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 […]
One of Tokyo’s largest shopping malls has introduced an android that can give tourists sightseeing information in 3 different languages. The android resembles a young woman. It went into operation on Thursday at the information desk near the West Gate of the Aqua City Odaiba shopping mall on Tokyo Bay. The robot can explain in […]
The government and ruling parties plan to exempt delivery and takeout foods from the upcoming consumption tax hike, senior coalition members said Tuesday. The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito have agreed to subject all food products except those served at restaurants to a lower tax rate when the government raises consumption tax to 10 percent […]
The number of foreigners visiting Japan has hit a record annual high of nearly 18-million in only the first 11 months of this year. Officials at the Japan National Tourism Organization say the figure for January to November exceeded 17.96 million. That’s up 47.5-percent from the same period last year, and 4.5-million more than the […]
