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In central Tokyo, the maximum instantaneous wind speed of 24.1 meters was recorded at Haneda in Ota Ward. As a result, the ...

A little over two months before it opens, the Osaka Expo is just about ready to welcome guests from Japan and the rest of the ...

Ginza Hachigou, a ramen shop that opened in 2018 in Tokyo's Ginza district and is featured in the Michelin Guide, is a ...

Sapporo, Hokkaido's largest city, is a shopper's paradise with lively shopping streets and huge malls! Check out top spots around Sapporo Station, Odori, Tanukikoji, Susukino, and New Sapporo Station ...

Far bolder in its scope and ambition is the introduction of the Chuo Shinkansen superconducting maglev. This new 438km line will relieve the Tokaido Shinkansen, offering a dramatic improvement in ...

LINE is a Japanese instant messenger app, produced by the eponymous corporation. In Asia, the most popular instant messenger apps have evolved to become platforms in their own right. On these, users ...

Osaka, Japan - January 19, 2025 A tape-cutting ceremony is held in Osaka on Jan. 19, 2025, to mark the opening of new Osaka Metro Chuo Line station Yumeshima, directly connected to the venue of ...

The closest station to the site of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan was constructed in the city's Konohana Ward by extending Osaka Metro's Chuo Line by 3.2 kilometers. Osaka Metro president Kawai ...

Yumeshima Station, directly connected to the expo site, opened on Sunday, with over 130,000 people expected to use the new station on the Osaka Metro Chuo Line on a busy day. A journey from the ...

The first train from the station, which is on Osaka Metro Co.’s Chuo Line, was bound for Kintetsu Railway Co.’s Kintetsu Gakken-Nara-Tomigaoka Station in Nara City. The train had a special plate on ...