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Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2015
Ueno Tokyo Line opens for service, helping commuters to the north
The Ueno Tokyo Line train has opened for service, linking the Joban, Tohoku and Takasaki lines with the Tokaido Line to facilitate transport between the capital and prefectures to the north, including Fukushima, Tochigi and Gunma.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2015
International Space Station crew don Jedi garb ahead of voyages
Six astronauts, including Japan's Kimiya Yui, are dressed as warriors from the "Star Wars" film series in a poster NASA released Thursday ahead of their travel to the International Space Station later this year.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2015
Tokyo Station to get a sister station in Taiwan
Tokyo Station will become this week a sister station of Hsinchu Station in northwestern Taiwan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 3, 2015
A night at Camp to write home about
Curry rice isn't meant to be healthy any more than it's supposed to be spicy. It's a carb-laden comfort food, a cheap and filling staple of students and singletons. Obviously the folks at Camp never got the memo.
WORLD
Jan 19, 2015
Suicide car bombing at Nigeria bus station kills four, wounds 35
A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a busy bus station in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum on Sunday, killing four people and wounding 35, police said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 24, 2014
Nigerian bombings kill almost 40 in two northeastern cities
At least 37 people were killed in bombings at a bus station and market in Nigeria's northeastern cities of Gombe and Bauchi, according to the police and Red Cross.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2014
All applicants will get Suica cards marking 100th year of Tokyo Station, JR East says
East Japan Railway Co. said Monday it will print more Suica train fare cards commemorating the 100th anniversary of the opening of Tokyo Station following an overwhelming response to initial sales over the weekend.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Dec 13, 2014
Tokyo Station at 100: all change
“Tokyo Station is not just a station, it is a symbol of Japan. It has always been a part of progress in rail technology but it's much more important than that. It is a landmark that represents Japan.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Dec 13, 2014
Photographer strives to preserve the memory of capital's hub for eternity
There is only one person in the country who has "Tokyo Station photographer" printed on a business card — Naoki Sasaki.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Nov 29, 2014
Clean as a whistle
Tokyo Metro cleaning staff worker: Now that's pretty! (talking to himself after polishing a railing on the steps leading from Hanzomon Station)
WORLD
Nov 28, 2014
Northeast Nigeria bus station blast kills 40: witness
A roadside bomb tore through a bus station near a busy junction in northeast Nigeria on Thursday, killing 40 people, including five soldiers, witnesses and a security source on the scene said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Nov 2, 2014
Tokyo Station's iconic brick building, witness to war, stands test of time
Approaching its 100th anniversary in December, the red brick building of JR Tokyo Station in the Marunouchi business district is a symbol of the capital that continues to defy the high-rises around it with its classical architecture and stately appearance.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2014
Commercial rockets go boom like NASA's
There's no risk-free way to launch 5,000 pounds of food, science experiments and equipment to the International Space Station. As Orbital Sciences found out last week, some ways are far more dangerous than others.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 30, 2014
U.S. rocket explosion probed; space station resupplied
Authorities on Wednesday started investigating what made an unmanned U.S. supply rocket explode in a fireball moments after lifting off from a launchpad in Virginia, destroying supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 11, 2014
'Discover, Discover Japan'
In October 1970, Japanese National Railways launched its Discover Japan advertising campaign in the hopes of keeping and cultivating the increased number of railway users that it had gained during the Japan World Exposition, which had finished a month earlier.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2014
Japan Asia Group to build 20 megawatt solar station in Miyagi
Japan Asia Group Ltd. will build a 20-megawatt solar-power station at a former high school in Miyagi Prefecture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2014
Japan gets its first commercial hydrogen station for vehicles
A ceremony was held Monday for completion of the first hydrogen filling station in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 30, 2014
New station to boost Shinagawa's international role
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced in early June it will open a new station on the Yamanote loop in Tokyo in time for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 30, 2014
Why are 6,000 reporters keeping a U.S. nonsecret?
Why would thousands of journalists representing hundreds of press and broadcast media outlets agree to keep a CIA secret that wasn't much of a secret in the first place and that ceased being secret the second they learned about it?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2014
Thieves swipe AKB48 shells from tsunami-hit railway
The Sanriku Railway Co. says thieves have stolen scallop shells bearing messages written by entertainers from all-girl pop and dance troupe AKB48.
'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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
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.
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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