Posted on 22 May 2015. Tags: ‘Business, Asia, globally, overtakes, Singapore, Spot, third, Tokyo Singapore overtakes Tokyo to bag top spot in Asia, third globally in ‘Business … Singapore is Asia’s top-ranked city across a broad range of indicators, beating Tokyo to take the third place worldwide, according to a report by real estate firm […]
Posted on 28 September 2015. Tags: 125th, Anniversary, Hotel, Imperial, landmark, Reaches, renovation, Tokyo’s Tokyo’s Landmark Imperial Hotel Reaches 125th Anniversary, Renovation in … TOKYO, Sept. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Imperial Hotel, Ltd. announced on September 25 that the Japanese capital’s legendary Imperial Hotel is celebrating its 125th year of uninterrupted business this November 3 […]
Posted on 06 September 2015. Tags: Area, Blaze, hits, Near, Restaurant, Shibuya, station, Tokyo’s Blaze hits restaurant area near Tokyo’s Shibuya Station With sirens blaring, more than 20 fire engines broke up the weekend mood in Tokyo’s busy Shibuya district Saturday evening as firefighters arrived to extinguish a blaze at a building near the station. […]
Posted on 27 March 2015. Tags: Cult, daughter, Doomsday, Japan’s, Leader, memoir, speaks Daughter of Japan’s doomsday cult leader speaks out in memoir On March 20, 1995, cult members punctured plastic bags containing sarin nerve gas on three Tokyo subway lines during morning rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 6,300. Of the 299 survivors […]
Posted on 25 September 2015. Tags: 60000, Afford, Can’t, Centenarians, Japan, More, numbers, than, Tokyo Two Numbers: Japan Has More Than 60000 Centenarians, and Tokyo Can’t Afford … Getting old is getting old in Japan. The government has a tradition of presenting Japanese centenarians with the gift of a sakazuki, a silver sake cup, in […]
Posted on 31 March 2015. Tags: Asia, Clarke, East, from, It’s, Jason, John’s, long, Tokyo, Townie Tokyo Townie: It’s a long way from St. John’s to East Asia for Jason Clarke Gorgeous pink flowers are blanketing parts of Japan this time of year. It’s cherry blossom season, one of the world’s most celebrated natural events. […]
Posted on 27 December 2013. Tags: 2013, Illumination, Michiterasu, Tokyo Tokyo Michiterasu 2013 Illumination in Tokyo Tokyo, Japan – Pedestrians at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Michiterasu 2013, in front of Tokyo Station on December 24, 2013. The illumination of this year presents the light wheels on light railway and the light train windows. […]
Posted on 26 March 2015. Tags: Diary, goes, Hard, Insane, man’s, salary, Think, Tokyo, viral, Week, work Think your week was hard? Tokyo salary man’s insane work diary goes viral A recent video uploaded by prolific YouTube vlogger Stu in Tokyo has gone viral, so far reaching more than half a million views. The topic […]
Posted on 31 March 2015. Tags: Asia, Clarke, East, from, It’s, Jason, John’s, long, Tokyo, Townie Tokyo Townie: It’s a long way from St. John’s to East Asia for Jason Clarke Gorgeous pink flowers are blanketing parts of Japan this time of year. It’s cherry blossom season, one of the world’s most celebrated natural events. […]
Posted on 28 January 2014. Tags: $112B, 2013, Deficit, Japan, posts, Record, trade Japan posts record 2B trade deficit in 2013 A cargo is unloaded from a truck to load onto a freighter at a port in Tokyo, Monday, Jan 27, 2014. Japan’s trade deficit surged to a record 11.47 trillion yen ($ 112 billion) […]