Knife attack at Japanese-heavy building injures 3 in Shanghai

SHANGHAI—A knife-wielding man injured two Japanese men and a Chinese woman at a Japanese restaurant in one of Shanghai’s most ...
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How Japan’s Buildings Stand Tall Through Earthquakes

When a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, tsunami warnings echoed across parts of Japan, the US, and Russia. While fear and panic loomed in some regions, Japan ...
Berkshire Eagle

Here's how a 120-year-old Japanese storehouse made its way to Berkshire County

TYRINGHAM — A historic Japanese warehouse that stood for over a century is getting a second life — in rural Massachusetts. A new business is rescuing the frames of century-old Japanese buildings from ...
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Mori JP Tower Opens Its Doors As the New Tallest Building in Tokyo

Japan’s new tallest building has officially opened its doors in Tokyo. Also among the largest private developments in the city’s history, the 1,067-feet (325.2-meter) Mori JP Tower was designed as a ...
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Tile-clad Japanese buildings inform self-designed office in Valencia

Architect Paloma Bau and creative director Ausiàs Pérez have collaborated on designing their shared office in Valencia, Spain ...
Aviation Week

Japan Building New Expanded Spaceport In Hokkaido

SINGAPORE–Japan’s Space Cotan Ltd. and the Hokkaido town of Taiki have begun the expansion of Hokkaido Spaceport (HOSPO), part of its vision to create a space Silicon Valley in Japan. The spaceport ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Powerful earthquakes leave at least 55 dead, destroy buildings along Japan’s western coast

WAJIMA, Japan — A series of powerful earthquakes that hit western Japan have left at least 55 people dead and damaged thousands of buildings, vehicles and boats. Officials warned Tuesday that more ...