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Nagoya community effort to recycle food waste wins U.N.-related award
A decade-old community effort in Nagoya to recycle food waste from supermarkets and school lunches to make compost for vegetable farming has been awarded the Biodiversity Action Award by the Japan Committee for United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (UNDB). One morning earlier this month, a ...
Japan sees rise in use of riverside areas to attract tourists following deregulation
The use of riverside areas to attract tourists is on the rise nationwide, following deregulation in recent years allowing the private sector to use the public land to open restaurants or hold events. "I used to think of public authorities as an enemy," said Tadashi ...
Japan's ancient castle walls drawing tourists but not enough masons to keep them up
Castle walls have recently become popular with tourists, especially rekijo (female history buffs) who like to view them even when the castle itself is no longer there. Since the Meiji Era, however, the number of masons who repair and preserve the stone walls has been ...
Pop-up ninja booth gives tourists a virtual reality experience at Nagoya's Chubu airport
Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture has set up a booth inside its international arrivals lobby that will allow tourists to experience being a ninja through virtual reality. The booth, which opened Thursday and will be in operation until Dec. 14, is aimed at ...
A 19-year-old Nagoya university student who had already been arrested for alleged production of explosives and a 3D printed gun was served a fresh arrest warrant Thursday over stimulant drug possession, police said. The male student, whose name is being withheld because he is a ...
Uber joins hands with Fuji Taxi, sealing first Japan deal under new, pro-regulator approach
The deal lets customers hail cabs using the ride-sharing firm’s app in Nagoya, the nation’s third-most populous city, strengthening its position in one of the world’s largest taxi markets.
Aichi man recalls abuse his family faced when branded spies before World War II
It was when Hisao Mesaki, now 85, returned to Japan from Saipan in early 1941 with his parents and siblings that an offhand remark to his new classmates aroused suspicion he was from a family of spies. They had been living in Saipan since the ...
Tweet requests public understanding for ambulance crews' need to hydrate
Amid a sharp rise in ambulance dispatches caused by this summer's deadly heat waves, a Twitter post by the Nagoya Municipal Fire Department is attracting attention for asking the public to show patience with the ambulance crews' convenience store breaks. On July 26, the department's ...
A crack found in the undercarriage of a shinkansen train on Dec. 11 last year may have started widening the previous day, the Japan Transport Safety Board said Thursday. The board is investigating the causes of the crack, which left the shinkansen undercarriage on the ...
Alleged arsonist arrested after escaping from central Japan hospital
Police on Wednesday arrested an alleged arsonist who fled from a hospital in Nagoya, where he had been held for a psychiatric evaluation since March, police said. Yasuhiro Ogura, 57, was caught at a home appliance store in the city after the police launched an ...
Mayor's plan to re-create Nagoya Castle without elevators draws ire of barrier-free advocates
A plan to restore iconic Nagoya Castle to attract more tourists is facing criticism as the mayor aims to re-create the original 17th century structure with no elevators for people with disabilities. Citing problems with quake resistance, the Nagoya Municipal Government will demolish the concrete ...
Japan court orders damages be paid for wrongful spousal abuse claim
A court ordered an estranged wife and the Aichi Prefectural Government to pay a combined ¥550,000 in damages to the woman's husband for incorrectly declaring him a perpetrator of domestic violence. The man's wife, in her 40s and a resident of Aichi Prefecture, sought help ...
