The Tokyo Sky Tree, the giant new television tower in the Japanese capital, is on 22 May 2012 officially go into operation. Already, the still under construction Sky Tree is a magnet for tourists. Every day, many guests at Station Narihirabashi urge to take a look at the structure already completed the 634 meter high tower.
The Japanese Transport Minister Akihiro Ohata has granted the railway operator JR Tokai concession for the construction of the maglev between Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Thus, the so-called Chuo Shinkansen Project, which is in planning since 1973, on its way to its realization. With a cruising speed of 505 kilometers per hour travel time between the two cities will be reduced to 67 minutes.
Exactly 45 days after the earthquake is part of the high-speed line between Tokyo and the major city of Sendai has been put back into service. The reopening was but slightly resinous than the rail operator had expected. So had to be interrupted rail traffic on the first day for nearly 3 hours in both directions, as FNN news reported because of a power interruption in the Fukushima prefecture.
He calls himself Egashira 2:50 clock and is Japan's equivalent to something like Jackass star Steve-O Blödel . The 45-year-old who appears happy with his naked torso, makes everything that is not for riot he caused in 1997 in Turkey when he let down in a wrestling event of the pants – a gag, for which he is famous in Japan.
In the troubled region are running out of petrol. In the tsunami-devastated city is currently an acute shortage of Minamisanrikucho. The people here live in safe havens from private donations. Other empty the tank cars overturned. It is cold in the Northeast. Yesterday it snowed. The temperatures are in the zero-degree range.
According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japanese researchers have produced under the direction of Professor Hiroshi Kitagawa at Kyoto University with the help of nanotechnology, an alloy of rare earth palladium is similar – an element that comes on the periodic table between rhodium and silver are to . For Japan, this means a first step towards the erosion of commodity-dependence on China.
Simmering since September, then in an open exchange of blows out conflict between the company Qihoo and Tencent is finally over. It began when Qihoo, which belongs to the product 360 to the market leader in security software, Tencent accused that this popular with the QQ instant messaging program would spy on their users.
The Malaysian low cost airline AirAsia X enhances the price war in Japan. Only 5,000 yen would cost a flight from Tokyo to Kuala Lumpur. To benefit from the offer, but ticketing must be reserved in October. From December accommodate AirAsia X, the new flight route between Tokyo's Haneda airport and city of the Malaysian capital.
Travelers through China can look forward to: no more standing in line for hours, no jostling crowds, no bellowed ticket requests, which must make it understandable to someone behind a thick disk. According to the Ministry of the railways it will be possible from year to purchase train tickets over the Internet.
The Japanese Ministry of Finance has On Wednesday for the first time in more than 6 years intervened in the foreign exchange market to weaken the strong yen. After Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda gave the green light for action, the dollar gained against the yen in strength and it fell from its peak level in 15 years.