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On Japan visit, Paralympic gold medalist Heinrich Popow shares life-changing 'medicine' of sports
Two-time Paralympic gold medalist Heinrich Popow instructed lower-limb amputees in the use of athletic prosthetics on Sunday, while advocating for the pure enjoyment of sports — what he called life's "best medicine." The German, along with Japanese Paralympian Atsushi Yamamoto, were coaching nine amputees at ...
'Strange' hotel, run by robots, opens near Tokyo; more to come
Major travel agency H.I.S. Co. on Wednesday celebrated the opening of its second robot-staffed Henn na Hotel. The new location is near the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture. The name is a play on a Japanese word meaning strange. It is the company's first ...
Eggs of woman in 20s frozen in Urayasu in Japan's first city-funded program
Under the first such program in Japan subsidized by a local government to address the nation's low birthrate, a hospital in Chiba Prefecture has frozen the eggs of a woman in her 20s to preserve them for future pregnancy, the hospital said. Juntendo University Urayasu ...
Chiba municipality to offer young women subsidies to freeze their eggs
Urayasu’s groundbreaking subsidy plan to improve the nation’s birthrate may offset roughly 80 percent of the cost of freezing healthy women’s eggs.
In a first for Japan, a Chiba Prefecture hospital authorizes the freezing the eggs of four women for future pregnancies.
City of Urayasu still recovering from 3/11 liquefaction damage
Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, is still recovering from widespread liquefaction damage incurred in the Great East Japan Earthquake, with many roads and sewage system continuing to undergo repair more than three years later. The city, a 20-minute train ride from central Tokyo, is speeding up the ...
Oriental Land to sink ¥500 billion into Disney parks, other businesses
Oriental Land Co., operator of the Disney theme parks in Japan, said Monday that it will invest ¥500 billion over the next 10 years into its amusement and related operations. During the 10-year investment period, new businesses will be established in new locations, the company ...
