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DISNEYLAND

BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2015
New Disney park in China to bolster sales, Uniqlo chief says
Fast Retailing Co. Chairman Tadashi Yanai said Walt Disney Co.'s new park in Shanghai will help his Uniqlo casual clothing brand expand in China, shrugging off concerns over an economic slowdown in the Japanese retailer's largest overseas market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2015
Tokyo Disneyland operator to open fourth hotel in June in Chiba
The operator of the Disney theme parks in Japan said Wednesday it will open its fourth hotel near Tokyo next June, encouraged by the growing popularity of the existing three hotels.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2015
Moldy cupcakes trigger recall at Tokyo Disneyland
Oriental Land Co., operator of Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, announced a recall Thursday of cupcakes sold at the park after receiving claims they were moldy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 24, 2015
Pediatricians urge measles vaccinations amid Disneyland-linked outbreak, movement against shots
The leading U.S. pediatrician group on Friday urged parents, schools and communities to vaccinate children against measles in the face of an outbreak that began at Disneyland in California in December and has spread to more than 50 people.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Dec 12, 2014
Brightening your holiday mood
It's the most wonderful time of the year — well, that's what the song says, anyway. For many, December is a flurry of tinsel, wrapping paper and anxiety, while for others it as a time to reflect on the year ahead.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2014
Disney outlines ¥500 billion expansion of Tokyo theme parks
Oriental Land Co., owner of the Tokyo Disney Resort, announced plans for a ¥500 billion expansion of the Japanese resort.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2014
Oriental Land to sink ¥500 billion into Disney parks, other businesses
Oriental Land Co., operator of the Disney theme parks in Japan, said Monday that it will invest ¥500 billion over the next 10 years into its amusement and related operations.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Apr 12, 2013
Tokyo Disneyland turns 30!
Tokyo Disneyland (or "TDL" as it's known to the Japanese) turns 30 on April 15, but like George Clooney, or heck, even the famed Mouse himself, age hasn't withered it a bit.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2013
Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea combined to break visitor record in 2012
Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea drew a combined 27.50 million visitors in fiscal 2012, a record high, their operator said Monday, attributing the 8.5 percent year-on-year increase to a new ride, Toy Story Mania!, launched at DisneySea last July, and seasonal events at both parks in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 14, 2012
Theme parks make a comeback thanks to grandma and grandpa
Theme parks and amusement parks are suddenly benefiting from a demographic perfect storm.
BUSINESS
Apr 27, 2012
Tokyo Disneyland operator logs record-high profit in fiscal 2011
Tokyo Disneyland's operator said Thursday consolidated net profit soared 40.2 percent to a record-high ¥32.11 billion in fiscal 2011, thanks to a sharp recovery in visitor numbers after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
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.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
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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