EXCLUSIVE: Some Facilities for “Daijosai” Imperial Ceremony to Be Scaled Down
December 13, 2018
Tokyo–The Imperial Household Agency plans to scale down “Omi-no-Akusha” makeshift facilities in the “Daijosai” ceremony related to Crown Prince Naruhito’s enthronement next year from those used in the last such ceremony 30 years ago, informed sources told Jiji Press on
27.47-T.-Yen Budget Eyed for Japan’s Next Defense Program
December 13, 2018
Tokyo–The Japanese government plans to set the budget for its next medium-term defense buildup program from fiscal 2019 at a record high of 27.47 trillion yen, informed sources said Thursday. The figure for the five-year program will be up from
Tokyo-Hokkaido Shinkansen Travel to Take Less Than 4 Hours
December 13, 2018
Sapporo–The time needed to travel between Tokyo and Hokkaido on a Shinkansen bullet train is set to fall below four hours. Hokkaido Railway Co., or JR Hokkaido, said Wednesday that the fastest train on the Hokkaido and Tohoku Shinkansen lines
December 13, 2018
China, Guangzhou — Kenji Momota respond to cheers by starting a white star in men’s singles. Jiji Press
December 13, 2018
Professional baseball. Contract renewal Tokyo Minato-ku–Yakult’s Ishiyama Yasuki pitcher. Jiji Press
December 13, 2018
Takayama Tadayoshi Medical Dean, Chairman of the University of Tokyo, who will hold a press conference on inappropriate entrance examination and apologize at Tokyo University, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo. Jiji Press
“Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind” to Get Kabuki Remake
December 12, 2018
Tokyo–Shochiku Co. said Wednesday that it will remake “Kaze no Tani no Naushika” (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind), a manga series by Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, into a kabuki traditional theater performance. Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke V will
30.6 M. Subscribers Affected by Softbank’s Service Disruption
December 12, 2018
Tokyo–Last week’s large-scale service disruption at major Japanese mobile phone carrier Softbank Corp. affected some 30.6 million subscribers, it was learned Wednesday. Softbank, a unit of Softbank Group Corp. , has reported the figure to the Internal Affairs and Communications
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