Foreign visitor spending in Tokyo down 13%
A survey shows during the fiscal year that ended in March foreign visitors spent about 13 percent less money in Tokyo than the previous year. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government conducted the surv…
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Mitsubishi Electric sued over employee's suicide
The parents of an employee of Mitsubishi Electric who committed suicide have filed a damages lawsuit against the company with the Tokyo District Court. The 25-year-old man committed su…
Black sea turtles born at Okinawa aquarium
An aquarium in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa says it has achieved a world first by successfully breeding black sea turtles in captivity. The aquarium at the Ocean Expo Park says 11…
First Pacific saury haul 2017
The season's first Pacific saury catches arrived at a port in northern Japan on Wednesday. This is the latest arrival date in 8 years. Saury catches at the Onagawa port on the Pacific coast…
Tokyo monorail services suspended
Monorail services linking Tokyo's Haneda Airport and the city's downtown area were temporarily suspended on Tuesday afternoon. The line's operator, Tokyo Monorail, says a 6-c…
End of the road for 'classic' bikes
Major Japanese motorcycle manufacturers have stopped making some of their "classic" models. Honda, Yamaha and Kawasaki say tougher emissions regulations have forced them to abandon bik…
Train catches fire in Tokyo
A train caught fire in central Tokyo on Sunday. No one was reported injured. Police and firefighters say the fire first started at a 3-story boxing gym standing along the tracks of Odawara …
Exhibition of nunoe cloth pictures
An exhibition of artworks made of kimono cloth opened in Mito city, north of Tokyo, on Tuesday. "Nunoe" is a Japanese handcraft similar to patchwork in which scraps of kimono and obi f…
Japan to ban cars with Takata airbags
Japan's transport ministry has decided to ban vehicles still fitted with Takata airbags from running on public roads. Since 2004, there have been about 200 cases worldwide of unusual ruptur…
Equipment to float building to offset tremors
Researchers have come up with a novel way to protect buildings from earthquake damage. A group consisting of a disaster-prevention research institute and private companies has developed a d…