the curtains at a cafe here. At "Kuma ... ( read original story ...)

Riku Danzaki sings a two-and-a-half year deal at Motherwell following his exit from J-League club Consadole Sapporo. ( read original story ...)

Pet fish playing a video game in Japan managed to log on to the Nintendo Switch store, change their owner's avatar, set up a Pay Pal account and rack up a credit card bill. ( read original story ...)

Besides its relative proximity to Universal Studios Japan, “bayside urban resort hotel” Hyatt Regency Osaka, located in Osaka’s Nankokita district, will soon have another draw of its own–cat-friendly ... ( read original story ...)

A new agreement is expected to expand the reach of U.S. technology restrictions on China issued last year. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone ... ( read original story ...)