NOTEBOOK — Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

01/06, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Welcome back and hello 2023. Some Japanese companies are pessimistic about business this year while ...

2023.01.06|00:05:59

12/23, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Foreign travellers to Japan have increased 2-fold since borders reopened in October. Heavy snow thou...

2022.12.23|00:07:26

12/21, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Japan's Foreign Ministry revealed this week that Tokyo had joined other cities in unknowingly playin...

2022.12.21|00:06:04

12/19, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

North Korea launched two more ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Sunday, while internatio...

2022.12.19|00:06:04

12/16, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Looking back at a week of Boxing success and the a man climbing the peaks of Nara only to be attacke...

2022.12.16|00:08:05

12/14, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Japan’s annual 'Kotoshi-no-kanji' (or Character of the Year) was unveiled Monday during a traditiona...

2022.12.14|00:05:33

12/12, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

With space and extreme heat experienced this past weekend by Hakuto 1, a lunar lander developed by T...

2022.12.12|00:06:35

12/09, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Looking throughout the week, away from news of the Japanese government training members of the Myanm...

2022.12.09|00:08:16

12/07, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

The Japanese government will hold off raising taxes, funding Defense in its southwestern region but ...

2022.12.07|00:05:48

12/05, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Indonesia villages have been evacuated following the volcanic eruption of Mount Semeru in East Java ...

2022.12.05|00:05:20

12/02, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

With a week of back and forth, Mars was at its closest to Earth this week, while Furyu-odori folk da...

2022.12.02|00:08:40

11/30, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Following World Cup news of Japan’s 1-nil loss to Costa Rica and other news suggesting World Cup fre...

2022.11.30|00:05:50

11/28, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

All eyes are trained on the middle east this year. The FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar is finally under...

2022.11.28|00:05:49

11/25, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

With a month to go before Christmas, an aquarium in Gifu is powering Christmas lights with an electr...

2022.11.25|00:07:49

11/23, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

A Japanese government panel of experts called for further tax hikes on Tuesday, urging the public to...

2022.11.23|00:05:21

11/21, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Both Japan and the United States signed an agreement Friday to send a Japanese astronaut to Gateway,...

2022.11.21|00:05:21

11/18, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Exactly 100 years after Albert Einstein came ashore in Japan for the very first time, the Japanese g...

2022.11.18|00:07:17

11/16, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Underwater drones are being developed by the Japanese government to patrol the waters around the Sen...

2022.11.16|00:05:06

11/14, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

The former village Kanbara in Gunma prefecture, originally buried by the volcanic eruption of Mount ...

2022.11.14|00:04:43

11/11, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Monday’s note reported on two pythons on the loose in Tochigi and “Documentary Dream Show” being scr...

2022.11.11|00:06:57

11/09, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Japan aims to have inbound tourism recover to pre-pandemic levels by 2025, bolstered by upcoming eve...

2022.11.09|00:05:19

11/07, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Two pet African ball pythons are currently on the loose after being abandoned by their owner and rel...

2022.11.07|00:05:13

11/04, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Seen next to Monday’s note on the 178 people named Hirokazu Tanaka and Wednesday’s note on N.E.U.U.,...

2022.11.04|00:06:43

11/02, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

XR, or Cross Reality, a new digital tool combining elements of virtual reality and actual reality, h...

2022.11.02|00:05:22

10/31, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

On the eve of Hallowe'en, a world record breaking attempt took place last weekend to gather the most...

2022.10.31|00:04:50

10/28, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Seen in the context of recent events — from Monday’s note on the 35th Tokyo International Film Festi...

2022.10.28|00:06:16

10/26, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

250 officials from more than 142 countries and regions, as well as eight international organizations...

2022.10.26|00:05:15

10/24, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

A 400 year-old chisel has been found hidden within the Hoji building currently being renovated at Da...

2022.10.24|00:05:00

10/21, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Seen in the context of recent events — from Monday’s note on growing financial hardship to Wednesday...

2022.10.21|00:05:53

10/19, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

A car driven by someone from the Kyoto Association for the Preservation of Ancient Cultures reversed...

2022.10.19|00:04:46

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