Hoping to generate an Olympic buzz at home and overseas, Tokyo's 2020 organizers kicked off the countdown to the games on Monday — exactly three years before the opening ceremony — by releasing the lyrics for a promotional theme song and summer dance. But the ...
Yuriko Koike's plan to relocate the capital's Tsukiji wholesale market to the new site in the Toyosu waterfront area — while also redeveloping the Tsukiji site in five years without selling it off as scheduled— seems to raise more questions than answer
New Toyosu site will serve as the main wholesale market and distribution center, but the timing of the move remains unclear.
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has decided to move the famous Tsukiji fish market to the Toyosu waterfront district in Koto Ward after additional safety measures are taken to ease pollution concerns, sources familiar with the matter said. Koike is expected to announce the decision early ...
With the metropolitan assembly election approaching, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike becomes the leader of political group Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First) and quits the Liberal Democratic Party.
A council of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported to Gov. Yuriko Koike on Tuesday that the metropolis should ban and penalize the act of encouraging children to send selfies online to protect them from falling prey to child pornography. The metropolitan government will begin the ...
With Komeito’s help, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike’s political group is running even with the Liberal Democratic Party ahead of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, a poll says.
Pikotaro pitches free LED upgrades Jiji — Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike — with a little help from comedian Pikotaro — is promoting energy savings by offering free upgrades to LED lights. Koike said the metropolitan government will allow citizens to exchange two or more incandescent lamps ...
Major political parties remain divided over how to tackle the stalled relocation of the Tsukiji wholesale market in Tokyo as they prepare for the upcoming metropolitan assembly election early this summer, a poll showed Wednesday. Gov. Yuriko Koike is seeking to secure a majority for ...
A project team examining the issue of Tsukiji fish market relocation issue has released a draft report that stops short of backing either the heavily criticized relocation plan or renovating the market's current dilapidated facility in Chuo Ward. "We won't discuss where the market should ...
The site of the planned Toyosu wholesale food market would sell for ¥437 billion if it were used for high-rise apartments and commercial and other facilities, according to experts from a Tokyo Metropolitan Government team. The estimate is part of a proposal to give up ...
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announces it will construct a language immersion facility in 2018 to improve the ability of children to communicate in English.
