Chiba, Japan News

Plans for a new idol group, "HotSpots," have been called off and the auditions have been cancelled for young women living in the radioactive Chiba Prefecture east of Tokyo and downwind from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown according to reports in the Japanese press .

We met up with the Ryo Kaneko, owner of this Yellow Factory EG6, when visiting Nikko racetrack.

Japanese refiner Kyokuto Petroleum Industries on Thursday confirmed an oil leak from near one of the naphtha tanks at its sole 175,000 barrels per day Chiba refinery, east of Tokyo, a company official said.

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Toyota Motors President Akio Toyoda poses next to the company's new sports coupe "Toyota 86" during its unveiling event at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba city, eastern suburban Tokyo on February 2, 2012.

MANILA, Philippines - Negros province is eyeing a slice of the US$9-billion global market for Arabica coffee as it joins the Philippine delegation for the first time in the upcoming 37th International Food and Beverage Exhibition or FOODEX Japan 2012 slated on March 6-9 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.

Thirty-two home owners in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking combined damages of about 700 million yen from Mitsui Fudosan Co., claiming the housing developer's failure to improve reclaimed land made their properties more vulnerable to liquefaction damage during the March 11 earthquake.

Japan's Cosmo Oil Co hopes to resume operations of the 120,000 barrels per day No.2 crude distillation unit at its quake-hit Chiba refinery soon, but is still awaiting approval from the local government, Managing Executive Officer Satoshi Miyamoto said at a news conference on Thursday.

Reuters West Coast bureau chief Jonathan Weber says the difference between Facebook and tech IPOs of the 1990s is that Facebook already has substantial revenue and profit.

Toshio Ogawa is the first justice minister to tacitly support capital punishment since the Democratic Party of Japan came to power in September 2009 and has no intention of engaging in the debate over whether to end the death penalty.

A car with a loaded shotgun and a box with about 40 shells was stolen early Sunday morning in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, police said the same day.

The owners of House C wanted a house where they could be close to nature, garden and enjoy views of both the mountains and the sea.

A man looks at a billboard of Nintendo Co Ltd's new 3DS handheld game console in Chiba, east of Tokyo September 29, 2010.

Snow fell in and around Tokyo from Monday night through early Tuesday and stuck for the first time this season, disrupting rail and road traffic and causing people to injure themselves in falls.

The unforgiving tide of water unleashed after one of the biggest quakes in recent history obliterated tens of thousands of buildings, devouring almost anything in its path.

According to a slew of automotive press reports, Campinn a Japanese aftermarket custom car company has launched a new Toyota Prius based camper van conversion which would be perfect for the eco warrior.