Tag: Yokohama

After a protracted and energy-efficient journey to the moon, SLIM ultimately reached its orbit around Earth's closest moon on Christmas Day. Following that, the spacecraft prepared for the impending landing day for three weeks, which will hopefully happen today. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s fertility subsidy program is open to all women between the ages of 18 and 39, a departure from earlier fertility policies that excluded unmarried women. ( read original story ...)

STORY: Repairing ships in Japan, rather than in the United States, would boost military deterrence in the region by keeping military assets in place, Emanuel said. "China watches what ships are coming in and out. ( read original story ...)

Sapporo International Art Festival, artist Amy Karle invites reflection on what it means to be human at a time when our digital remains outlive our bodies. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- IHG Hotels & Resorts, a U.K.-based hotel chain, said Friday that it will open three hotels in Osaka this year under its midprice brand Garner, targeting the growing tourism market in Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

On board Japan's "Moon Sniper" spacecraft is a little robot with a big mission: to pop open like a Transformer toy, wiggle across the lunar surface and beam images back to Earth.But the gadget's chance to boldly go depends on the success of the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission, ( read original story ...

TOKYO -- IHG Hotels & Resorts, a U.K.-based hotel chain, said Friday that it will open three hotels in Osaka this year under its midprice brand Garner, targeting the growing tourism market in Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Empress Masako has expressed her yearning for peace as a mother’s love in her poem, read at an annual celebration of poetry at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital Tokyo in January likely fell below 2% for the first time since May 2022, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Friday, reinforcing the view that price ... ( read original story ...)

Critics are unconvinced that another dating app will reverse Japan’s declining population. Instead, they suggest more be done to address fundamental reasons why people avoid getting married and having ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is weighing the dissolution of his political faction after a slush-fund scandal roiling the ruling Liberal Democratic Party spread to include his own inner circle, ( read original story ...)

Japan's core inflation stayed above the central bank's 2% target in December but slowed for a second straight month, data showed on Friday, reinforcing expectations it will be in no hurry to phase out its massive monetary stimulus. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday as technology shares tracked advances by their U.S. counterparts overnight. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ... ( read original story ...)

Can you imagine what it would be like if you had the chance to stay overnight inside the Eiffel Tower in Paris? Although you can’t, you can now at least get close to such an experience in Japan. ( read original story ...)

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The number one focus for investors in Asia on Friday will be the latest Japanese consumer inflation figures, with markets across the region hoping to draw support from the strong rise on world markets the day before and end a torrid week on a high. ( read ...

M.D.C. Holdings' stock rocketed toward a 19-year high Thursday, after the Colorado-based homebuilder announced an agreement to be bought by ( read original story ...)