Tag: Tokyo

This Day, That Year – May 22

The Brew News Team May. 22, 2023

This day in history we feature the Tokyo Skytree. A broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo was opened on this day in 2012. Trivia – Tokyo Skytree  Tokyo Skytree became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 and reached its full height of 634 meters in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in […]

This Day, That Year – May 7

The Brew News Team May. 07, 2023

This day in history we feature the SONY. The company started as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering was founded on this day in 1946. Trivia – SONY Sony Group Corporation, commonly known as simply Sony (stylized as SONY), is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as […]

An 83-year-old man becomes the oldest to sail solo across the Pacific

Brew Admin Jun. 09, 2022

Tokyo: An 83-year-old Japanese adventurer returned home after completing his solo, nonstop voyage across the Pacific, thereby becoming the oldest person to reach such a milestone. Kenichi Horie arrived in the Kii Strait off Japan’s western coast, completing his trans-Pacific voyage in 69 days after leaving a yacht harbour in San Francisco in March. It […]

These adorable Panda twins have finally got names!

Brew Admin Oct. 08, 2021

Giant panda twins born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in June got their names — Lei Lei for the female cub, and Xiao Xiao for her brother. They were chosen from hundreds of thousands of suggestions sent from fans around Japan. The twin cubs, which were palm-size pink creatures when born on June 23, have grown […]

Japan’s bright red ‘post-box-on-wheels’ takes a turn around Tokyo streets

The Brew News Team Oct. 08, 2020

In an age of rising demands for contact-free, human-less services, Japan Post Co. unveiled on Wednesday a self-driving mail delivery robot to address the citizens postal needs amid the coronavirus pandemic. Designed with built-in cameras and sensors, the bright red, trolley-sized robot wheeled down Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward, dodging people on the sidewalks, utility poles in […]

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