New York's skyline got a new king on Tuesday after the still unfinished World Trade Centre tower, built to replace the destroyed Twin Towers, crept above the venerable Empire State Building.Workers gently maneuvered a steel column into its…

Suzhou became the second city that had a metro line in Jiansu, following Nanjing. The line is 25 km with 24 stations. But, The line isn't connected with Suzhou Railway Station(苏州火车站). Line 2 will play a role as the line connecting Suz…

It is called "Golden Week". But, I had to go to work at a preparatory school to teach two students. The most interesting thing is that whether a kind of companies so-called "Black companies" in Japan ensure holidays for employees. Watami i…

My friends plan to go to Tokyo to participate in a symposium. Express bus, train, and airplane seem to be choices. Firstly, they intended to board an airplane. Since Peach, the newest Low Cost Career in Japan, is popular, they plan to use …

According to JR Freight, staffs of Goryokaku station discovered sparks came off from an axle of freight train(20 units) at Hakodate freight terminal in Minato, Hakodate, Hokkaido at 6 o'clock on April 26th. The train ran with its wheel der…

A college group announced on Thursday that they will stage a 'massive protest' outside Lady Gaga's concert in Seoul on Friday, claiming the artist has offended many youngsters with her 'abnormal, obscene' performances. 'We, Korean students…

North Korea's military on Monday threatened 'special actions' soon to turn parts of the South Korean capital to ashes, accusing Seoul's conservative government of defaming its leadership.The North has for months been criticising the South'…

Reflecting the nation's declining birthrate, the number of single-sex schools in the country has decreased dramatically, according to a 2011 poll by the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry.There were 464 schools att…

Most of "Seiyu-otaku", which have interest in actresses whose voice are used for dubbing, think the actresses should be virgin. So, every time an actress's sexual scandal is exposed, "Seiyu-otaku" get angry and say ironical sayings. As far…

In Nara Prefecture, the number of unmanned stations increases. Though Kintetsu only had 4 unmanned stations until March, 2011, it increased to 14 stations. Half of 32 stations of JR occupies unmanned stations. It is because reducing runnni…

Japan could fall out of the league of developed nations by 2050 as a shrinking and greying population as well as slowing productivity make its economy contract, a think-tank has warned.The 21st Century Public Policy Institute said a dwindl…

Thai Democrat Nat Bantadtan admitted he had used his mobile phone to look at a porn image during the meeting to deliberate the charter amendment bill.The picture of Mr Bantadtan watching the picture on his mobile phone was widely distribut…

※Kepco stands for KANSAI Electric Power CO.INC In case lack of electricity forces Kepco to implement scheduled blackouts, Kepco decided to install new systems to implement scheduled blackouts smoothly. The systems are that blackouts areas …

People with blood type A may be susceptible to certain strains of rotavirus infections, Science Daily reported on Sunday.Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas have found that strains of the virus seem to find their wa…

Sex experts are urging Hong Kongers to strip off their reputation as some of the least active lovers in Asia to get more out of their sex lives and overcome challenges of privacy in a cramped city.'People say Hong Kongers have the least am…

A group of architects in the city think about the plan of the revival of streetcars in Wakayama city. They aim at reinvigorating both lives and tourist business of the city by connecting stations of JR and Nankai, city hall, prefectural of…

The Cuban government plans to remove many of the restrictions that have prevented its citizens from travelling abroad for decades, National Assembly president Ricardo Alarcon said in an interview published on Friday.Mr Alarcon said Cuba is…

The new compulsory Settling-in-Programme (SIP) for first-time maids will be introduced from May 1.It will be conducted as a one-day course that costs $75 for employers.Currently, employers pay $7 for their maids to sit the English entry te…

Oil revenues have already fuelled a high-profile construction frenzy in the former Soviet state of Azerbaijan, but in an attempt to raise its profile further, the Caspian Sea country is looking to build the tallest building in the world.Te…

My senior researcher visited the website of a laboratory which is famous for easy men and easy women. Then, he found some pictures on the website. Most of the pictures are taken in trips or parties, and they seem to be uncomfortable for us…

After construction of the Trans-Java railroad along the northern coastal highway (Pantura) is complete in 2014, Indonesia will begin building bullet trains-much like the Shinkansen in Japan-connecting the business centres of Jakarta and Su…

A jealous Taiwanese husband led an assault on a Facebook user who had flirted with his wife online, beating him to death with baseball clubs, police said on Monday.Chou You-huang, a 34-year-old resident of south Taiwan's Pingtung county, t…

On the square in front of Ishibutai Kofun in Asuka village, Nara prefecture, Handmade Steam Locomotive began to run on March 7 and ended on March 8. The plan was arranged by "Mahoroba Railway"(Representative: Eizou Yazugawa), which consist…

On March 28, Oigawa Railway(its headquarter is in Kanaya-Higashi 2-chome, Shimada) sets new local bus line between Senzu station in Kawane-Hommachi and Kanzou station in Aoi, Shizuoka, which is along Ōigawa Railway Ikawa Line. According to…

I'm sorry that the diary is written in Japanese. But, you can see pictures even if you aren't be well informed about Japanese. See the links shown below ・Entry for the diary http://d.hatena.ne.jp/special-rapid223/20080301#Travel top・1st …

Singaporeans are becoming more civic-minded despite the recent case of an elderly man being punched and kicked over a train seat, commuters and observers told The Straits Times on Thursday.They said the assault was an isolated incident, an…

Suddenly, I got e-mail from my senior researcher who started his life in a company. His message was "Really, It's hard to work here. I'd like to quit."Since he is told not to speak out anything about his company by his boss, he didn't reve…

Neslisah Sultan, the oldest member of the dynasty that ruled the former Ottoman empire, has died at the age of 91, Turkish media reported on Tuesday.The granddaughter of the last Ottoman sultan, Mehmed VI, died on Monday and will be buried…

Today is virtually the beginning day of this year in Japan, many people warn that they will confront difficulties. For example, "Recruits are not permitted to reach their offices after their bosses' arrival and to leave the offices before …

A New York professor of audiology identified more than 30 people who lost hearing after being kissed on the ear and he's searching for more.Dr Levi Reiter of Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., said a woman came to him five years ago be…