JR East to maintain ticket offices to deal with congestion during peak travel periods

JR East to maintain ticket offices to deal with congestion during peak travel periods

S/ Kise Yoichi, President, East Japan Railway / We take seriously the situation in which we have caused inconvenience fo...

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Stadium plans for former Tsukiji fish market

Stadium plans for former Tsukiji fish market

Developers announced large-scale redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market on May 1.11 companie...

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Chinese travelers head to Japan for Labor Day holidays

Chinese travelers head to Japan for Labor Day holidays

S/ Morimoto Takahiro, Nippon TV Reporter / At an airport in Beijing, many people are lined up at departure counters for ...

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Godzilla rips through Tokyo Metropolitan building

Godzilla rips through Tokyo Metropolitan building

A projection mapping of a 100-meter-tall Godzilla ripped through the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on April 27.The spect...

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Japanese YEN hits record low at 160-yen against US dollar before reversing course

Japanese YEN hits record low at 160-yen against US dollar before reversing course

The Japanese yen temporarily broke through the 160-yen milestone against the US dollar on April 29, before reversing cou...

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Japans active job openings-to-applicants ratio increases for first time in over a year

Japans active job openings-to-applicants ratio increases for first time in over a year

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said that Japan’s active job openings-to-applicants ratio for March was 1.28 t...

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Symbol of Tokyo's" Shibuya Scramble Crossing" Renewed

Symbol of Tokyo's" Shibuya Scramble Crossing" Renewed

Shibuya Tsutaya, a symbol of Tokyo’s Shibuya scramble crossing, was reopened renewed on April 25 after going through ren...

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Toyota's Global Sales exceed 10 million units for first time in fiscal 2023

Toyota's Global Sales exceed 10 million units for first time in fiscal 2023

Toyota Motor posted record-breaking sales of over 10 million units globally during fiscal 2023 through the end of March ...

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BOJ decides to keep interest rates intact, resulting in yen's further depreciation

BOJ decides to keep interest rates intact, resulting in yen's further depreciation

The Bank of Japan decided on April 26 to keep the current interest rates unchanged at its monetary policy meeting.Last m...

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Smoke coming off the wings of ANA flight at New Chitose Airport

Smoke coming off the wings of ANA flight at New Chitose Airport

Smoke was reported to be coming from the wings of an All Nippon Airways (ANA) plane at New Chitose Airport on the evenin...

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