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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2017
'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.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2016
Heavy rain disrupts operations at Tokyo Disneyland and bullet train services around Japan
Heavy rain hit the Japanese archipelago Tuesday, disrupting operations at Tokyo Disneyland and bullet-train services in some regions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 17, 2016
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.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 10, 2016
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.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2016
Urayasu to subsidize ova freezing for residents
In a first for Japan, a Chiba Prefecture hospital authorizes the freezing the eggs of four women for future pregnancies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2015
Tokyo Disneyland operator to open fourth hotel in June in Chiba
The operator of the Disney theme parks in Japan said Wednesday it will open its fourth hotel near Tokyo next June, encouraged by the growing popularity of the existing three hotels.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2015
Moldy cupcakes trigger recall at Tokyo Disneyland
Oriental Land Co., operator of Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, announced a recall Thursday of cupcakes sold at the park after receiving claims they were moldy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2014
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.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2014
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.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2013
Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea combined to break visitor record in 2012
Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea drew a combined 27.50 million visitors in fiscal 2012, a record high, their operator said Monday, attributing the 8.5 percent year-on-year increase to a new ride, Toy Story Mania!, launched at DisneySea last July, and seasonal events at both parks in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture.
BUSINESS
Apr 27, 2012
Tokyo Disneyland operator logs record-high profit in fiscal 2011
Tokyo Disneyland's operator said Thursday consolidated net profit soared 40.2 percent to a record-high ¥32.11 billion in fiscal 2011, thanks to a sharp recovery in visitor numbers after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
EDITORIALS
May 16, 2011
Volunteer force declines
During the Golden Week holidays from April 28 to May 8, a total of some 78,000 volunteers worked in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, according to "disaster volunteer centers" set up by local governments in the prefectures.
COMMENTARY
Aug 16, 2007
Japan, India: natural allies
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, weakened by a mortifying defeat in Upper House elections, will address the Indian Parliament later this month. This is an honor that U.S. President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao did not get during their state visits to India last year. India and Japan are Asia's largest and most-developed democracies, and the honor for Abe flows from the Indian recognition that a strategic partnership between the two is critical to the region's power equilibrium.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.

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