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Haneda is by far the favourite point of arrival or departure for visitors to Tokyo, thanks primarily to its proximity to the city centre. A train or monorail will complete the 18km journey into the heart of Tokyo in less than 20 minutes, while it takes up to 45 minutes to reach the city from Narita by rail.
Public toilets across Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward have become the Japanese capital’s newest – and most unexpected – tourist attraction.
Ridgelinez, a subsidiary of technology giant Fujitsu Ltd, is partnering with the Osaka-based National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre Hospital and Noel, a Nagoya-based developer of AI solutions, on the project. The group started trials last month.
“It is a great joy for the people of the prefecture to have this Okinawan treasure back, allowing us to directly connect with the days of the Ryukyuan kingdom,” said Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki after the artefacts were handed over last week.
A shortage of funds is already biting in some areas, with supporters of the Fukuoka Korean Academy, in southern Japan, launching a petition on the Change.org website on March 4 appealing for people to back their request that the city council reverse a decision to reduce the school’s budget for the coming financial year.
The Asahi newspaper reported last week that one of the largest “kaiten sushi” chains in Tokyo, Sushi Choushimura, had not reinstalled a conveyor belt at a renovated restaurant in Nerima Ward that reopened in October, and the company would start to phase out the system as it upgraded other properties.
The report released on Monday shows that the Japanese “only focus on the negative aspects of living to be 100”, with just 21 per cent saying they expect to be happy when they reach 100.
Japan’s Hanshin Tigers professional baseball team is hoping it has finally banished the so-called Curse of the Colonel, after the life-size statue of KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders tossed by the team’s fans into a river nearly 40 years ago underwent a religious cleansing ceremony and burial.