Survey: Backpacks ranked No.1 annoyance on trains in Tokyo

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 10:23:29 +0000

Survey: Backpacks ranked No.1 annoyance on trains in Tokyo

Backpack-wearing train users in rush hour have been ranked as the biggest annoyance, according to Japan Private Railway Association in Tokyo.

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Tears as Japan emperor gives last New Year’s address

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 05:37:33 +0000

Tears as Japan emperor gives last New Year's address

TOKYO, Japan – Japan’s Emperor Akihito delivered his final New Year’s address Wednesday before his abdication later this year, telling tens of thousands of well-wishers he was praying for peace. The Imperial Palace said more than 72,000 people flocked to the royal residence on Wednesday morning alone, with many more still arriving for a final […]

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Car slams into New Year revelers in Tokyo, injures 8

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 01:50:07 +0000

Car slams into New Year revelers in Tokyo, injures 8

TOKYO, Japan — A car slammed into pedestrians early Tuesday on a street where people had gathered for New Year’s festivities in downtown Tokyo, injuring eight people, police said. Police took into custody a man in his 20s but did not further identify him. They say he is suspected of intentionally trying to kill people […]

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ONE Championship: Folayang shortens Christmas break, prepares for title defense

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 00:56:55 +0000

A rematch of epic proportions is set to take place when Eduard “Landslide” Folayang defends his ONE Lightweight World Championship against Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki in a rematch at ONE: A NEW ERA in Tokyo, Japan on 31 March. Folayang and Aoki first met inside the cage at ONE: DEFENDING HONOR in November 2016, with […]

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Japan executes more sarin attack cult members – media

Japan executes more sarin attack cult members – media

Tokyo, Japan – Several members of a cult that carried out a deadly 1995 sarin attack on Tokyo’s subway were executed Thursday, Japanese media said, weeks after the group’s leader was hanged.

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