The government kicked off a campaign Monday to give tourists access to SIM cards and Wi-Fi routers, aiming to offer a better quality communications environment. The Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) said that while the government has been working to spread free Wi-Fi availability for international travelers, it isn’t possible to provide blanket coverage nationwide. Yet […]
McDonald’s Corp. is considering selling part of its stake in its Japanese unit, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The U.S. fast food chain, which owns roughly 50 percent of McDonald’s Holdings Co. (Japan), is apparently seeking to weaken its control over the Japanese unit, with potential buyers including investment funds, the sources added. […]
The Japanese government plans to step up measures to support households that are struggling financially to raise children. The government will submit to the Diet early next year a set of bills addressing problems involving children in poverty. A government survey done every 3 years shows that one out of 6 children in Japan lived […]
A Japanese man in his 20s has died of caffeine poisoning after routinely drinking the caffeinated beverages known as energy drinks, the forensic medicine office of Fukuoka University found Monday. The office decided the cause of the death was heavy intake of caffeine. The man in the Kyushu region, southwestern Japan, drank such beverages frequently […]
Japanese jeans makers have been feeling the squeeze from cheaper imports. Now a project to twin denim with more traditional clothing may banish their blues. A long-established kimono store in Tokyo is selling a rather untraditional type of kimono. “I thought the material would feel stiff, but it’s very soft to the touch,” said one […]
A foreign man in his late 20s or early 30s died after he was beaten to death by a gang of foreigners in Nagoya on Sunday morning. According to police, the incident occurred at around to 1:30 a.m. in Nakagawa Ward. Fuji TV reported that the man was driving along when a car passed him […]
Japanese police say the international hacking group Anonymous has attacked at least 97 websites in Japan since September. The National Police Agency says cyber attacks by Anonymous have intensified since September. The group has made online sites of companies and other institutions inaccessible by inundating them with huge volumes of traffic. This tactic is called […]
A plan to open a day care center for children in the metropolitan Shioiri Park in Arakawa Ward, Tokyo, was approved in late November at a committee meeting of the special zone for the metropolitan area. The establishment of day care centers for children in parks has become possible as regulations have been eased by […]
The Japanese government is expected to forecast economic growth of 1.7 percent in real terms for fiscal 2016. Its upcoming economic outlook report foresees a continued moderate economic recovery. Government officials are now drawing up the report before drafting the national budget for the fiscal year that begins next April. They are set to keep […]
Putting Coffee in a Can Japan’s ubiquitous canned coffee first appeared in 1965. It was the creation of Miura Yoshitake, a coffee shop owner in Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, who took inspiration for the product from the many canneries operating in the area. The first company to mass produce kan kōhī, as it is known in […]
