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Feb 3, 2025 | 
accuweather.com | Chris Lau |Lisako Neriki Ancheta
Winter is peak tourist season in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan. (Photo Credit: DoctorEgg/Moment RF/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) (CNN) — Tranquil and blanketed in pristine white snow, the Japanese city of Otaru serves as the backdrop of a popular 1995 romance blockbuster that continues to bring starry-eyed travelers to the region every winter.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
msn.com | Chris Lau |Lisako Neriki Ancheta
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Chris Lau |Lisako Neriki Ancheta
Tranquil and blanketed in pristine white snow, the Japanese city of Otaru serves as the backdrop of a popular 1995 romance blockbuster that continues to bring starry-eyed travelers to the region every winter. But this sleepy city tucked away on the west coast of the island of Hokkaido has become the latest flashpoint in Japan’s ongoing battle against overtourism.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
cnnespanol.cnn.com | Lilit Marcus |Lisako Neriki Ancheta
El horizonte al anochecer en Osaka, Japón, el 21 de mayo de 2020. Buddhika Weerasinghe/Bloomberg/Getty Images/Archivo Tokio, Japón CNN — Una de las ciudades más grandes de Japón se está “embelleciendo” antes de ser sede de la Expo Mundial, no plantando flores, sino prohibiendo los cigarrillos. Osaka acogerá próximamente la Expo 2025, que se celebrará de abril a octubre, en la que participarán representantes de 158 países y regiones en charlas, demostraciones y exposiciones.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
cnn.com | Lilit Marcus |Lisako Neriki Ancheta
One of Japan’s biggest cities is “beautifying” itself ahead of hosting the World Expo — not by planting flowers, but by banning cigarettes. Osaka will soon host Expo 2025, which runs from April to October, with representatives from 158 countries and regions participating in talks, demonstrations and exhibitions. The ban on public smoking, which took effect on January 27, includes roads, parks, plazas and other public places and applies not only to cigarettes, but also to vapes.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
accuweather.com | Jay Ganglani |Lisako Neriki Ancheta |Chris Lau
A 276-kilogram bluefin tuna that was auctioned for 207 million Japanese yen (about about 1.3 million U.S. dollars). (Photo credit: Kyodo/via Reuters via CNN Newsource) Tokyo (CNN) — A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new year auction.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
wesh.com | Jay Ganglani |Lisako Neriki Ancheta |Chris Lau
A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second-highest price on record during its New Year auction.Michelin-starred sushi restaurateurs Onodera Group claimed the 608-pound fish with its million-dollar bid at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on January 5, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported.The bid marks the second highest price since the seafood wholesale market, considered the world’s...
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Jan 5, 2025 | 
sg.news.yahoo.com | Jay Ganglani |Lisako Neriki Ancheta |Chris Lau
A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new year auction. Michelin-starred sushi restaurateurs Onodera Group claimed the 608-pound (276-kilogram) fish with its million-dollar bid at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on January 5, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
waaytv.com | Chris Lau |Lisako Neriki Ancheta |Yumi Asada
Tokyo (CNN) — The Japanese capital is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees, in its latest push to help working mothers and boost record-low fertility rates. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says the new arrangement, which begins in April, could give employees three days off every week.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
msn.com | Chris Lau |Lisako Neriki Ancheta |Yumi Asada
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