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Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force launches new Aegis destroyer in Yokohama

National Jul 18, 2019

Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force launches new Aegis destroyer in Yokohama

The newest Aegis-equipped destroyer of the Maritime Self-Defense Force was launched Wednesday at a shipyard in Yokohama. The ship, built by Japan Marine United Corp., was named the Haguro at the launching ceremony, and is slated to go into service around March 2021. Once the Haguro ...

Wheelchair-accessible hotel rooms still an issue ahead of Tokyo 2020 Paralympics and Olympics

National / Social Issues Jun 10, 2019

Wheelchair-accessible hotel rooms still an issue ahead of Tokyo 2020 Paralympics and Olympics

A shortage of wheelchair-accessible hotel rooms remains an issue for Tokyo 2020 organizers, who say they are committed to using the Paralympic Games to make Japan a more inclusive place. As the clock ticks down to the Aug. 25, 2020, opening ceremony for the games, ...

Rugby World Cup organizers offer refunds to those affected by mix-up between Yokohama and Aichi

National Jun 7, 2019

Rugby World Cup organizers offer refunds to those affected by mix-up between Yokohama and Aichi

The organizing committee for the Rugby World Cup 2019 said Friday it has offered refunds or equivalent seating to customers who bought semifinal tickets listed for the wrong venue on the official ticketing website. During a 2½ hour period Wednesday, the semifinal scheduled for Oct. ...

No injuries reported after Yokohama Municipal Subway train derails

National Jun 6, 2019

No injuries reported after Yokohama Municipal Subway train derails

A Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line train departing Shimoiida Station derailed early Thursday morning with about 130 people on board. No injuries were reported. The first train of the day went off the tracks at about 5:25 in the morning shortly after departing Shimoiida Station ...

Automated train in Yokohama crash continued moving 1 meter after slamming into buffer

National Jun 3, 2019

Automated train in Yokohama crash continued moving 1 meter after slamming into buffer

The accident occurred at Shin-Sugita Station on the Kanazawa Seaside Line. Of the 14 passengers hurt, six sustained serious injuries.

Operator of Yokohama automated train struggles to find cause of accident

National Jun 2, 2019

Operator of Yokohama automated train struggles to find cause of accident

The company operating a driverless train in Yokohama says data transmission between the vehicle’s operating system and the train which ran into a buffer the previous day was normal.

A whole new ballgame: Yokohama DeNA BayStars get an upgrade

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Apr 25, 2019

A whole new ballgame: Yokohama DeNA BayStars get an upgrade

by Kaz Nagatsuka

Looking down at the sea of dark blue seats that frame one of Nippon Professional Baseball's smallest playing fields, one thing becomes clear: For the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, the ballpark, and the myriad experiences it offers those who take in a game, is their ...

Man takes gun from Yokohama police officer and fires it; no one injured

National / Crime & Legal Apr 12, 2019

Man takes gun from Yokohama police officer and fires it; no one injured

A police officer in Yokohama became the latest officer to have his weapon stolen Friday morning when one of two men involved in a violent dispute disarmed him and fired a shot before being subdued, the police said. No one was injured. Toshitaka Suzuki, 31, ...

Japan Times 1944: Accidental blow to back of head restores sight to blind war veteran

National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Apr 6, 2019

Japan Times 1944: Accidental blow to back of head restores sight to blind war veteran

by Elliott Samuels

An almost incredible miracle, resulting from a fall while attempting to board a street car has gradually restored vision to the totally sightless and the only remaining eye of Masayoshi Tabe, a China war veteran, who was wounded in the eyes by a rifle ...

National / Crime & Legal Mar 6, 2019

Mother and boyfriend held for leaving girl, 3, at Yokohama home with severe burns while they played pachinko

The Kanagawa Prefectural Police on Tuesday arrested a woman, 22, and a man, 21, who lives with her, on suspicion of leaving her three-year-old daughter severely burned at her home in Yokohama. The unemployed woman, Kaho Hashimoto, and the man, Satoshi Tanaka, who works as ...

Nonprofit groups help find safe homes for Japan's abandoned pets

National / Social Issues Jan 20, 2019

Nonprofit groups help find safe homes for Japan's abandoned pets

by Ryusei Takahashi

Life hasn't been easy for Stella. The small kitten with scruffy fur and matching orange-tinted eyes was born in September and still has no home. Just months ago, Stella's mother was living near a park in Kawasaki with neither food nor shelter. With winter looming, ...

Fire at Yokohama lodging house leaves two dead and eight injured

National Jan 4, 2019

Fire at Yokohama lodging house leaves two dead and eight injured

A man and a woman were killed and eight others were injured early Friday when a fire broke out at a lodging house in Yokohama, police said. The fire broke out in a room on the fifth floor of the 10-story Ogiso Bekkan lodging house, ...

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