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NAGOYA (Kyodo) In the second case of alleged misuse of tainted rice, police Friday searched several locations related to Nagoya-based glue maker Asai, including the home of President Toshinori Asai, to build a criminal case. The company is thought to have sold tainted rice to a wholesaler knowing it would be later resold as food. Osaka-based rice miller Mikasa Foods was raided in September for alleged...
JAL To Fly Cargo Route Between Nagoya, ChicagoTOKYO (Nikkei)--Japan Airlines Corp. (9205) in December will begin flying an air cargo route from Central Japan International Airport near Nagoya to the U.S. city of Chicago.
Long time Japan Probe reader here, call me JJ. James just let me join up as a contributor, so I am a happy man. I live and work in Nagoya. Recently, my hobbies focus mainly around making music and attempts at comedy with a bunch of friends who join together in a vaguely [...]
Ok so... things are rather weird here.. this is my first chance to actually sit down and just relax since arriving here.Yesturday Im on my way to where Im staying a small Ryokan. I generally knew where I was going but all of a sudden this business man walks up and asks where Im going in English. I show him the map Im using and he looks at it and instead of pointing which way to go like usual
PingMag, the Tokyo-based magazine about "Design and Making Things" has an interview with a delightful musical duo, Lullatone. Lullatone are a musical duo based in Nagoya comprised of the husband and wife team of Shawn James Seymour and Yoshimi Tomida. They make sweet, sleepy, sine-wave-riddled songs with whispered lyrics, poppy melodies, and parse, carefully arranged beats. The Lullas utilise children’s...
Mainichi reports that a man who kicked a chihuahua to death has been given a “slap on the wrist” in the form of a suspended sentence: Defendant Yoshiyuki Tanaka, 44, was walking past the dog and its owner on a street in Nagoya’s Chikusa-ku on July 13 when — stressed over a dressing down from his [...]
"An Argentine tango themed on the Tale of Genji, a Japanese novel written 1,000 years ago, will be performed this month in Tokyo and Nagoya." (The tangueros are Argentine and Polish, with a Noh dancer playing the Buddha; the instruments include both bandoneon and shamisen.)...
We are a little behind on our blog...but...better late then never plus you may get a little chuckle out of this one After a busy 5 days in Tokyo we set off on our 1st train ride ever stopping in Nagoya for one night then off to Kyoto. We bought a Japan Rail Pass to get us around Japan which now after our adventures in Japan has come to an end we can say was worth every penny. We were
Hi folks, Shen's News : I had three concerts in Nagoya last week with some very fine musicians. Click on the link to learn more... Many thanks to those who responded and volunteered to help out with adding events to our events calendar . Especially to Mary who added quite a few events this week. THIS WEEK'S NEWS Thu 2 Oct West End: Middle Eastern & Balkan music tunes session : Mullum: Yilila (Direct...
Densan System To List On Tokyo, Nagoya Exchanges Oct 30TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Densan System Co. (3630), a computer system integration and data service provider, has received approval to list on the second section of both the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Nagoya Stock Exchange on Oct. 30, the TSE said Thursday.
Nagoya, Sept. 24 (Jiji Press)--Japanese trader Toyota Tsusho Corp. said Wednesday it will sell in Asia, including Japan, polyethylene to be mass-produced from sugarcane by leading Brazilian petrochemical firm Braskem SA by 2011.
Last Friday a friend of ours from New Zealand took us out in Nagoya for a night of lsquoundergroundrsquo music Japan style. Literally underground. In a small basement just like The Adelphi in Hull for those of you who remember the good old days we enjoyed a surprisingly good Ska band from NZ. At least I think it was Ska. I had to ask because Irsquom approaching 30 and I never really und
