Robots Controlled by Severely Disabled to Serve Cafe Visitors
August 23, 2018
Tokyo- The Nippon Foundation, a charity group, said Wednesday that it will run an experimental coffee shop where visitors will be served by robots remotely controlled by people with severe physical disabilities, including patients of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The cafe–Dawn
July tourist arrivals grew 5.86% to 601,322
August 23, 2018
The Department of Tourism (DOT) said Thursday foreign visitor arrivals for July tallied at 601, 322, growing 5.86 percent from the 568, 035 in the same period last year. This brings the total visitor count from January to July at
Virtual YouTuber Promoting Eastern Japan Prefecture of Ibaraki
August 22, 2018
Mito, Ibaraki Pref.- A virtual YouTuber, or VTuber, debuted this month to promote the eastern Japan prefecture of Ibaraki. On Ibakira TV, a video website operated by the Ibaraki prefectural government, Hiyori Ibara, the computer-designed female character and the first-ever
EXCLUSIVE: Japan to Bolster Tohoku Promotion for Foreign Visitors
August 22, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s Reconstruction Agency will help travel firms in the Tohoku northeastern region sell tourism products overseas, in a bid to increase the number of foreign visitors to the disaster-hit region, informed sources told Jiji Press. The agency aims to
Camping Regaining Popularity in Japan
August 21, 2018
Tokyo- Camping is regaining popularity in Japan after a mid-1990s boom led by the country’s “dankai” first baby boomers born in the late 1940s, with various new camping options available. The new options include glamping, or glamorous camping, which offers
Tokugawa Shogunate Silver Seal Found in Japan
August 20, 2018
Tokyo- A silver seal used for diplomatic documents by the Tokugawa shogunate late in the Edo period (1603-1868) has been found, the Tokugawa Memorial Foundation said Monday. The silver seal was used for the 1859 instrument of ratification of the
Railfans Happy as Doctor Yellow Will Continue “Checkups”
August 17, 2018
Nagoya- Rare and popular track and overhead wire inspection Shinkansen trains, nicknamed Doctor Yellow, are seen continuing their operations in and after 2020, relieving children and rail enthusiasts in Japan who had been worried that they might be decommissioned in
Japan’s Skylark Holdings to Ditch Plastic Straws by 2020
August 17, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese restaurant chain operator Skylark Holdings Co. will get rid of disposable plastic straws at all of its group outlets by 2020, officials said Thursday. Skylark will stop distributing plastic straws by the end of this year at its
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