Japan seen joining the open data revolution, albeit slowly
A series of events all over Japan promoting open data have already begun. The Open Knowledge Foundation Japan (OKFJ) is already gearing up for the International Open Data Day on February 23 by...
View ArticleCEO Ghosn says Nissan will return to Le Mans in 2014
Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has stated that the Japanese automaker will return to the Le Mans 23 Hours race in 2014 with a new car that continues on the development of the DeltaWing, and award-wining...
View ArticleWorld’s largest LNG storage tank built by Tokyo Gas in Yokohama
Japanese utility company Tokyo Gas has just drawn the curtain back on what is the world’s largest underground liquified natural gas (LNG) storage tank. Construction on the tank began roughly four years...
View ArticleNestlé celebrates 100 years in Japan, looking towards innovation
It has been a successful century for Nestlé in Japan, starting with a small Yokohama branch in 1913 to the brand giant that it is today. All of this success, the global brand is attributes to the...
View ArticleRamirez becomes first foreign player to get 2,000 hits in Japanese baseball
Alex Ramirez, the Yokohama BayStars slugger, did on Saturday what no other foreign player in Japanese baseball has done – reach the 2,000-hit milestone. And Ramirez, ever the showman, kissed two...
View ArticleYokohama city posts on Twitter in error that N Korean missile was launched
Whoever controls the official Twitter account for the city of Yokohama is going to be seriously reprimanded, if not fired, after a post was accidentally made on Wednesday afternoon that North Korea had...
View ArticleJapan aviation bureau sends missile alert in error after earthquake
You can credit Kim Jong-un for all the tension happening all around the region recently, enough that the Japanese aviation bureau mistakenly sends out a pre-written alert of a North Korean missile...
View Article10 arrested as police seize 240 kilos of drugs smuggled into Yokohama
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police revealed on Monday that roughly 240 kilograms (530 pounds) of illegal stimulant drugs had been seized after getting smuggled into a port in Yokohama, along with the arrest...
View ArticleJapan and Taiwan sign railway tourism project
Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) and Japan’s Enoshima Electric Railway Co. (Enoden) have signed a joint project that will offer reciprocal services to promote train tourism between the two...
View Article6th grader and friends served beer at Japanese pub
In January, a local pub in Yokohama City allegedly served beer and other alcoholic beverages to a group of underage girls – one of them a 6th grader – in violation of the Entertainment Business Act...
View ArticleKorean transvestites arrested in Yokohama, a first for Japanese police
On Sunday, Kanagawa prefectural police revealed information on three male Korean nationals whom they arrested and took into custody – transvestites who were “working” in Yokohama’s Naka Ward as...
View ArticleFoxconn’s Hon Hai sets up research and development center in Japan
Taiwanese multinational company Foxconn’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co is looking to recruit Japan’s top talent in technology by setting up a research and development center in Japan, focusing on...
View ArticlePM Shinzo Abe proclaims now is the time for African investment
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has finally laid out Japan’s program to seal business partnership with Africa while upholding the continent’s human rights and social welfare. It marks the beginning of...
View ArticleAll-girls schools in Yokohama signs petition for female-only train cars
A petition has been signed demanding East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) to designate train cars exclusive for women in order to protect female students from being groped. Four all-girls schools in...
View ArticleBBC, Sega to create ‘virtual nature’ theme park
BBC Worldwide, famous for its amazing nature documentary footage and films, is teaming up with Japanese gaming outfit Sega Corp. in putting together a multi-sensory nature theme park that will use...
View ArticleCourt says those with TV-equipped devices have to pay NHK’s broadcasting fee
A ruling by the Sagamihara Court in Yokohama says that any person who owns a TV-equipped device like a smartphone or car navigation equipment has to pay the standard NHK broadcast licensing fee. This...
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39,000-year old preserved woolly mammoth arrives in Japan for display
The preserved female mammoth carcass that has been found in the Lyakhovsky Islands in Siberia will go on display in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Yuka, as it was named by scientists, is said to have...
View ArticleOsaka looks to join major international cruise ship ports
Osaka is known for a number of things. There is the high-ranked Osaka University as well as the Osaka Castle, which has witnessed a lot of historical events in Japan, among others. But Osaka is not a...
View ArticleIshihara: Abductee Megumi Yokota was probably a mistress of North Korean...
Shintaro Ishihara, co-leader of the Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), is not known for being the silent type. On the contrary, most Japanese would know him because of his apparent lack of...
View ArticleYokohama Marinos beat English champions Manchester United in friendly match
Very few teams in the world can claim that they beat English champions Manchester United. On Tuesday evening, J-league club Yokohama Mariners became part of that very “exclusive” list when they beat...
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