Japan’s tourism ministry is set to call for more deregulation to boost the number of foreign tourists to the country. The ministry and its Japan Tourism Agency plan to propose bills aimed at ending the dominance of licensed bilingual tour guides and making it easier for hotels and inns to sell package tours, among other […]
Come and join this nice event! For the benefit of PSJNC Livelihood Project. The Search for Street Dancers of Aichi Date: October 23, 2016 (Sunday) Hour: at 2 p.m Bisai Shinkin Hall 493-0006 Ichinomya -shi Kisogawa cho-Uchi Warida 1-tori 27 banchi
This very strong typhoon is heading toward western Japan. Typhoon Malakas is moving northeast at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour. It was at about 160 kilometers west of the island of Yakushima in Kagoshima Prefecture at 5 PM Monday local time. Its central pressure is 945 hectopascals. It is packing winds of more […]
Wireless carriers in Japan are teaming up to offer foreign tourists easier access to free Wi-Fi. Currently, free Wi-Fi is available at a growing number of locations, including train stations, hotels, public facilities, and shops. The trend comes as foreign visitors have complained about hefty bills for Japanese mobile services. But they now have to […]
Come and enjoy the Philippine Festival in Chita City! A group of Filipino people with a common goal of promoting their unique culture. Date: October 12, 2016 (Saturday) From 10:30 a.m to 14:30 p.m Location: Kodomo Mirai Kan
In cooperation with the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, the Philippine Society in Japan-Nagoya presents the Nagoya Regional Qualifying Round 2016 UTAWIT HIMIG NG PINOY AT HAPON. Date: 25 September, 2016 (Sunday) From 1 p.m to 4 p.m Location: Nagoya YWCA 2-3 Shin Sakae -cho Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Come to join this nice event!!!
Virtual reality has arrived for real at the Tokyo Game Show, one of the world’s biggest exhibitions for the latest in fun and games. That’s evident everywhere. Players at the booths are donning chunky headgear covering their eyes and ears, immersed in their own worlds, shooting imaginary monsters or dancing with virtual partners, at Makuhari […]
Tattoos have long been linked to organised crime in Japan with intricate imagery typically inked across the entire bodies of Yakuza gang members. While tattoos are banned on beaches and in public baths in Japan, the country’s leading tattooer has seen the body art gradually lose the crime label so often attached to it. In […]
T-shirts given to participants of a national stand-up paddleboarding tournament here left at least 24 with burns and rashes, including one who was hospitalized, Fuji News Network reported on Sunday (September 11). At least 24 people who wore t-shirts given out by Stand Up Paddle Union Japan, which ran the tournament, started reporting symptoms like […]
Just after the recently-concluded Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, President Rodrigo Duterte and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have already set eyes on meeting again in the next few months. This meeting, according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr., aims to further strengthen the ties of the two countries. Yasay said Japan […]
