Mombasa – Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway opened http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/infrastructure/single-view/view/mombasa-nairobi-standard-gauge-railway-opened.html Considering that China has built high speed rails rapidly, it's strange t…

How a single sentence from Angela Merkel showed what Trump means to the world http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/29/politics/merkel-trump-europe/index.htmlPresident Trump's defect that he is not good at cooperation with others is one of his at…

ISIS in Southeast Asia: Philippines battles growing threat http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/28/asia/isis-threat-southeast-asia/index.htmlEven if there are no ISIS militants entering Philippines, Muslims in Philippines who feel like being sur…

海外の種別（自強、普悠瑪、太魯閣、莒光、復興、直達車、区間快車、区間車、KTX、ITX、セマウル、ヌリロ、ムグンファ、動車組、Amtrak、Acera、ETS、KILAエクスプレス等）を日本の列車種別（特急、急行、準急等）に当てはめてみました。 ※画像クリックで拡…

Can you guess the city by looking out of your hotel window? http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/23/hotels/standard-hotel-room-roger-eberhard-photos/It's because skyscrapers are similar around the world. The more populated and more economically …

SNCF to rebrand TGV services as ‘inOui’ http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/sncf-to-rebrand-tgv-services-as-inoui.htmlIt's easy for almost all the people around the world to pronounce TGV as long as we know alphabets. But, …

Number of flights to Japan to hit record level this summer http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Number-of-flights-to-Japan-to-hit-record-level-this-summer?utm_source=paid.outbrain.com&utm_campaign=BA%20JPN&utm_medium=referralAfter bud…

Manchester attack: UK halts sharing bombing intel with US http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/25/europe/manchester-terror-attack-uk/index.htmlI take it for granted that those who revealed secrets can not be trusted for a while. Japan's pundit o…

Work starts on ‘metropolitan’ high speed link in Beijing http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/work-starts-on-metropolitan-high-speed-link-in-beijing.htmlThe rail line is expected to connect Beijing and Bazhou via Guan. Since…

Portugal's Douro Presidential Train: The world's tastiest rail journey http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/22/travel/portugal-douro-luxury-presidential-train/index.htmlIn Japan, luxurious sleeper trains, "Nanatsuboshi(Seven stars)", "Shikishima…

Drive them out': Trump calls on Muslims to share burden in terror fight http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/21/politics/trump-muslim-speech-saudi-arabia/index.htmlThough Trump has been interested in issues in Korean Peninsula, he changed his ta…

Naniwasuji Line is the proposed rail line that will connect Umeda and Namba, both of which are the most flourishing area in Osaka city. The total length of the line is estimated to be 7.4km, and 4 stations will be built on the line by the …

Though Tokyo is the most populated city, its railway networks are also world's most complicated ones. So, each train's population density should be similar to that of world's megacities. The difference is that there are many trains which s…

Weight loss can be tied to when, not just what, you eat http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/19/health/weight-loss-circadian-rhythms-drayer/index.htmlIn terms of health problems, it has been said to be better to eat breakfast. But, it's strange …

Fitted tees, shorty shorts: Sending the wrong message to girls? http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/17/health/girls-clothing-fit-body-image/index.html Due to slender or skinny figures shown on TVs, many girls think it's better to be more and mo…

Dhaka metro contracts signed http://www.metro-report.com/news/news-by-region/asia-pacific-ex-china/single-view/view/dhaka-metro-contracts-signed.htmlDhaka is the 19th largest city in the world and the second largest city in the world's cit…

Detroit had been dependent on auto industry. When it was flourishing, the last streetcar line was removed. When we consider that the city once had 534-mile network of electric streetcars, it's a surprising decline.Since the second decline …

We often hear "I wish I could live in a big house like that!" Is it true that to live in a big house is ideal idea? Surely, we can't tolerate with being crammed in a house which has only one room and its length is shorter than our bodies. …

One of the reasons people hesitate to go on a trip is the troublesome way of booking trains or flights. It's not only long distance journey, but also short distance. For example, 7 years ago, at Shanghai Railway Station, I saw a lot of peo…

Around London, when I ate lunch at a restaurant where only healthy food was served, I found sushi there. Then, I thought sushi was treated as healthy food in European countries.On the other hand, suchi is supposed to be luxurious food in J…

The survey on the article showed "many people think that more and more women should work, while males want to be breadwinners" To achieve both, is it right to hire women with lower salary? But, lower salary would cause inequality between u…

Now that we can go far away by air with shorter time and cheaper fare(at least, in Japan), many people would choose airplanes. Considering that it will be difficult for trains to run faster than airplanes, the only way to survive must be c…

The article encourages to reuse unused soap. But, before that, we need to compare energy consumption between disposing soap and recycling soap. Soap in each hotel's room must be processed at factories. It needs energy to transport unused s…

Some of those who saw fire thought it could be missiles from North Korea since Atsugi military base has been rumored to be one of the possible targets of North Korean missiles. The fact was that it was not from the base, but from the facto…

One of the 14 choices is 'Suppress your feeling'. But, if avoiding the other 13 choices are suppressing ones, this article includes contradictions. Well, those who seem to notice it won't follow the article. 14 Choices You Will Regret In 1…

The platform described as 'A new Harry Potter-style Platform' is prepared not only for generating luxurious room, but also excluding 'train spotters(Toritetsu, 撮り鉄)'. In addition to it, a train which is not in service stopped on the tra…

The article introduces construction plan of freight line which avoids downtown area of Chicago. Though US rail's passenger service has declined, it seems to be growing as freight service. As well as the plan, I was surprised at the fact th…

The article says "Love hotels flourished when people didn't have any privacy for secret relationships. I wondered what happened there." Juding from the name, the author would be able to understand what happens in that kind of the hotels. S…

After all, life expectancy is proportional to income. Those who can afford to spend money on medical care can live longer. But, the result on the article shows racial gap is shrinking. It's good trend to reduce racial disparity. Black Amer…

Just criticizing job loss can't solve the source of the issue. I guess the biggest reason is that there is no reason for companies to hire employees with high salary. Every company wants to lower wage by offering job to people in developin…