Japan’s English : Preparing for Olympics and learning the Indian way
Tokyo, the multicultural city has seen significant number of India IT professionals who have settled down here since the late 90’s and early 2000’s. NHK covered the Indian Community...
TOKYO 2020 : OSAKA to the rescue?
Olympics are hosted by cities rather than the whole country and 2020 was awarded to Tokyo. Events bring in real estate, facilities and sporting venue developments across cities which...
“Smoke” screen for a smoke free Olympics?
First with the facts and figures. Japanese remain heavy smokers, consuming an average of 1,800 cigarettes a year, compared to about 1,000 per capita in the United States!! Secondhand...
1964 Olympics = Bullet Trains, 2020 Olympics = ??
Japan as is popularly known made a phenomenal recovery in the post war period and by 1964 was holding events like the 1964 Olympics in a modern city of that...
Tokyo Olympics and Casinos??
Olympics is about celebration of human potential through discipline, dedication, perseverance and positive mindset. To quote the history from olympic.org “Olympics aimed to show the physical qualities and evolution of...
Tokyo 2020 : Good news from the Fukushima front
The March 2011 earthquake, followed by the devastating tsunami and the nuclear accident at Fukushima had many wondering if the Tokyo bid for the Summer Olympics will go through...
Not just Free WiFi : Case for multilingual disaster warning systems
The past one year, keeping a track of tourism related news, Japan seems to have suddenly woken up to the fact that foreign tourists cite a lack of free...
What are the Japanese lobbying hard to reinstate in 2020 Olympics?
Any particular sport, to be included in Olympics, it should be widely played around the world and meet a number of criteria established by the IOC session. A recognized...
Haneda to Shin Kiba in 20 minutes!?!?
Shin Kiba, the station on the Rinkai Line in Tokyo, is relatively free from the jam packed scenes common on commuter trains in Tokyo. Connecting to the Odaiba side...
Tokyo Station renewal before Summer Olympics
The 100 year anniversary of the Tokyo Station saw the exterior on the Marunouchi end of the Tokyo Station being restored to its original beauty. In October 2012, the renovation...