Tag: Yokohama

In Japan's Haedomari Market, it's auctioned off using secret bids. The tetrodotoxin found in fugu is more toxic than cyanide. People can be poisoned by badly prepared fish. The Japanese government ... ( read original story ...)

Advocates say the Tokyo government’s issuance of partnership certificates to same sex-couples is an important moment for LGBTQ rights in Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Looking to make your retirement dollars stretch? You could retire abroad in several popular cities for less than $2,000 a month. ( read original story ...)

After pop-ups in the U.S., Mexico, the U.K., France, Spain and Japan, Shein is to open a permanent ... [+] store in Tokyo. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for SHEIN) And so, it's ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese fast fashion giant Shein is reportedly set to open its first brick-and-mortar location in Tokyo this month. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Film Fest's second-place special jury prize was awarded to the Iranian absurdist drama, 'World War III,' which was co-written, directed, produced and edited by Houman Seyyedi. By Patrick Brzeski ... ( read original story ...)

After announcing the end date for its manga series last month, Tokyo Revengers now delivers a brand new Season 2 trailer for its upcoming Christmas Showdown Arc anime. In the upcoming series, Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

It is currently the only country in the G7 group of developed nations which doesn't recognise same-sex unions. However, recent polling suggests most Japanese support gay marriage. According to a ... ( read original story ...)

Toyota Motor Corp president Akio Toyoda on Wednesday raised the issue of tax breaks in a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on support for the mobility industry as a pillar of the ... ( read original story ...)

South Korean and U.S. air forces have began combined air drills amid growing concerns that North Korea may conduct a nuclear test after North Korea fired three short range ballistic missiles toward ... ( read original story ...)

Police arrested a 45-year-old man on Nov. 2 on suspicion of disposing of the body of a Chinese national whose corpse was found on a street in ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks ended almost flat Wednesday, with investors focusing on any hints about the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy outlook follow ... ( read original story ...)

Former Utah Gov. Gary Herbert asked the question everyone on the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games wanted an answer to — are the chances of Salt Lake City hosting the 2030 Olympics better ... ( read original story ...)

A 19-year-old woman in this western Japan city was arrested on Nov. 1 for allegedly killing her baby after giving birth in her toilet at home ... ( read original story ...)

Some longtime Olympic observers aren’t high on Salt Lake City’s chances of hosting the 2030 Winter Games. But a Fordham University professor says it’s not a done deal. ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan policymakers took note of growing inflationary pressure with one of them calling for the need to eventually communicate an exit strategy from ultra-loose monetary policy, minutes of ... ( read original story ...)