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WORLD
Sep 12, 2015

TV station of camerawoman who kicked migrants goes offline

A Hungarian TV station that employed a camerawoman who kicked and tripped migrants fleeing from police this week was offline on Friday, with its website blaming hackers for the outage.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 21, 2015

Tokyo Station Hotel fetes centenary; enjoying beer at Rihga Royal Osaka; summer sandwiches at New Otani

Tokyo Station Hotel fetes centenary
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 4, 2013

Tokyo Station Hotel summer fair; Cerulean Tower Tokyu special gala dinner

Tokyo Station Hotel summer specials
Reader Mail
Jun 3, 2012

Eternal tweaking of Tokyo Station

Regarding the May 28, Page 2, photo titled "RETURN TO GLORY": Anticipating the upcoming unveiling of the completed renovations of Tokyo Station and its reopening slated for October is exciting. However, not for a minute do I expect the completion of this project to be the end of unsightly scaffolding...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 29, 2012

Ekitame — coming to a station near you soon?

In Japan's new shopping trend, the destination might be the train station itself.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 27, 2007

Sitting on the dock of the . . . sea station

We were sailing through the Akinada island chain off Hiroshima Prefecture in the Seto Inland Sea looking for a place to drop anchor for the night. A secluded beach would be nice, or just a quiet cove.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2006

Pickpockets mace station; 27 hurt

Tokyo commuters had a flashback to the March 1995 sarin attack on the subway system Thursday when four suspected pickpockets released what appeared to be mace at a railway station while trying to flee police, injuring 27 people.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2004

Last staff exit Fuji weather station; outlook automated

The Meteorological Agency pulled out its last employees from the weather station atop Mount Fuji on Friday, automating the facility that had been regularly staffed since 1932.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2001

Natural gas station still standing

Almost six months have passed since a natural gas fuel station was opened on the premises of the metropolitan government complex in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward as part of a public campaign to reduce vehicle exhaust pollution in the capital.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2000

Japan to promote commercial use of space station

The Space Activities Commission on Monday compiled a draft report that includes the promotion of commercial use as well as scientific and technological research at a Japanese laboratory to be built within the International Space Station, commission officials said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2023

Stabbing at Osaka train station leaves three injured

A train conductor in his 20s and two other men, one in his 20s and another in his 70s, had been taken to a hospital. None of the injuries were life-threatening.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 9, 2021

NASA-SpaceX launch of next International Space Station crew delayed

The next launch window for a NASA crew to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocketship has been pushed back by at least another two days, to no earlier than April 22, the space agency said.
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2019

JR East's new Takanawa Gateway Station to feature robot guide and unstaffed convenience store

East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday a robotic guide utilizing artificial intelligence and an unstaffed convenience store will feature at a new station slated to open in Tokyo in April 2020.
Japan Times
Jun 3, 2019

"GEOCOMS" ultra-small electric vehicle rental service for tourism
New station opened at Tottori Sand Dunes

The Association for Tottori Tourism Mobility, which runs the "GEOCOMS" sightseeing service for touring around the San'in Coast Geopark area on a one-person electric vehicle (EV), opened Tottori Sand Dunes Station in April 2019. Thus far, the service has been available from Iwami Town to around Uradome...
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2018

Despite pushback and online petition, JR East unwilling to rename new Takanawa Gateway station

A growing number of people say they dislike the name of a new station in Tokyo, set to be called Takanawa Gateway, and are calling for the station's name to be changed after its recent announcement by railway operator East Japan Railway Co.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 4, 2018

U.S. radio station freezes out holiday song 'Baby It's Cold Outside' over lyrics deemed inappropriate to women

A U.S. radio station is giving the cold shoulder to the classic "Baby It's Cold Outside," removing the song from its lineup of holiday music because its lyrics are inappropriate toward women, staff members say.

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The sun shines from behind a waving Philippine flag at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.
Eighty years after the Battle of Manila, old foes forge new ties