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 […]
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 National Police Agency is set to renew Japan’s stop and slow down signs by adding English words to the current designs, ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, according to sources. As the number of visitors from abroad is expected to increase, the new signs are aimed at preventing traffic accidents involving foreign […]
Tokyo police are investigating whether there is an extensive drug-smuggling network behind last month’s arrest of a Taiwanese man. They arrested 37-year-old Chung Chia-hsien on charges of smuggling 152 kilograms of illegal stimulants, valued at a street price of more than 90 million dollars, from China to Japan in October. The police and Tokyo Customs […]
The Japanese government decided Monday to allow skilled foreign workers to work in the agricultural sector in certain special economic zones, aiming to alleviate a labor shortage in the sector exacerbated by the graying of Japan’s population. “We have decided to add the employment of foreign workers in the agricultural sector…to the menu for strategic […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday joked about dying on a plane crash, which would pave the way for Vice President Leni Robredo to assume his post. During a speech in Bukidnon, an aide handed him a note, in an apparent attempt to ask him to wind down. The President read the message to the crowd: […]
Tokyo metropolitan police have begun installing new multilingual signs at pedestrian crossings to help internationals in the city. The new signs are meant to make it easier for foreign visitors use button-activated street crossing signals. The effort comes amid a growing number of tourists and as the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games approach. Workers […]
Domino’s has dropped plans to use reindeer to deliver pizza in snowy Hokkaido this holiday season because the franchise found it difficult to control the animals. Instead, it said it will introduce “reindeer-ornamented bikes” at some outlets. Since the pizza delivery chain announced the deer-delivery plan last month, it has trained reindeer at Domino Pizza […]
