Posted on 23 October 2014. Tags: Allmale, Disneyland, Japan, Mickey, rise, Tokyo, Trips Mickey men: All-male trips to Tokyo Disneyland are on the rise in Japan Whether or not you’re a fan of Disney’s movies and characters, there’s no denying that the marketing team behind the Tokyo Disney Resort does an outstanding job. Aside from […]
Posted on 10 March 2015. Tags: costcutting, Drive, Olympic, rejigger, Three, Tokyo, venues Tokyo to rejigger three Olympic venues in cost-cutting drive RIO DE JANEIRO – The venues for three Olympic events will be changed for the 2020 Tokyo Games as part of efforts by the International Olympic Committee to streamline future tournaments and rein […]
Posted on 06 February 2015. Tags: Highlight, Itself, Japan, Join, Killings, Must, terrorist, Tokyo’s, world Japan Must Join The World And Arm Itself: Terrorist Killings Highlight Tokyo’s … Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been edging Japan into global affairs. And his country paid a price: the Islamic State murdered two Japanese hostages, Kenji Goto and […]
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 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 18 December 2013. Tags: 2013, Begins, International, Miss, Officially, Tokyo Miss International 2013 Officially Begins in Tokyo The finale will take place at Tokyo’s Shinagawa Prince Hotel Hall at 5:30 pm (2:30am BST). The winner will be crowned by Miss International 2012, Ikumi Yoshimatsu of Japan, at the end of a three-hour-long gala. […]
Posted on 29 April 2015. Tags: folding, honors, Museum, origami, Tokyo, world Tokyo museum honors folding world of origami TOKYO — During a trip to South America, I was surprised to meet an origami hobbiest in Bolivia who had learned the paper-folding craft in school. To learn more about the worldwide appeal of origami, I […]
Posted on 24 December 2014. Tags: Holdings, Japan, list, Nikkei, plan, Post, Sept., Tokyo, Units Japan Post Holdings, units plan to list in Tokyo in Sept – Nikkei Dec 22 (Reuters) – The Japanese government plans to list Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (IPO-JAPP.T) and its banking and insurance units on the Tokyo Stock Exchange […]
Posted on 17 September 2015. Tags: crackling, fizzing, Shoes, Tokyo’s, venue The Red Shoes: Tokyo’s fizzing, crackling gig venue Inspired by a Todd Rundgren song, the Red Shoes is one of Japan’s most intimate music venues, and sits a stone’s throw away from Tokyo’s famous Roppongi crossing. The atmosphere fizzes and crackles on a sold-out […]
Posted on 12 May 2015. Tags: Deepening, Future, Japan’s, military, Officer, Threaten, ties, Tokyo’s Japan’s Deepening Military Ties With US Threaten Tokyo’s Future – Officer Japan’s future could be in jeopardy following an announcement in late April that Tokyo and Washington intend to deepen military ties by revising their guidelines, underpinning the US-Japanese defense alliance. […]