The operators of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport were forced to close a runway for more than 9 hours on Monday after a Hawaiian Airlines plane made an emergency landing.Transport officials say flight 458 took off from Haneda in the early morning, bound for Honolulu. But it returned less than an hour later to make an emergency […]
Deer have been summoned from the woods in a ceremony at a park in Japan’s ancient capital of Nara.The deer calls started more than 100 years ago as a tourist attraction. About 80 deer appeared from the forest on Sunday after hearing a ceremonial horn.They were treated to acorns by the members of a local […]
The UN cultural agency has decided to add the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo to its list of World Heritage sites. The building was designed by the French architect Le Corbusier.UNESCO’s World Heritage committee announced the decision in Istanbul on Sunday. The meeting had been suspended because of the attempted coup in Turkey. […]
Every summer, a pair of rice paddies in Aomori Prefecture’s town of Inakadate transform into giant works of art. By planting various strains of rice which sprout as differently colored plants, the fields become canvasses for gigantic organic illustrations, with characters from Japanese folklore and Hollywood movies making appearances in recent years. For 2016, the […]
A Yamaguchi-gumi member and a rival gangster were arrested for assaulting one another at the Tori no Ichi festival. Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a pair of gang members for a fight that broke out a festival in Taito Ward last year, reports TV Asahi (July 15). In November, Kiyoshi Nakahara, a 55-year-old member of an affiliate […]
A woman in her 80s has gone missing after torrential rain hit southern Kyushu in southwestern Japan on Thursday, with the Japan Meteorological Agency warning of landslides, floods and swollen rivers. Police and firefighters are searching for the woman after a resident in the town of Misato in Kumamoto Prefecture reported her missing. “I saw […]
Three months have passed since the first in a series of powerful earthquakes hit Kumamoto Prefecture and surrounding regions in southwestern Japan. Many people who evacuated have not yet been able to return home.A quake measuring the maximum intensity of 7 on the Japanese scale hit the region on April 14th. The series of jolts […]
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 […]
