Daunting travel schedule awaits Seattle

6 February 2012, 11:41 pm

When the Seattle Mariners open spring training to pitchers and catchers on Sunday they’ll have 35 pitchers to look at – and 39 days in which to do it.... Read More »

Corporate banker in Japan: 'I don't see much innovation coming out of the UK' | Joris Luyendijk

6 February 2012, 7:16 pm

A vice-president of a major western bank in Tokyo compares the banking cultures of Japan and the west • This monologue is part of a series in which people across the financial sector speak about their working lives We are meeting in the centre of Tokyo on a Saturday in January. Casually dressed fo... Read More »

Cheapflights.co.uk Identifies Travel Habits Based on Smartphone Brands

6 February 2012, 8:33 am

LONDON-- - Having pooled together results of a recent survey* in which more than 700 people took part, along with information based on search data, Cheapflights.co.uk , the online leader in travel deals ...... Read More »

Charlie Brooker in Tokyo: 'In Japan geeks are comfortably mainstream'

3 February 2012, 3:21 pm

Video game aficionado Charlie Brooker makes a pilgrimage to Japan, a mecca for electronics, games and comics, and feels right at home among Tokyo's unfathomable futuristic madness • Browse our Tokyo city guide • See our immersive video experiment • Play classic games in our arcade People o... Read More »

Mitsubishi Electric Announces New Ultra-High-Speed Elevator Technologies

2 February 2012, 6:10 pm

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today its new suite of technologies that enable ultra-high-speed elevators to travel faster than 1,000 meters per minute, or 60 kph, with enhanced efficiency, comfort and safety.... Read More »

American Tours and Travel Hosts Japanese High School From Tokyo

1 February 2012, 4:03 am

Junior/Senior High School Band from Japan Rocks the House at Two Orlando Theme ParksOrlando, FL (PRWEB) February 01, 2012 Yokohama Soei Jr. High/Senior High Band from Tokyo, Japan made a recent appearance at Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando over the Holidays, and the students gave an impressi... Read More »

Faster release of visas pushed

31 January 2012, 7:25 am

The Philippine Travel Agencies Association is optimistic that the Japenese Embassy would ease visa applications for Filipinos going to Tokyo.... Read More »

AirAsia X to double flights to Tokyo

30 January 2012, 8:00 pm

Petaling Jaya (The Star/ANN) - AirAsia X will double its frequency on the Kuala Lumpur-Tokyo (Haneda) route to meet demand in the Asia-Pacific region.... Read More »

Weekend of art in Tokyo

30 January 2012, 5:01 am

On Saturday, there I was at the Peninsula Tokyo reading my favorite Financial Times (FT) Weekend supplement which had an advertisement for a course towards a Diploma in Asian Art from the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London . In a previous life (a.k.a. before I started... Read More »

Tokyo without tears: New impressions of Japan

18 January 2012, 6:10 pm

Teaser On business etiquette, car-spotting in Ginza, heavy drinking, toilets and other sites. On business etiquette, car-spotting in Ginza, heavy drinking, toilets and other sites. read more... Read More »