Yamagata Prefecture

Does Your Sushi Bar Make the Cut?

Tokyo ponders a rating system to reward authentic Japanese restaurants worldwide, but skeptics argue it's just a way to spice up food exports One benefit of globalization is you no longer have to book a pricey flight to Tokyo...

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Forecast Japan, weather Japan, meteo Japan

Weather Japan, Tokyo meteo, weather weekend forecast season, the weather in the mountains, the weather on the coast, the weather on the beach, sea water temperature, weather in the capital, the weather in the mountains, the...

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Crime › Czech man takes son out of Japan in suspected child abduction

Sunday 08th November, 06:05 AM JST TOKYO — A Czech man has taken his 5-year-old son apparently to a place overseas from his home in Gifu Prefecture, prompting the boy’s Japanese mother to seek help from the Foreign Ministry in...

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Globe Unity: Japan

Akira Sakata Friendly Pants Columbia-Family Vineyard 2009 Itaru Oki Phantom Note Record Label #2 Year The Miyumi Project Live in Poland Southport 2009 Japanese culture has historically championed jazz and, not surprisingly,...

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In Depth: So what do £50,000 speakers sound like?

Any quest for audio perfection should ultimately bring you to within listening distance of TAD loudspeakers. The brand, which since the 1970s has been a subsidiary of Pioneer, is arguably the most respected of all the sonic...

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Departures

It's hard to infuse death with luminous beauty, but Japanese director Yojiro Takita succeeds magnificently in this year's best foreign film. Departures Directed by Yojiro Takita Starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu...

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'Manga' library opens at Meiji University

A library opened in Tokyo last weekend featuring traditional "manga" comic books that were popular nearly half a century ago and a rare collection of romantic manga for women. The Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga...

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Japanese government turns over 2KR fertilizers

A ceremonial turnover of fertilizer from the Government of Japan (GOJ) to the Government of the Philippines (GOP) will be held on November 4, 2009 at the Port of Iloilo in Iloilo City. A total of 26,135 MT of ammonium sulphate...

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Renesas – NEC clear manufacturing decks

LONDON — As they prepare to merge, Renesas Technology Corp. and NEC Electronics Corp. are clearing the decks of their semiconductor manufacturing facilities in order to provide a optimum base for growth. If they merge as...

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A sure sign of autumn giving way to winter

Orange, red and yellow shades of autumn foliage form a gorgeous contrast with the snow-dusted hills in Nanyo, Yamagata Prefecture. In the Tohoku region, the first snow fell and ice formed on ponds Tue...

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