Month: May 2019

World’s fastest bullet train starts test runs in Japan (VIDEO)  Malay Mail

TOKYO, May 14 ― The world’s fastest bullet train conducted its first test runs recently, which at its peak, can top out at speeds of up to 400km/hr (248mph).

Empty resort housing units hand keys over to private lodgers：The Asahi Shimbun  Asahi Shimbun

YUZAWA, Niigata Prefecture–When apartment units began to be rented out as a private lodging *service*.

Young swimmers  Japan Today

Juvenile salmon swim in the Nishibetsu River in Shibecha, Hokkaido, after being released on Monday. Around 200000 juvenile salmon, each measuring around …

20 kgs of white asparagus stolen just before harvest in Hokkaido  Japan Today

Police in Nakagawa-cho, Hokkaido, are investigating the theft over the weekend of about 20 kilograms of white asparagus just before the spring harvest.

Japanese dogs are living cultural assets. Their disappearance is equivalent to the disappearance of the history and tradition of a particular region. I want their cultural value to be more widely appreciated.  Japan Today

Mieko Oguro, professor at Yamazaki University of Animal Health Technology. The six indigenous Japanese dog breeds (Shiba, Akita, Kishu, Kai, Shikoku and …

The best season to travel to Japan – The Jakarta Post  Jakarta Post

Japan has become increasingly popular among Indonesian travelers since it started implementing a visa-free policy for Indonesian e-passport holders in …