A railway company in Japan is planning to install special cameras on its Tokyo commuter trains to help solve the problem of groping on public transport. According to a BBC report, the cameras are to be introduced on the Saikyo line. Japanese police receive approximately 2,000 complaints of groping every year, the report said
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A Japanese rail firm has introduced a system to check that staff are smiling at all times. According to a BBC report, computerised scanners around 15 Tokyo stations will measure the smile’s curvature to ensure it is broad enough.Those failing to measure up - literally - will be advised to look less serious and more […]
I swallow nervously. It’ll be my turn soon and I can’t remember whether I should turn the bowl clockwise or anti-clockwise. I’ve also forgotten the phrase I’m supposed to repeat back to the pourer and exactly how and when I have to bow. The expectant eyes of our hosts two immaculately dressed Japanese women are […]
A curator at a museum in Japan has accidentally dropped and smashed a glass accessory estimated to be 2,200 years old, Japan Today reported. To make matters worse for the man, the item, designated by the government as an important cultural icon, was only on loan at the museum in Shiga prefecture for a special […]
Around 200 railways stations in and around Tokyo completely banned smoking this week, with all ashtrays having been removed from platforms.The Japan Times reported that the ban was imposed at all stations within a 50km radius of Tokyo Station, including in Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Ibaraki prefectures.
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The Tsukiji fish market, one of Tokyo’s most popular tourist attractions, reopened its early morning tuna auctions to the public after a month-long ban, Japan Times reported.The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which runs the gigantic wholesale market, had temporarily banned visitors, 90% of whom are foreign tourists, from the tuna trading floor in December, citing visitors’ […]
The Goldman Sachs Group plans to make a takeover bid for full control of USJ Co., operator of the Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka, Bloomberg reported.The company currently holds a 41% stake in USJ, and is preparing to acquire the remaining shares in a deal worth an estimated JPY51 billion (US$568 million), the […]
The world’s largest fish market plans to reopen its pre-dawn tuna auctions to tourists in Tokyo next week, an official said on Sunday, ending a month-long ban imposed over complaints of loutish behaviour, including licking and hugging fish.Hundreds of people, mostly foreign tourists, usually flock to Tokyo’s Tsukiji market every day but local authorities called […]
Australia’s flagging tourism industry is banking on renewed Japanese interest with the announcement of new flights from Tokyo to Cairns and the Gold Coast.Jetstar on Thursday became the largest Australian airline operating between Japan and Australia with the announcement of an expanded schedule.Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) managing director Matt Hingerty said the extra services […]
WHO: Alberto Rizzotti, 56, and his son, Eric, 13, of Berkley.WHERE: Japan.WHEN: 18 days in JulyWHY: “Every couple years we take some kind of exotic vacation,” Rizzotti said. “My wife and daughter don’t take to car driving that well, so they went on their own trip. I’d never been to the Orient and Eric was […]