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TRANSPORT 4

Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 19, 2016
Manner mode: Defusing tension on the train
Commuting to and from work during peak hours in Tokyo can be an utterly soul-destroying experience.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 12, 2016
Nagoya's big names, trains and automobiles
Mount Fuji whizzes by as I drive the Tokaido N700 series shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagoya. "Don't let the speed go above 270 kilometers per hour," warns Kaori Takagi. I heed the warning, though Takagi is not a shinkansen driver instructor. We are, in fact, in the simulator at the SCMAGLEV and Railway Park in Nagoya, where she is museum curator.
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2015
Japanese transport minister visits rail projects in Thailand
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Keiichi Ishii visited Japanese rail projects in Thailand while en route from Laos to Japan on Tuesday, a Thai official said.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 9, 2015
Technology key to clinching overseas projects, new infrastructure minister says
Japan should keep promoting its high technological standards when pushing for infrastructure projects overseas, despite a recent loss to China on bidding for Indonesia's first high-speed railway, the new land, infrastructure, transport and tourism minister said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 5, 2015
Komeito requests party policy chief Ishii for transport post in new Cabinet
Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi asks Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to replace Komeito lawmaker Akihiro Ota with the party's policy chief, Keiichi Ishii, as transport minister in Wednesday's Cabinet reshuffle.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2015
Container lid bolts for low-level nuclear waste might be failing
The bolts used to secure lids on metal containers that transport low-level radioactive waste by sea might be failing, Nuclear Fuel Transport Co. reveals.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 12, 2015
China military aircraft to see tech 'breakthroughs' this year: Xinhua
Several types of large Chinese military aircraft will have "breakthroughs" this year after years of development, state media reported, as China pushes its territorial claims in the region.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 2, 2015
Tokyo firm ties up with Philippine city for electric tricycle project
A Tokyo-based company signed a deal Monday with a suburb of Manila for the use of electric tricycles as public transport.
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2014
Amazon surge in Japan lifts Yamato's express deliveries
As more Japanese use mobile phones to shop online, Asia's biggest parcel shipper is ready.
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2014
Transport minister Ota lobbies for Malaysia-Singapore high-speed rail project
Visiting transport minister Akihiro Ota on Wednesday lobbied for Japan's participation in a high-speed rail project linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in a meeting with his Malaysian counterpart.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2013
Shinkansen tested on Hokuriku line for '15 opening
A test run was carried out Monday in the newly built Hokuriku Shinkansen Line — an extension of the Nagano Shinkansen Line — that will begin operations in spring 2015, linking the cities of Nagano and Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2013
ITS tech on display in Tokyo
The newest technologies showcasing the potential of intelligent transport systems (ITS) will be on view to the public starting Thursday as part of an ongoing conference in Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 30, 2013
Tokyo: What are the best and worst things about living in Tokyo?
I love how Tokyo is a big, chaotic mess, unlike my hometown, and I also enjoy getting lost when I am out and about, but the best thing is that I can eat and drink 24/7.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 31, 2013
As rural rail lines close bus travel gets a makeover
If you live in the Tokyo metropolitan area, you have access to the greatest network in the universe, but if you don't you may find your local transportation options dwindling.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 11, 2012
Tokyo: What action do you want to see from Shintaro Ishihara's successor as Tokyo governor?
Daniel Dumas
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.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'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.
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.

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