One of the trumpets that was used to play the fanfare during the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and given to the Aichi Prefectural Police is being displayed in their headquarters in Naka Ward, Nagoya, ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. "This is ...
Evacuation orders were issued to about 74,000 residents of Aichi and Gifu prefectures on Friday after heavy rains caused rivers to flood. A seasonal rain front brought in wet air that triggered up to 120 mm an hour of torrential rain in the morning in ...
Four wooden rifles that had been used for bayonet practice during World War II as part of military training in schools have been discovered recently in Konan, Aichi Prefecture. One of the mock rifles bore the stamp of the old Tsushima Junior High School (present-day ...
A city assembly has refused to allow elementary school students to observe one of its plenary sessions, calling into question its self-declared label as "an assembly that is open to the public." Officials of Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, said Tuesday that about 10 public school students ...
Aichi, Gifu and Mie prefectures in the Tokai region are working hard to train the next generation of human resources in the aircraft industry, which is involved in the manufacture of Boeing planes and the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, the first jet airliner designed and ...
The first F-35A stealth fighter assembled in Japan was unveiled Monday at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries factory in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture. The Air Self-Defense Force plans to deploy the cutting-edge fighter this fiscal 2017 year, which ends next March 31, at the Misawa Air Base ...
Aichi Prefecture said Thursday it will build a theme park based on an anime by director Hayao Miyazaki with the aim of opening it in the early 2020s. In collaboration with Studio Ghibli Inc., based in the western Tokyo suburb of Koganei, the tentatively named ...
The first toilet seat with a built-in warm water shower-spray was released 50 years ago by Ina Seito in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, the predecessor of Lixil Group. Sales were sluggish at first but the electronic toilet has grown in popularity and is now synonymous with ...
The Japanese government in late April conducted its first tabletop exercise for ministries and other organizations based on the scenario of a North Korean missile falling on Japanese territory, government sources said Monday. The exercise, aimed at ensuring smooth coordination between government offices, took place ...
Striking a good work-life balance is a major challenge for many child-rearing families, and police officers — who are in demand in times of emergencies — are no exception. In the city of Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, the local police station and a nursery school have ...
When large-scale natural disasters strike, authorities often have their hands full with search and rescue operations and damage control. At the same time, securing places to store the bodies of the dead so they can be handed over to their families is an important task ...
Though it only has 13 employees, an auto parts manufacturer in central Japan boasts a 50 percent share of the market for auto racing seats in Asia, and is regarded as one of the five biggest global brands. "We are pursuing products that can make ...
