Japan snow crab fetches record $46,000 at auction
KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 12:32 | Lifestyle, All, JapanA snow crab caught in the western Japan prefecture of Tottori attracted the highest-ever bid for a crab at auction of 5 million …
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All 10 typhoon-flooded shinkansen bullet trains to be scrapped
KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 12:38 | All, JapanTOKYO - All 10 Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet trains that were inundated in central Japan last month by floods triggered by Typhoon Hagibis wil…
Fujifilm gives up on Xerox acquisition, to dissolve 57-year-old JV
As their tie-up will be ended, Fujifilm will also withdraw litigation it filed last year claiming damages of $1 billion for the unilateral cancellation of the merger deal by Xerox. [Fujifil…
Gov't survey shows most convenience store owners in Japan overworked
KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 22:45 | All, JapanA government survey on convenience store operations showed Tuesday that most store owners are overworked, with 85 percent of them saying they wo…
Japan highland win-win training ground for Filipino interns
"We cannot do farming without technical interns. Labi and other technical interns in the region were earning 821 yen ($7.70) per hour as of September, the minimum wage for Nagano Prefecture…
Fire near World Heritage site in central Japan causes scare
KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 04:00 | Lifestyle, JapanA fire gutted two thatched-roof huts near a World Heritage site in central Japan on Monday, causing a scare for locals and tourists l…
Japanese breweries to start exporting draft sake with special keg
KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 16:54 | Lifestyle, Japan, AllA group of Japanese breweries plan to start exporting unprocessed draft sake this month with the help of a special keg that is capable…
Toyota cars' wiper data to help improve rain forecasts
KYODO NEWS - 5 hours ago - 13:50 | All, JapanToyota Motor Corp. and weather information provider Weathernews Inc. have started tests to improve the accuracy of rain forecasts by using real…
Narita operator to soon apply to gov't for runway extension, addition
KYODO NEWS - Nov 2, 2019 - 14:26 | All, JapanThe operator of Narita airport plans to soon move forward with its plan to extend one runway and build a third by submitting an application to t…
Japanese university artificially incubates endangered eel species
KYODO NEWS - Nov 2, 2019 - 14:22 | All, JapanA Japanese university known for its technique to cultivate bluefin tuna has succeeded in incubating and growing for 50 days Japanese eels, an en…