Japan

[ad_1] In the restaurant cosmos, Michelin stars offer order and hierarchy. They certainly don’t calm the incorrigibly disputatious industry; instead, they provide a focus for rivalry, competition and debate, as well as anxiety.Ferran Adria, the legendary Spanish chef whose legacy has just been spectacularly celebrated in Copenhagen, says that one of the comforts of shuttering his restaurant El Bulli in 2011 — at the height of its powers — was […]

[ad_1] NARITA, Chiba Pref. – ANA Holdings launched its third airline brand, AirJapan, on Friday, with the medium-haul low-cost carrier targeting the growing number of tourists to Japan from other Asian countries following the complete removal of COVID-19 travel restrictions.The parent of All Nippon Airways said AirJapan will operate six round-trip flights per week between Narita Airport near Tokyo and Bangkok using Boeing 787-8 aircraft, with its first flight departing […]

[ad_1] MAEBASHI, Gunma Pref. – The dog that attacked a dozen people including nine elementary school pupils in Gunma Prefecture earlier this week had not been vaccinated for rabies, the local government said Friday.The pet owner has admitted that he failed to inoculate the 2-year-old Shikoku that went on a biting spree in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, on Wednesday, sending five of the 12 to hospital, although their injuries were not […]

[ad_1] World-renowned Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa died Tuesday from heart failure at his home in Tokyo, his management group announced Friday. He was 88. Ozawa worked with many North American orchestras throughout his illustrious career, including the New York Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he was the music director from 1973 until 2002. His 29-year tenure was the longest in […]

[ad_1] The average budget for women planning to buy Valentine’s Day chocolate stands at ¥5,024, marking a 34% increase from the previous year, according to a survey released Thursday by Tokyo research firm Intage. Despite concerns about rising prices impacting spending habits, all categories of chocolate-giving saw an increase in planned spending compared to the previous year, potentially reflecting an increase in face-to-face interactions after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. The […]

[ad_1] Doha – Goal-scorer Akram Afif said "the best is yet to come" after hosts and holders Qatar squeezed into an Asian Cup final against Jordan with a dramatic 3-2 win over Iran on Wednesday.Almoez Ali struck in the 82nd minute in Doha to send Qatar into their second consecutive final, further exorcising the demons of their first-round exit at the 2022 World Cup.Qatar lost all three of their World […]

[ad_1] The basic checklist for first-timers to Japan is predictable: Eat at a conveyer belt sushi joint, catch a peek of Mount Fuji, ride the shinkansen, cross Shibuya scramble. Over the past few years, one more item has found its place firmly on the list, scrawled in technicolor: take a selfie at teamLab.The art collective founded in Japan operates site-specific works across Asia, and is expanding in Europe, the Middle […]

[ad_1] The Osaka Expo once again finds itself faced with cost increases, as the government predicts it will need more than originally planned for the event’s promotional budget.In a revised proposal for the 2024 fiscal year budget, the amount requested for nationwide promotional activities related to the expo, officially known as the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Japan Expo, has been raised by about ¥200 million ($1.3 million) from ¥3.8 billion to ¥4 […]

[ad_1] The size of the hippocampus in Japanese teenagers’ brains increased during the nation’s first COVID-19 state of emergency in spring 2020, suggesting their stress levels had decreased, a new study by the University of Tokyo has shown.The research shows that, contrary to popular belief that the restrictions on academic and social activities during the pandemic added to stress among teens, their stress levels actually went down, at least temporarily. […]