Domestic flights and bullet trains from Tokyo are crowded on Thursday as travelers head to their hometowns and resorts for the New Year holiday period. Flights from Tokyo to Osaka and elsewhere are almost fully booked throughout the day. Passengers formed long lines at check-in counters at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Train operators say reserved seats […]
Japanese low-cost carrier Vanilla Air has launched regular flights connecting Narita International Airport and Mactan-Cebu International Airport in the Philippines. The unit of ANA holdings Inc. became the first Japanese carrier to offer regular services–one daily round trip–between Narita in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, and the resort island of Cebu. As a number of Japanese […]
A powerful typhoon is crossing the northern Philippine island of Luzon, after making landfall on Sunday night. Typhoon Nock-ten was moving west at 25 kilometers per hour about 100 kilometers south of the capital, Manila, as of 8 AM on Monday. The typhoon has an atmospheric pressure of 950 hectopascals at its center. Maximum gusts […]
Pop singer George Michael, an acclaimed singer and songwriter who became one of the most successful and influential artists of his time with his band, Wham! and later as a solo artist, has died. He was 53. No cause of death was provided offically, though his manager has stated he died of heart failure. Born […]
Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada said Wednesday his company is looking to hire about 20,000 Filipinos in the next two years for his $2.4 billion integrated resort and casino in Entertainment City. Okada Manila is expected to create an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 jobs in the first phase of development, which opened for preview on Wednesday. […]
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will travel to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s hometown of Davao when he visits the country next month, making it a “very significant and unique” trip, Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay said Thursday. In an interview, Yasay said Abe’s planned three-day visit, which reciprocates one made by Duterte to Japan in October, is […]
Japan’s transport ministry has decided to lower the initial fare for taxis operating in central Tokyo. It’s currently about 6 dollars for up to 2 kilometers. The new fare will be about three-and-a-half dollars for up to 1 kilometer. It will take effect on January 30th, 2017. Taxi companies hope the new system will appeal […]
Super Nintendo World is coming to Universal Studios Japan, featuring universally recognised and well-loved characters and worlds from the Nintendo game franchise. The exciting new area is set to open in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Universal Studios Japan will be the first location to open, followed by Orlando and Hollywood, as announced by […]
The Japanese government plans to grant highly skilled foreign people permanent residency after they live in Japan for one year, at the earliest, informed sources said Saturday. Currently, such foreigners as researchers and corporate managers can become permanent residents if they stay in the country for at least five years. The government is now working […]
The dead body of a newborn baby girl was found on a shrine’s grounds in Gifu city, police said Friday. According to the police, at around 1 p.m. on Thursday, a woman who was walking in Kumano Shrine notified police that there was a suspicious white backpack at the base of a tree on the […]
