Tag: Yokohama

For a team regarded as golden generation looking to win a first Asian Cup since 1976, Iran were certainly made to work for their place in the quarterfinals. ( read original story ...)

Two All Nippon Airways airplanes experienced a minor collision on Thursday at an airport straddling Osaka and Hyogo prefectures in we ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: The wing tips of two passenger jets "scratched" each other at a Japanese airport on Thursday (Feb 1), an airport operator said, the latest in a string of aviation mishaps in the country. Report ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's second-largest bank, on Thursday reported a 10.7% increase in third-quarter net profit thanks to brisk loan demand at home. ( read original story ...)

A dozen United States and Japanese warships, including two US aircraft carriers, have been putting on a show of military might this week in the Philippine Sea east of Taiwan. ( read original story ...)

An explosion was heard and black smoke was reported rising from the Taketoyo thermal power station in Aichi prefecture in central Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

The Grammy-award winning singer has a concert on Feb. 10 in Tokyo, which means she's going to have to hustle if she wants to get to the Super Bowl, which kicks off Feb. 11 at 3:30 p.m. PT in Las Vegas ... ( read original story ...)

An unseasonably warm winter has resulted in cedar trees releasing pollen earlier than usual, say weather forecasting companies. ( read original story ...)

Craft breweries had a rough year in 2023, which has carried over into 2024. Several craft beer companies filed for Chapter 11 protection last year, forcing some to close down permanently, and the ... ( read original story ...)

Harajuku's Mipig Café is one of 10 cafés in Japan that allow you to pay to cuddle, pet and spend time with miniature pigs. Here's a look inside. ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber Co., in collaboration with the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) Surat Thani branch, recently conduc ... ( read original story ...)

Maki Asami’s staging of Marius Petipa’s ballet premiered at the NNTT in 2000 and returns this year. The story charts a doomed love affair between an Indian temple dancer and a warrior. April 27 to May 5; further information and tickets here ( read original story ...)

The manager of a dating agency and two others have been arrested for allegedly soliciting a woman for sex work at a Las Vegas hotel, in what Tokyo police believe could be part of a larger operation. Haruka Funaki, ( read original story ...)

Japan's factory activity shrank for an eighth straight month in January as output and new orders declined due to the subsiding economy at home and overseas, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

After being stuck without power for more than a week, Japan’s Moon lander has woken up and started snapping images of the lunar surface. On 28 January, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) re-established contact with the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), ( read original story ...)

An interim report on the deterioration of artworks held by the Osaka Prefectural Government, some of which were left rusting in an undergroun ... ( read original story ...)