Tag: Yokohama

The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office (MWSS RO) has partnered with a Japanese water utility firm to improve services in the Philippines, particularly within the concession ... ( read original story ...)

Taylor Swift has tripped on stage during a performance in Tokyo on Friday night. The show was her third of four performances in Japan, marking her highly anticipated return to the stage on her ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has decided to overhaul its foreign trainee program due to criticisms of exploiting cheap labor, replacing it with a new system that aims protect the rights of trainees. ( read original story ...)

The E+ mark, which indicates the tire has qualities suitable for EVs, was first applied to Yokohama passenger tires in 2023. ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA Rubber Co. Ltd. (YRC) committed to invest a substantial P3.5 billion or about 8.4 billion yen in its Clark-based tire plant, Yokohama Tire Philippines Inc. (YTPl). ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government has adopted plans to scrap its current foreign trainee program, which has been criticized as a cover for importing cheap labor, and replace it with a system it says will ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Seiji Ozawa, one of the best-known orchestra conductors of his generation, died on Tuesday of heart failure at the age of 88, public broadcaster NHK announced on Friday. Ozawa, who was born in ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA--An unemployed man was arrested on Feb. 8 on suspicion of injuring a pedestrian in a hit-and-run accident here while driving an electric kick scooter without a license. ( read original story ...)

A woman was made to spend 11 days without wearing a bra while detained at a police station in Osaka Prefecture, even though police allow susp ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government adopted plans on Friday to scrap its current foreign trainee program, which has been criticized as a cover for importing cheap labor, and replace it with a system it says will ... ( read original story ...)

Department stores in Osaka, western Japan, are busy preparing to welcome visitors from abroad for the Lunar New Year holiday. ( read original story ...)

Asian shares are mostly higher as Tokyo's benchmark momentarily touched a 34-year high, while many regional markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese steelmakers' labour unions are pushing for a base pay increase of 30,000 yen ($201) a month to ensure workers' wage growth outpaces inflation, unionists said on Friday, as annual talks with ... ( read original story ...)

According to the police, the suspect went the wrong way down a one-way street and hit a 47-year-old man, breaking his collarbone and ribs. ( read original story ...)

Police here on Feb. 8 arrested a man on suspicion of hitting a pedestrian while operating an electric kick scooter and fleeing the scene.Kazunori Matsuzaki, an unemployed man from Nagoya's Naka Ward, ... ( read original story ...)

A 55-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a lay judge trial at the Osaka District Court on Feb. 8 for raping his then 12-year- ... ( read original story ...)