Japan to invite bids for offshore wind plants off Chiba and Akita
The facilities are planned for designated areas in Chiba and Akita prefectures and will serve as a test for the technological development and profitability of wind power generation.
The Osprey will begin flying outside the camp on Tuesday, according to current plans.
Tokyo Disney Resort operator to log first annual net loss since listing
Oriental Land Co., the operator of Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, said Thursday that it is bracing for its first full-year consolidated net loss since its listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1996. The company said it expects to report a net loss of ...
Peanuts grown in an area hit hard by powerful typhoons last year are being used to make distilled shōchū spirits in another prefecture affected by torrential rains in July this year. The product, connecting typhoon-hit Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, with deluge-affected Kumamoto Prefecture in ...
Tokyo Disneyland operator to cut winter bonus by 70% due to pandemic
The company also plans to offer early retirement and transfers to some workers whose duties have been reduced.
Starting Oct. 1, Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea will charge a fee for plastic shopping bags that are currently provided free of charge at theme park stores. Oriental Land Co., the operator of the Disney theme parks in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, announced the plan Monday. From ...
Telework forces a rethink of working and living in Tokyo
A drastic shift to telework is putting a brake on the capital's ever-growing population, which may ease overconcentration in the metropolitan area.
Seaweed replaced with tropical coral as global warming hits Japanese waters
Fishers in Chiba Prefecture now struggling to catch seasonal fish as seawater temperatures rise.
Beach bummed: Pandemic forces closure of swimming beaches across Japan
Hotspots around the country typically used to crowds from the capital and elsewhere will remain quiet this summer.
Japan government may ask Tokyo area to call for business shutdowns
On Monday, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 119 cases of infection, which brought the capital's cumulative total to 8,046.
