上海虹橋国際空港で自動チェックインが導入されました。It's now possible to check in automatically at Shanghai's Hongqiao airport using facial recognition technology, part of an ambitious rollout of facial recognition systems in China that ha…

日光にある二荒山神社が、中国人観光客参拝者向けに全国で初の試みを行いました。NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Historic Nikko Futarasanjinja here is moving with the times by becoming the nation’s first Shinto shrine to cater to Chinese tourists ac…

先日、Canadianの友人らと放課後にお喋りしていた際に耳にしたのが that’s so fetch! です。これまで聞いたことのない表現でしたが、文脈から “that’s good for you” に近い意味だと推測しました。ちなみに、あの米国国民的コメディ映画の “Mean Girls” に由…

昭和大学医学部の不正入試をめぐる問題で、6年前から得点操作が行われていたことが明らかとなりました。Showa Univ. has manipulated entrance exam scores since ’13Showa University has announced that since 2013 it has manipulated the scores of appl…

築地にすみ着いたネズミの駆除やアスベストの被害で市場の閉鎖が難航しています。Vermin, asbestos fears complicate closure of iconic Tsukiji marketAbundant fish scraps and a labyrinth of drainage channels to take refuge in have made Tokyo’s Tsu…

World Food Day: here’s what the UN is doing to fix ‘intolerable’ wrong of hunger“In our world of plenty, one person in nine does not have enough to eat”, said United Nations chief António Guterres on Tuesday, marking World Food Day. With t…

水晶に収められた珍しい仏像が公開されています。Rare Buddha ensconced in crystal showing at Kyoto templeKYOTO--A small crystal-encased Buddha that was discovered at a temple here may have been the handiwork of the studio of master Buddhist s…

また、不正がありました。Showa University has announced that since 2013 it has manipulated the scores of applicants who took the second stage of the entrance exam for its medical school.The Tokyo university said during a press conference on…

宿泊税は本当に必要なのでしょうか。Kyoto taxes hotel stays amid fiscal woes KYOTO — The Kyoto city government began levying a tax this month on stays at hotels and other accommodations, seeking to capitalize on robust visitation by foreign …