The Nagoya Marriott Associa Hotel has made an installation of 10,000 magnificent hanging hina dolls. The annual exhibition will run through March 3: "Hinamatsuri" or "Girls' Day," dedicated to hina dolls. The suspended hina jewelry, dating from the late Edo period (1603-1867), expresses wishes of health and prosperity for girls and successful marriages in the future. The dolls featured at the hotel are made by...
Volunteers have begun assisting residents of Noto City in Ishikawa Prefecture, which was severely affected by a powerful earthquake on the first day of the new year. Since January 27, Ishikawa Prefecture has been sending volunteers to areas affected by the earthquake, including the cities of Nanao and Suzu. Eleven people registered with the prefecture arrived in Noto on Thursday morning. They promptly traveled to the designated areas,...
A Ukrainian-born Miss Japan beauty pageant winner has relinquished her crown after a tabloid published an account of her affair with a married man. Caroline Shino, 26, was crowned Miss Japan two weeks ago, but her win sparked a public debate because of her background. While some applauded the citizen's crowning, others believed ....
At least 109 people had been taken to Tokyo hospitals by Tuesday morning because of injuries sustained in a fall on slippery snow in eastern Japan, the Tokyo Fire Department said. Injured victims taken to hospital by 10 a.m. ranged in age from 4 to 92, and none were in critical condition....
Tokyo is experiencing an unusually warm winter, but that doesn't rule out the possibility of snowfall. While the weather forecast predicted rain in Tokyo for most of Monday, low temperatures led to snowfall in Tokyo today. The snowfall could continue into Tuesday morning and affect the Kanto-Koshin region, including all 23 Tokyo neighborhoods. The reason for this upcoming ...
An icon of the world-famous Shibuya Crossroads, the Shibuya Tsutaya building is currently under urgent renovation. Nevertheless, this emblematic center will soon reopen - on April 25, shortly after the cherry blossom season ends. Opened in 1999, Tsutaya's flagship store was a multi-story mixed retail space where visitors could purchase or rent CDs,...
With the start of the new year, the Japan Meteorology Corporation has already turned its attention to spring with its first official cherry blossom forecast for 2024. This initial forecast predicts that cherry blossoms will begin at the usual time in most regions of Japan, although in some places they may start a few days earlier. Last fall's warm temperatures, above...
A man suspected of involvement in one of a series of terrorist attacks in Japan in the 1970s died Monday morning, a law enforcement source said. The man, who recently confessed to being the alleged bomber named Satoshi Kirishima, had been in the hospital with terminal cancer. According to the source, the man died of natural causes at the hospital in...
Ukrainian-born model Karolina Shino won the Miss Japan 2024 pageant at the Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo, last Monday. Carolina Shino, the first ever winner born outside Japan to win the grand prize at the age of 26, also set a record as the oldest winner in the pageant's history. In her speech after the gala ...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 struck Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture and surrounding areas Sunday morning. The meteorological agency said that although the quake at 8:59 a.m. reached a maximum score of 4 on the Japanese seismic scale in central Tokyo, other areas of the capital and Yokohama, there was no tsunami threat. The epicenter of the quake was located in Tokyo Bay at a depth of 80...
