Tokyo Essentials Blog » News http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog Tokyo news and information Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:08:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Cargo plane crashes in Tokyo http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2009/03/25/cargo-plane-crashes-in-tokyo/ http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2009/03/25/cargo-plane-crashes-in-tokyo/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:54:34 +0000 Mike http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/?p=90 A FedEx cargo plane crashed and killed its two pilots in Tokyo on Tuesday. The wreckage was quickly cleaned up by workers and the runway was soon reopened.

“We have a team of experts here to work closely with our folks here in Japan, and with the government authorities, to get all the necessary information about the incident, and we’re going to spend as much time as necessary until we get to all the issues and the facts and the information that we need,” said William Margaritis, senior vice president of communication of FedEx.

See crash footage at Narita airport here on YouTube:

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“We’re gonna hang out. We’re gonna see some sights, you know, and we want to eat great sushi that they have here, and just looking forward to seeing some friends,” he told reporters.

JAPAN/

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The screen is used to show computer-generated scientific video programs.

Further details (Japanese).

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“the metropolitan government predicts the population of Tokyo will continue to increase for some time, reaching a peak of 13 million in 2015.”

Source

]]> http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2006/12/24/government-outlines-tokyo-infrastructure-plans/feed/ 0 Sony PS3 goes on sale http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2006/11/14/sony-ps3-goes-on-sale/ http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2006/11/14/sony-ps3-goes-on-sale/#comments Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:19:09 +0000 Mike http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2006/11/14/sony-ps3-goes-on-sale/ The new Sony PS3 went on sale last weekend. I was at the Yurakucho branch of BicCamera on Sunday night and saw a fairly orderly, but long line of eager customers.

Only a limited number were on sale on the weekend, helping to build a buying frenzy for the new gaming console.

]]> http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2006/11/14/sony-ps3-goes-on-sale/feed/ 0 Tokyo food cheaper than London and Paris http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2006/09/05/tokyo-food-cheaper-than-london-and-paris/ http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2006/09/05/tokyo-food-cheaper-than-london-and-paris/#comments Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:37:19 +0000 Mike http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2006/09/05/tokyo-food-cheaper-than-london-and-paris/ Tokyo food prices are dropping according to a survey done by the Japanese government. This is not surprising too much, as competition between Japanese fast food restaurants increases.

Household budgets are being stretched as bonuses shrink. One area which families seem to cut back on is dad’s lunch money. One coin lunch places (500 yen) can be seen frequently throughout the city.

If only my landlord would drop my rent!

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The outage lasted around 3 hours and brought chaos to the city.

“It was really terrible,” said Naoko Maruyama, a 29-year-old office worker. “I had never experienced anything like it. I had to wait two hours at home until the trains re-started and it was sweltering because I could not use the air-conditioning.”

Fortunately, much of Japan is on holidays this week, with the Obon summer break.

Further reading

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It is located directly opposite Roppongi Hills.

http://zaboo.jp/roppongi/index.html

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“For many companies, it can now be more expensive to send employees to work in Russia or Korea than places like Japan or Switzerland which are often perceived to be more costly.”

Source

]]> http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2006/06/27/moscow-takes-over-tokyo-as-most-expensive-city/feed/ 0 See the future in Tokyo http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2006/06/05/see-the-future-in-tokyo/ http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2006/06/05/see-the-future-in-tokyo/#comments Mon, 05 Jun 2006 01:56:02 +0000 Mike http://www.tokyoessentials.com/blog/2006/06/05/see-the-future-in-tokyo/ The “Miraikan” or future museum bill itself as “Dreams for the 21st Century”.

From their webite:

What direction should we take from now on? Considering that, we came up with
themes in 4 different fields, “the Earth Environment and Frontiers,” “Innovation and
the Future,” “Information Science and Technology for Society” and “Life Science” as we
look at science and technology from the wide viewpoint of space, earth and humans.

I will be writing a review of the place, next time I get a chance to visit Odaiba where it is located.

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