Posted on 04 May 2014. Tags: Continues, Disney, grow, Park, Shanghai, spending, theme, Tokyo Disney theme park spending continues to grow… in Shanghai and Tokyo In Tokyo, the Disney Co.’s share of the new investment will be $ 0, as Tokyo Disney is wholly owned and operated by the Oriental Land Company [OLC], which pays […]
Posted on 01 May 2014. Tags: Accidents, Call, linked, Rising, smartphone, Tokyo, Wakeup Wake-up call: Accidents linked to smartphone use rising in Tokyo In 2013, a total of 36 people in Tokyo were taken to hospitals by ambulance as a result of accidents stemming from the use of mobile devices, chiefly smartphones, while walking or […]
Posted on 30 April 2014. Tags: Flights, from, Jetstar’s, Melbourne, Nonstop, Take, Tokyo Jetstar’s new non-stop flights from Melbourne to Tokyo take off Jetstar has started flying between Melbourne and Tokyo after a five-year absence of a non-stop connection between the cities since Qantas pulled the plug in 2008. The first Jetstar Melbourne-Tokyo direct flight […]
Posted on 27 April 2014. Tags: Hotels, Hyatt, Japan, Love, Park, Tokyo Hotels I Love: Park Hyatt Tokyo, Japan If you saw the most famous movie ever made about Japanese whisky, Lost In Translation, you already know the Park Hyatt Tokyo – it is inseparable from the film, about half of which is set inside […]
Posted on 26 April 2014. Tags: Advice, Beijing, Governor, makes, Michael, Phelps, Return, Seeks, Tokyo Michael Phelps Makes Return; Tokyo Governor Seeks Advice in Beijing Masuzoe met with Mayor Wang Anshun to discuss opportunities to cooperate, including a possible visit to Tokyo by Wang as early as 2015 to aid efforts to prepare for the […]
Posted on 21 April 2014. Tags: Australia, clinch, deal, heat, Japan, Talks, trade, USTokyo Japan, Australia clinch trade deal as US-Tokyo talks heat up Japan and Australia clinched a basic trade deal on Monday to cut import tariffs, as U.S. and Japanese officials stepped up efforts to reach a parallel agreement that would re-energise stalled […]
Posted on 21 April 2014. Tags: Budget, City, Cycling, Japan, meals, Surviving, Tokyo, Touring Cycling in Japan: Touring the city of Tokyo while surviving on budget meals I was nominated as the sweeper, perhaps because I had a habit, even when not cycling, of frequently doing head counts. The planning for the trip took several […]
Posted on 21 April 2014. Tags: Dentsu, Olympics, Selected, Tokyo Dentsu Selected As AOR For Tokyo Olympics It is likely that Dentsu’s AOR duties to market the games on behalf of the Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee will be just one facet of its involvement with the event. For the both the London and Sochi games, […]
Posted on 20 April 2014. Tags: 2020, ahead, Cable, Construction, Olympics, Studied, Tokyo New Cable Car Construction Studied Ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics A study is under way for the possible construction of a cable car that links 2020 Tokyo Olympics venues with a business area near the Ginza shopping district, said a mayor of […]
Posted on 20 April 2014. Tags: claim, Disney, Millionth, parks, Tokyo, Visitor Tokyo Disney Parks Claim 600 Millionth Visitor The lucky visitor, Yumi Sakai, and her family walked through the park gates on Saturday morning – 30 years and 363 days since the first park, Tokyo Disneyland, opened on April 15, 1983. Sakai was congratulated […]