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Japan Times
Events / Events In Tokyo
Oct 17, 2013
Get beefed up and join the 100-meter BBQ
This Saturday and Sunday the Narita Yume Bokujo Harvest Festival will feature its famous grill — totaling 100 meters in length — filled with sizzling meats. It's the ranch's 21st annual event, and you're invited to experience barbecue in an big way. All kinds of juicy meats will be available, including steak, thick-cut bacon, sausages, pork and chicken loins, as well as fresh vegetables — all at special prices. Various all-you-can-eat menus will be available as well.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2013
Narita to retire inter-terminal buses, use walkways
Narita International Airport on Friday announced it will put new moving walkways into service on Sept. 27 to help travelers more quickly reach the departure and arrival concourses in an annex to Terminal 2.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2013
Tokyo's Haneda and Narita airports may get more flights
The transport ministry says it will consider expanding slots at the two main airports in the Tokyo metropolitan area to cover the expected growth in flight demand following the successful bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 9, 2013
Tokyo: Have you ever had any trouble with immigration in Japan?
Tokyo residents share their stories about their dealings with Japan's Immigration Bureau on entry, exit and at visa-renewal time
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2013
Narita seeing more overnighters
Narita airport is seeing a rise in travelers staying overnight to catch early morning flights on budget airlines that began domestic services a year ago.
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2013
Takeoffs, landings at Narita airport hit all-time high in 2012
The number of takeoffs and landings at Japan's main international airport hit an all-time high of about 212,000 in fiscal 2012, up 13 percent from the previous year, Narita International Airport Corp. said Thursday.
'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.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
A peek inside the brains of ‘super-agers’
For a little more than a decade, scientists have been studying a subset of people they call "super-agers.” These individuals are age 80 and older, but they have the memory ability of a person 20 to 30 years younger.
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.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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