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CHUBU CONNECTION

Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Feb 12, 2011
English school teams up with famed U.K. soccer academy
An English-language school in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture, has tied up with the prestigious soccer school in the U.K. that produced David Beckham, aiming to help young Japanese get a grasp of the language so they can play abroad professionally.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Feb 5, 2011
Nagoya condos rising high
Condo towers 20 stories or higher are going up or will in central Nagoya this year as dwindling land prices driven by the 2008 financial collapse revitalize the depressed market.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jan 29, 2011
Nagoya 'Tokyo Girls Collection' set to target cash-flush women
Young Japanese males may no longer be interested in buying new cars, brand-name clothes or other expensive items, but their female counterparts appear less reluctant to part with their money, and retailers are tuned in.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jan 22, 2011
Frenchwoman follows pearl of destiny to Japan
A Frenchwoman who was fascinated by the shine of Japanese pearl works has come here all alone to master the skill from an artisan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jan 16, 2011
Tired businesspeople pepped up with quick-fix intravenous drips
A Nagoya salon providing intravenous drips containing various vitamins and other health supplements is attracting many businesspeople as a quick way to get rid of work-induced fatigue.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jan 8, 2011
Tokai firms test mettle of migrants from Brazil
On the shop floor of a factory filled with the telltale scent of welded metal, Japanese-Brazilians are working hard to produce filtering tanks for lubricating oil.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Dec 25, 2010
Nagoya's 'recycled veggies'
It has been three years since a project to grow vegetables using compost made of untreated garbage from local supermarkets, school lunches and restaurants was started in Nagoya.
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Dec 18, 2010
University to fund those seeking study abroad
Nagoya University of Foreign Studies in the city of Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture, plans to start a new program from next fall that subsidizes all the costs necessary for its students to study abroad.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Dec 11, 2010
UNESCO villages in battle with modernity
Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture and Gokayama in Toyama Prefecture, the historic villages dotted with "gassho-zukuri" thatched-roof houses where people still follow traditional lifestyles, are marking their 15th anniversary this month since making UNESCO's World Heritage list in 1995.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Dec 4, 2010
Mie housing serves notice on pet-owning tenants
Tenants who keep pets at public housing in Mie Prefecture are facing a tough choice — whether to give up their beloved pets or vacate the property.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 27, 2010
Nagoya business chief angling for cruise lines
Less than a month since his appointment Nov. 2 as president of the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Jiro Takahashi will be traveling to the United States, Mexico and the Bahamas to lead a delegation promoting the port of Nagoya.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 20, 2010
Edo Period farmhouse gets new life in Paris
A traditional farmhouse built 150 years ago in what is now Kisomachi, Nagano Prefecture, has been open to the public since Nov. 15 after being relocated to an amusement park in Paris a dozen years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 13, 2010
Aichi barber finally cuts his way to the top
Toshihiko Katagiri, 31, a hairdresser at Basic Hair Katagiri in Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, won the "classical cut and fashion" category at the national hairdressing championship in October, earning a Prime Minister's Award.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 6, 2010
Town growing, serving up cactus
The city of Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan's largest producer of cactus grown from seed, is promoting a full-fledged campaign to get people to eat prickly pear.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 30, 2010
Flour millers cooking up 'kishimen' revival
A flour miller association in the Chubu region is promoting a plan to market overseas "kishimen," a flat noodle that is a specialty of Nagoya.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 23, 2010
Nagoya garden hoping for visitors from COP10
Shirotori Garden in Atsuta Ward, Nagoya, is providing guided tours in Japanese, English and Chinese, as well as tea ceremonies with translation services during the ongoing COP10 biodiversity conference being held in the city through Oct. 29.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 16, 2010
Nagoya's fish market buttoning up for COP10
The Nagoya Central Wholesale Market in Atsuta Ward is closing its doors to tourists while the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, better known as COP10, is held at the neighboring Nagoya Congress Center through Oct. 29.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 9, 2010
Nagoya TV Tower to survive on tourism
Iconic structures in Nagoya and Tokyo are going to terminate their roles as TV and radio towers when analog broadcasting comes to an end next July.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 2, 2010
Aichi's Centrair Airport looking to cash in on budget airline boom
Budget airlines are finally coming to Japanese skies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 25, 2010
Public taking hands-on interest in archaeology
When it comes to promoting archaeological excavations, it isn't just the resulting artifacts that are being featured — institutions are increasingly highlighting the sites and the research process itself.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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