Loading
Search
Osaka Ishin No Kai Sweep Osaka Elections
- Category:Event
THE JAPAN NEWS
Candidates backed by the regional party Osaka Ishin no Kai won the Osaka gubernatorial and Osaka city mayoral races on Sunday, according to preliminary results for the first leg of unified local elections compiled by The Yomiuri Shimbun.
Former Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura won ...
Candidates backed by the regional party Osaka Ishin no Kai won the Osaka gubernatorial and Osaka city mayoral races on Sunday, according to preliminary results for the first leg of unified local elections compiled by The Yomiuri Shimbun.
Former Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura won ...
- April 8, 2019
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan's Emperors: From Divine Commander To 'Comforter-In-Chief'
- Category:Event
JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - When Crown Prince Naruhito ascends the Chrysanthemum Throne, he will be taking on a role that has changed almost beyond recognition from its mythological origins.
Naruhito will be Japan's 126th emperor, in a line said to stretch back more than 2,600 years.
Recent decades hav...
TOKYO - When Crown Prince Naruhito ascends the Chrysanthemum Throne, he will be taking on a role that has changed almost beyond recognition from its mythological origins.
Naruhito will be Japan's 126th emperor, in a line said to stretch back more than 2,600 years.
Recent decades hav...
- April 6, 2019
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan (Very Carefully) Drops Plastic Explosives Onto An Asteroid
- Category:Event
NPR
Early Friday morning, Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft detonated an explosive device over a small asteroid. The goal was to create a fresh crater that will later be studied by the spacecraft.
Researchers watched from mission control in Sagamihara, Japan, and clapped politely as Hayabusa2 releas...
Early Friday morning, Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft detonated an explosive device over a small asteroid. The goal was to create a fresh crater that will later be studied by the spacecraft.
Researchers watched from mission control in Sagamihara, Japan, and clapped politely as Hayabusa2 releas...
- April 6, 2019
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Every Single Nintendo Super Famicom Offered For Sale In One Bundle By Japanese Collector
- Category:Event
SORA NEWS
Over 1,000 titles, including ultra-rare unreleased games and prize versions, could be yours with just one click (and a lot of cash).
The 16-bit era of video games represents a unique stage of the medium’s history. It’s arguably as far back as you can go without getting into the arbitr...
Over 1,000 titles, including ultra-rare unreleased games and prize versions, could be yours with just one click (and a lot of cash).
The 16-bit era of video games represents a unique stage of the medium’s history. It’s arguably as far back as you can go without getting into the arbitr...
- April 4, 2019
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
End Of An Era, Literally: Japan To Name New Imperial Epoch On April 1
- Category:Event
CNN
(CNN)It's the dawning of the age of ... something.
Japan will reveal the name of the country's next era on April 1, as the country prepares for the abdication of Emperor Akihito later this year.
The current Heisei Era began in 1989, when Akihito succeeded his father Emperor Hirohito, who r...
(CNN)It's the dawning of the age of ... something.
Japan will reveal the name of the country's next era on April 1, as the country prepares for the abdication of Emperor Akihito later this year.
The current Heisei Era began in 1989, when Akihito succeeded his father Emperor Hirohito, who r...
- March 29, 2019
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japanese Journalist Found Guilty Of Defamation In HPV Vaccine Case
- Category:Event
SCIENCE MAGAZINE
A Japanese court ruled yesterday that a medical journalist who has championed vaccination to reduce the risk of cervical cancer defamed a neurologist by writing that he had fabricated data showing a link between the vaccine and brain damage in mice.
The case had been closely wa...
A Japanese court ruled yesterday that a medical journalist who has championed vaccination to reduce the risk of cervical cancer defamed a neurologist by writing that he had fabricated data showing a link between the vaccine and brain damage in mice.
The case had been closely wa...
- March 28, 2019
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan Will Partially Lift Evacuation Order In Town Where Fukushima Nuclear Plant Located
- Category:Event
FOX NEWS
Just over eight years since the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan was crippled by a devastating earthquake and tsunami, officials revealed Tuesday they plan to partially lift an evacuation order for one of the two towns were the facility is located.
Part of the Okuma will reopen on Apri...
Just over eight years since the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan was crippled by a devastating earthquake and tsunami, officials revealed Tuesday they plan to partially lift an evacuation order for one of the two towns were the facility is located.
Part of the Okuma will reopen on Apri...
- March 27, 2019
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
There will be no AKB48 Senbatsu Election this year
- Category:Event
ARAMA JAPAN
In a surprising announcement AKB48’s head honcho Yasushi Akimoto has announced that there will be no Senbatsu Election this year. The announcement was made today on his official blog.
Akimoto never gave a specific reason for why it wouldn’t happen. He simply thanked fans for their c...
In a surprising announcement AKB48’s head honcho Yasushi Akimoto has announced that there will be no Senbatsu Election this year. The announcement was made today on his official blog.
Akimoto never gave a specific reason for why it wouldn’t happen. He simply thanked fans for their c...
- March 19, 2019
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Kyoto Temple To Show Sakura Painting On Sliding Doors
- Category:Event
THE JAPAN NEWS
Fusuma sliding doors featuring a painting of a cherry blossom tree by a Tokyo artist is on displayed at Kodaiji temple in Kyoto.
The work by Japanese-style painter Senrin Yamagishi spreads across four doors each measuring 1.8 meters high by 1.4 meters wide. It is on public view o...
Fusuma sliding doors featuring a painting of a cherry blossom tree by a Tokyo artist is on displayed at Kodaiji temple in Kyoto.
The work by Japanese-style painter Senrin Yamagishi spreads across four doors each measuring 1.8 meters high by 1.4 meters wide. It is on public view o...
- March 16, 2019
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
White Day “ Japan’s Reverse Valentine Day
- Category:Event
BBC
A special follow-up day to Valentine’s sees men gifting women. But what might a dip in its popularity tell us about modern Japan?
For many in the West, the red-and-pink heart-filled celebrations of Valentine’s Day are already a month old.
But in Japan, shops and consumers have been gearing...
A special follow-up day to Valentine’s sees men gifting women. But what might a dip in its popularity tell us about modern Japan?
For many in the West, the red-and-pink heart-filled celebrations of Valentine’s Day are already a month old.
But in Japan, shops and consumers have been gearing...
- March 15, 2019
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)