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CHIYODA WARD

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 14, 2020
Tokyo manga hotel makes virtue of sleepless nights
Few hotels in the world actively encourage guests to have sleepless nights, but a manga-themed establishment does just that — and it is proving very popular with Japanese and non-Japanese alike.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 8, 2019
New central Tokyo apartment building for lawmakers comes with low rental prices
Upper House lawmakers will be offered rents far lower than market prices for apartments in a building under construction in a prime location in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2018
Japan's foreign press club to return to Tokyo's Marunouchi district
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan will relocate on Oct. 29 to Tokyo's Marunouchi business district, where former war correspondents and photographers established the club following World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2017
Plan to fell symbolic trees near Meiji University ahead of 2020 Games draws local flak
Making the streets in the nation's capital more accessible ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020 — particularly for those with disabilities — will come at a cost.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 15, 2017
Tokyo court building's daily trial listings go digital with introduction of tablets
A court building in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward started using tablet computers on Tuesday in an effort to make it easier for members of the public to check the day's trial information.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 8, 2017
Populations in three Tokyo wards expected to keep swelling as capital shrinks
The populations of three wards in central Tokyo are projected to keep growing after 2025 even as the capital's overall population is expected to decline, thanks to a construction boom and convenient transport.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 2, 2017
Bullying cases targeting young Fukushima evacuees spread to Tokyo
Fresh cases of bullying targeting children who evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture following the 2011 nuclear disaster have emerged in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 28, 2017
Bullying cases targeting child evacuees from Fukushima disaster now reported in Tokyo
Fresh cases of bullying have been reported targeting children who evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture amid the nuclear disaster that started in 2011, this time in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2017
Backed by Tokyo Gov. Koike, incumbent Chiyoda Ward mayor wins fifth term
Incumbent Mayor Masami Ishikawa, backed by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, defeats two newcomers to secure a fifth term to lead central Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2016
Tokyo residents' petition prompts reconsideration of plan to fell trees
Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward will reconsider plans to cut down 37 trees lining a street ahead of the 2020 Olympics, officials said Wednesday, after local residents blasted the plan in a petition.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2016
Plan to cut down historic trees in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward faces local opposition
Plans to cut down 300 ginkgo and platanus trees in central Tokyo ahead of the 2020 Olympics sparks an online opposition campaign seeking to prevent them from being felled.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2016
Cherry trees in full bloom in Tokyo and elsewhere across Japan
Cherry trees reached full bloom in central Tokyo on Thursday, three days earlier than usual amid warm weather, and two days later than last year, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2010
Motive for Akihabara massacre hinted at
Tomohiro Kato told the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday that he was "fully responsible" for the 2008 vehicle and stabbing massacre in Tokyo's Akihabara district and said he had been harassed on a mobile phone bulletin board in the leadup to the attack.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2010
Victim of Akihabara rampage reaches out to defendant
Until June 8, 2008, Hiroshi Yuasa led an ordinary life, one of thousands of taxi drivers who work Tokyo's streets. But just after noon on that rainy Sunday, as shoppers thronged the streets of Akihabara, he witnessed an event that changed everything.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2008
Seven killed and 10 injured in Akihabara stabbing spree
Seven people died and 10 others were injured after a man hit pedestrians with a truck and then stabbed passersby Sunday in broad daylight on a street in Tokyo's busy Akihabara district.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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