Tag: Yokohama

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 ...)

Shiino, who has lived in Nagoya since she was 5 and speaks fluent Japanese, says she set out to challenge widely accepted views of who is considered Japanese. Beauty contests should not be about ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Sapporo Snow Festival will return to its pre-Covid glory this year, with all event sites in operation for the first time in four years, united under the theme “big snow sculpture.” ... ( read original story ...)

Haruyuki Takahashi, a former member of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, has pleaded not guilty to charges of accepting bribes related to the 2021 Tokyo Games. ( read original story ...)

Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways have been under pressure to rethink their policies amid an outcry over two pets' deaths in a crash on January 2 Both previously permitted pets in the cabin, but changed the rules after customer complaints. ( read original story ...)

The film captures the picturesque landscapes of Sapporo, a location that has never been showcased on the silver screen before. ( read original story ...)