Opened in 2011, the SCMAGLEV and Railway Park is the railway museum of Central Japan Railways (JR Central). The museum seeks to educate visitors on the advances in high speed rail in Japan and displays a number of actual trains including historic steam locomotives, world record setting experimental shinkansen (bullet train) and the latest magnetic […]
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 40-year-old man who is suspected of sending a variety of garbage through the mail to former classmates in a revenge plot for bullying, reports TV Asahi (Nov. 30). On 70 occasions between August of last year and last month, Shigeta Miura, a resident of Musashino City, allegedly mailed rotten […]
Come and join this nice event! Four Brothers Cup 2016 Opening day: December 11, 2016 Hour: 9a.m. to 9 p.m. Contact Randy: 090- 9922- 4213 For more details, check out the flyer below:
A mountain climber was killed after being hit by an avalanche in Japan’s Toyama Prefecture on Tuesday. Police say the avalanche occurred at around 8:30 AM in the Tateyama mountain range at an altitude of 2,500 meters. It hit 3 climbers out of a party of 6, all of whom were male members of a […]
Jukebox paradise International Musical Event. Check out the details below: Contact: Steve Pottinger 090- 6580- 8632
A highly contagious avian flu outbreak has been confirmed at poultry farms in Niigata and Aomori prefectures, forcing local governments to cull more than 300,000 chickens and ducks on Tuesday. The cases are the first of a highly pathogenic H5 strain of the virus in domestic poultry since January 2015 when it was detected in […]
Police in the Philippines have detonated a suspicious package that turned out to be a home-made bomb left near the US Embassy in Manila. A street cleaner found the device in a roadside trash bin about 300 meters south of the embassy compound. Police discovered batteries, what appeared to be a triggering device, and mobile […]
Kariya Catholic Church will held the Christmas Lucky Draw on December 18, 2016. Check out the details below: Contact: Patrick Ikeuchi 090- 9128- 2624
Anti-drug authorities have arrested 22 residents of Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, for suspected marijuana possession. Those arrested are residents of Omachi City and neighboring Ikeda Town and are aged from 27 to 64. Health ministry officials in charge of narcotics control say they searched homes and warehouses with local police on Wednesday. They seized 8 […]
Japanese clothing chain Uniqlo is a popular brand in the Philippines, particularly in the capital. This year, the Uniqlo shops in the city are selling a wider range of winter items — down jackets, woolly scarves and other items occupy the best locations in the shops — just beside the entrance, for example. Why is […]
