'Tokyo Ueno Station' shows the dark side of the postwar boom
In her new novel, "Tokyo Ueno Station," writer Yu Miri connects Japan's modern past with the homeless in Ueno Park, giving faces and voices to the dispossessed.
Public viewing of Ueno's renovated Hakubutsukan Dobutsuen Station to start Nov. 23
The now-defunct Hakubutsukan Dobutsuen Station (Museum Zoo Station) on the Keisei Line in Tokyo's Ueno district is set to open for public viewing on Nov. 23 now that renovation work on the train depot, which started earlier this year, has been completed. A ceremony to ...
A helicopter crashed in a village northwest of Tokyo on Wednesday afternoon, killing four employees of the helicopter service company who were on board, local authorities said. The helicopter crashed around 2:30 p.m. and burst into flames in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, the ...
1-day-old panda cub at Ueno Zoo crying loudly, held continuously by 'tired' mom
A giant panda cub at a Tokyo zoo appears to be in good health, crying loudly while being gently held by its mother, the zoo said Tuesday, one day after the cub was born. "(The cub) cries vigorously and we saw it suckling the mother ...
Tokyo zoo to remove panda showing signs of pregnancy from public display
A Tokyo zoo said Tuesday it will stop displaying a giant panda believed to have become pregnant. Ueno Zoological Gardens said it will remove Shin Shin, 11, from public viewing from Thursday, after she began showing signs of pregnancy last week. A urine test has ...
A female giant panda at Tokyo's Ueno zoo has shown signs of being pregnant, including reduced appetite and longer sleeping times, the zoo's operator said. If 11-year-old Shin Shin does give birth, the cub will be the first giant panda born at Ueno Zoological Gardens ...
Tuesday morning's powerful earthquake may have been centered off the Tohoku coast, but it also had an impact on Tokyo, where disruptions in train services left commuters and other travelers stranded. At JR Ueno Station, people wanting to travel to Tohoku formed long lines to ...
Volunteer guides kick off project to help tourists in Tokyo
There's help at last for those lost-looking foreigners wandering around Tokyo's most popular tourism destinations. Teams of volunteer guides on Friday kicked off a campaign to approach confused visitors in Shinjuku and Ueno to see if they can help them out. The 40 or so multilingual ...
Dengue virus infiltrates two more parks, hitting Ueno, Shinjuku Gyoen
A young woman is thought to have contracted dengue fever at Tokyo's Ueno Park, and the virus is also detected in a mosquito in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.
Top kitchenware, plastic sushi lure cooks, tourists alike to Kappabashi
If you want to open a restaurant, the Kappabashi district in Tokyo's Taito Ward is the place to go because it has everything you need, and more. Situated between the popular Ueno and Asakusa districts, Kappabashi boasts more than 180 shops selling tableware and kitchen ...
Two giant pandas will be removed from public view Thursday because they appear to have entered the mating season, Tokyo's Ueno Zoo said Wednesday. The zoo added that it will decide within about two weeks whether to start showing the 7-year-old mammals again. On Monday, panda ...
