After making international headlines for its strict entry policy, The Amrita has made a number of surprising changes to their nude dining experience. The announcement of Japan’s new naked restaurant last month made news around the world for its entry policy, which clearly states that overweight customers and those over the age of 60 will […]
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor has introduced driver-assist features that enable its new minivan model to handle congested highway traffic on its own.Nissan showed the minivan equipped with limited autonomous driving technology to media on Wednesday. The firm said the model has an advanced camera that can recognize other vehicles and white lines between lanes.The car […]
A 19-year-old university student has become the youngest Japanese to scale the highest peaks on each of the 7 continents.Supporters of Marin Minamiya say the Waseda University sophomore reached the summit of Denali, the tallest mountain in North America, on July 4th. Denali was known as Mount McKinley until last year. Minamiya’s supporters say she […]
Join this sports event that will be held in Kani-shi, Gifu Prefecture. Japan Invitational Basketbal League Date: July 31, 2016 Time: 11 a.m to 8 p.m Venue: Hiromi Gym (Gifu-ken, Kani-shi) Tel: 0574-62-2101
Police have arrested 3 men suspected of involvement in the illicit resale of more than 30,000 beef cutlets bound for the dump.Two of the suspects are Kazuyuki Onishi, the head of Daiko, an industrial waste disposal firm in Aichi Prefecture, and Masao Okada, the former manager of Minori Foods in Gifu Prefecture. In January, frozen […]
A bunch of high-end grapes has fetched a record price of 11,000 dollars in the first auction of the year in Japan.The auction of the “Ruby Roman” variety was held on Thursday in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast. A supermarket operator placed the highest bid. There are more than 30 […]
A major Japanese IT firm says it will launch a driverless bus service at a park near Tokyo next month.DeNA got help on the project from a French venture company that develops self-driving technology.DeNA says it will offer the service in a park next to a shopping mall in Chiba City. The bus can carry […]
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Mizuho Bank are planning to start allowing immediate money transfer services 24 hours a day. Sumitomo Mitsui said Monday it will start offering money transfer services between its accounts 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, starting next February at the earliest. At present, money […]
Super Typhoon Nepartak will target Taiwan and Japan’s southern Ryukyu Islands with flooding rain and damaging winds later this week. Threats to Eastern China will then follow. Nepartak rapidly intensified into a super typhoon early Wednesday local time with sustained winds reaching 278 km/h (173 mph). Lives and property will be severely threatened as Nepartak […]
Suspect told police he stabbed woman before dumping her body in a river. Ibaraki Prefectural Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy who has admitted to stabbing a woman to death before dumping her body in Ryugasaki City, reports Nippon News Network (July 6). Police arrested the boy, a second-year high school student from Tsukuba City, for dumping […]
