Posted on 20 April 2015. Tags: ambassador, Godzilla, Made, Officially, Tokyo, tourism Godzilla Officially Made Tokyo Tourism Ambassador TOKYO (AP) — Fire-breathing, building-stomping Godzilla was welcomed in part of Tokyo on Thursday as a sign of prosperity, not destruction. The irradiated monster was appointed special resident and tourism ambassador for Shinjuku ward, known for its … […]
Posted on 10 May 2015. Tags: deliberate, designating, industrial, Seoul, Site, Tokyo, UNESCO, world Tokyo to deliberate with Seoul on designating industrial site as UNESCO World … The Japanese government indicated that it means to deliberate with South Korea on the question of registering former industrial facilities such as Hashima (also known as Battleship Island) […]
Posted on 26 September 2015. Tags: cities, Fleets, Greener, lifts, seek, Taxi, Tokyo’s, Tomorrow Tokyo’s Taxi of Tomorrow Lifts Bar as Cities Seek Greener Fleets Tokyo’s taxi companies will shift as much as 30 percent of their fleets to an LPG-powered hybrid from Toyota Motor Corp. by 2020, raising the bar for the world’s biggest […]
Posted on 12 February 2015. Tags: Bogotá, cities, compared, Delhi, Four, London, Tale, Tokyo, world A tale of four world cities – London, Delhi, Tokyo and Bogotá compared Tokyo has become a highly efficient global megacity in the last four decades – but despite its enviable integrated public transport system and the forthcoming Olympics in […]
Posted on 11 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 10 September 2015. Tags: 2020, Charges, Logo, Olympic, plagiarism, Pulls, Stung, Tokyo Tokyo 2020 Pulls Olympic Logo, Stung By Plagiarism Charges In the latest high-profile change for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, organizers withdrew their games’ official logo Tuesday, after weeks of heavy criticism. A graphic designer had filed a lawsuit […]
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 20 September 2015. Tags: 2020, ADDED, Announce, date, Olympic, proposed, sets, Sports, Tokyo Tokyo 2020 sets date to announce proposed added Olympic sports Tokyo 2020 organizers said added sports will promote “the Olympic Movement and its values, with a focus on youth appeal” and engage “the Japanese population and new audiences worldwide, reflecting […]
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 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 […]