Posted on 08 June 2015. Tags: earthquake, footage, Japan, Moment, Quake, Shows, Tokyo Japan earthquake: Footage shows moment quake hit Tokyo A powerful undersea earthquake south of Japan has shaken buildings in Tokyo and been felt across the country. The US Geological Survey said the 7.8-magnitude earthquake was centred 874km (543 miles) from the Japanese […]
Posted on 10 September 2014. Tags: ང, against, biggest, Dollar, retreat, rise, since, stocks, Tokyo, yen’s Tokyo stocks rise on yen’s biggest retreat against dollar since ’08 Jiji Press Stocks extended their rising streak on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, buoyed by purchases on the back of the yen’s decline to the weakest level […]
Posted on 12 April 2015. Tags: 2020, Katie, sets, sights, Swimmer, Tokyo Swimmer Katie sets sights on Tokyo 2020 The year six pupil at Wessex Primary School, in St Adrian’s Close, Cox Green, is already a talented swimmer and is setting her sights firmly on being ready to represent Team GB in the pool at […]
Posted on 21 April 2015. Tags: hits, Japan, lifted, Quake, strong, Taiwan, tsunami, warning Strong quake hits Japan, Taiwan; tsunami warning lifted TOKYO/TAIPEI (Reuters) – A strong earthquake rattled Taiwan and small islands in the far south of Japan on Monday, official monitoring sites said, briefly prompting a warning for a 1-metre tsunami for the […]
Posted on 11 January 2015. Tags: retains, Takashi, title, Uchiyama, world Takashi Uchiyama retains world title Junior lightweight Takashi Uchiyama retained his world title for the ninth time as he forced Israel Perez to quit on his stool after the ninth round of a hard-fought yet one-sided fight on Wednesday at the Ota-City General Gymnasium […]
Posted on 04 November 2014. Tags: Flights, Japan’s, Launches, TokyoHK, Vanilla Japan’s Vanilla Air launches Tokyo-HK flights The new service commenced on 2 November 2014 and will initially operate three times a week (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays) using a 180-seat Airbus A320 aircraft. But Vanilla Air plans to gradually increase the frequency of the flights, […]
Posted on 11 May 2015. Tags: 5.7magnitude, Japan, Quake, southsoutheast, strikes, USGS 5.7-magnitude quake strikes south-southeast of Japan: USGS TOKYO: The Japanese meteorology agency issued a tsunami warning early Sunday (May 3) following a magnitude 5.9 quake in the Pacific south of Tokyo. The quake hit near Torishima island, some 600 kilometres south of Tokyo, […]
Posted on 23 December 2014. Tags: Decline, Industry, Japan’s, sake, Sales, toasts, wine US wine industry toasts decline in Japan’s sake sales “The Japanese love to drink,” said Bill Campbell, the owner and chief executive officer of Hotei Wines, a top Tokyo importer of California wine. “People are drinking more wine in general, and they’re […]
Posted on 23 May 2015. Tags: Chelsea, Football, Move, MUTO, Tokyo’s Football: FC Tokyo’s Muto coy on Chelsea move Around 250 fans gathered at FC Tokyo’s training ground in Kodaira City to watch the side at a training session. While the J-League side has four national players in their side, all eyes were on Muto. […]
Posted on 20 February 2015. Tags: About, Little, Manichi, Ramen, raving, Tokyo’s, worth Ramen at Little Tokyo’s Manichi is worth raving about After walking down the streets of Little Tokyo and inhaling the surrounding aromas of customary Asian dishes, my friends and I narrowed down our lunch plans to a good ramen place nearby. One […]