Guns N’ Roses has announced concerts in Japan and Australia, extending a long-awaited reunion tour into 2017. The hard rock legends said they would play three shows in Japan in January—one in Osaka and two at Saitama Arena near Tokyo—followed by five Australian dates. Guns N’ Roses, whose 1987 “Appetite for Destruction” remains the top-selling […]
Japanese department store operator Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings will work with compatriot Nomura Real Estate Holdings to develop commercial-residential facilities in the Philippines. The property will be built in a suburb of the capital, Manila, and is slated for partial opening as early as 2022. Project costs are seen totaling around 50 billion yen ($497 million). […]
Guinness World Records has confirmed that smartphone game app “Pokémon Go” set five world records since its global debut last month, including the number of downloads. The worldwide number of downloads of the game reached some 130 million during the four weeks from July 6, when the game made its global debut in the United […]
The Japanese government plans to increase the number of staff at nationwide emergency alert systems in response to North Korea’s recent launches of ballistic missiles.The J-ALERT and Em-Net systems are used to inform people of a missile launch and give an estimate of where it will fall. In February, North Korea launched a rocket in […]
A safari park employee in Gunma Prefecture died Tuesday after being attacked by a bear which had somehow climbed into her car, local officials and police said. An Asian black bear was seen climbing into a small vehicle at the Gunma Safari Park in Tomioka, and attacking park employee Kiyomi Saito inside the car, a […]
NASA’s Terra satellite flew over Tropical Storm Chanthu as it continued moving past the big island of Japan and staying to the east of the country. On August 15 at 11:00 a.m. EDT (15:00 UTC) the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) indicated that Chanthu was located about 424 nautical miles south-southeast of Yokosuka, Japan, near […]
The Japanese government is looking into the possibility of relaxing its restrictive hiring rules for Filipino health care workers who would attend to its greying population. Masato Ohtaka, deputy press secretary of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, confirmed that since his government opened the hiring of Filipino nurses and caregivers, the required number of health care workers […]
The western Japanese city of Nagasaki commemorates the 71st anniversary of the atomic bombing on Tuesday.The city was hit August 9th, 1945 by an American bomber, 3 days after a similar attack on Hiroshima.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and representatives from 53 countries and territories are scheduled to attend a memorial ceremony that starts at 10:35AM.Participants […]
Emperor Akihito is likely to express his thoughts on his role in a video message Monday amid growing speculation that he is considering abdicating, sources said Thursday. The Imperial Household Agency is arranging for the 82-year-old emperor’s message to be made public Monday afternoon, the agency sources said, adding he is expected to read out […]
The transport ministry has launched a trial in Tokyo offering a lower starting taxi fare to confirm demand for short-distance rides.Forty taxis are taking part in the test through September 15th.The cabs are offering a lower starting fare of just 410 yen, or about four dollars, which covers a little more than one kilometer. An […]
