If you learn our sequence of articles in regards to the technique of getting a driver’s license in Japan with out going to driving college, you may need seen that there are some less-than-intuitive issues they examine for on the take a look at. For instance, even at managed prepare crossings with a gate that comes down if a prepare goes to be going by, you’re required by legislation to come back to a full cease, even when the gate is open. What’s extra, the take a look at directors will mark you down in case you don’t look each methods earlier than continuing, and in case you don’t put your window down and hear for the sound of an approaching prepare whilst you’re doing this.

That may sound overly cautious, and even some Japanese individuals suppose it’s overkill. However, a latest incident that occurred in Osaka, seen within the video under, has reminded many individuals that every one that “overkill” is healthier than being killed.

At round 6:30 within the morning on February 6, a automobile was stopped at a railroad crossing within the metropolis’s Nishinari Ward, close to Nishi Tengachaya Station on the Koya Line. When the destiny went up, the automobile’s driver moved the automobile ahead, on the identical time a prepare was passing via what was presupposed to be a transparent intersection.

Luckily, the driving force of the prepare had seen that one thing was amiss because the prepare approached the crossing and utilized the emergency brake, slowing the prepare however not sufficient to cease it earlier than it reached the intersection. Thought contact was made between the prepare and automobile, fortunately it wasn’t direct or forceful sufficient for a full-on-crash, and neither the automobile or prepare’s drivers, nor any of the ten passengers on the prepare, suffered accidents.

▼ An alternate angle of the incident

The reason behind the issue was decided to be a circuit breaker malfunction stemming from development that had been carried out the earlier evening by Koya Line operator Nankai Electric Railway Co. to exchange railroad ties at a website roughly 600 meters (1,969 ft) away from the intersection. Construction errors resulted in vibrations from passing trains adversely affecting the gear’s capability to relay alerts to the crossing gate, main the gate to boost regardless of a prepare approaching. Nankai Electric Railway Co. has since corrected the difficulty, however doing so required stopping service on the road for some 10 hours.

▼ The crossing the place the incident occurred, from the attitude of the automobile’s driver

The startling movies have had on-line commenters pondering again to their driving college days and leaving feedback together with:

“Wait, that can actually happen?”

“They should include this in the videos they make you watch at driving school.”

“Now I get why they make such a big deal out of lowering your window and looking both ways.”

“I remember thinking ‘Why do I have to do that when there’s an automated gate?’, but this is the sort of thing they were warning us about.”

“You’d never expect that a train is going to be coming right as the gate goes up.”

Looking on the video, it’s not totally clear how a lot or how little of the driving school-taught process the automobile’s driver adopted, nevertheless it’s reminder that automated security programs aren’t excellent, and so it’s at all times a good suggestion to pay attention to your environment when behind the wheel, particularly when there are a lot, a lot greater automobiles presumably coming at you from the facet.

Source: NHK News Web by way of Jin, Twitter/@nhk_bknews, YouTube/ANNnewsCH by way of Hachima Kiko

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TOKYO, Feb 13 (News On Japan) –
The Hilltop Hotel in Chiyoda, Tokyo, cherished by esteemed literary figures like Yasunari Kawabata, Yukio Mishima, and Shōtarō Ikenami as their common retreat, closed its doorways on Monday for final time.

The closing is because of the ageing infrastructure of the constructing, with no specified timeline for reopening. On its final day, people flocked to its foyer and restaurant to bid a sentimental farewell to a spot deeply interwoven with Japan’s cultural and literary heritage.

Source: Kyodo

TOKYO, Feb 13 (News On Japan) –
On the ultimate day of the three-day weekend, Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu City was bustling with guests eagerly awaited Minnie’s parade, marking the fortieth anniversary celebrations of Tokyo Disney Resort drawing to a detailed. Many had booked resorts to totally benefit from the park over the vacation.

A bunch of college college students from Nara shared, “We came from Nara and stayed at the Celebration Hotel, costing us 64,000 yen for two nights.” A household of seven added, “We visited Land on Saturday and Sea on Sunday, staying at the Disney Land Hotel. We believe the cost exceeded one million yen.” A pair with a child talked about their keep on the Celebration Hotel costing about 100,000 yen.

The introduction of an “accommodation tax” for visitors staying in resorts inside Urayasu City, residence to the grand Tokyo Disney Resort, is into consideration.

The metropolis just lately introduced plans to begin concrete discussions on implementing the tax from April.

An aerial view of the JR Maihama Station space reveals quite a few resorts surrounding Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea, highlighting its prime seaside location. Pre-pandemic in 2019, Urayasu City welcomed roughly 30 million guests, with round 8 million in a single day stays.

The proposed lodging tax in Urayasu City has elicited varied reactions from Disney Resort guests.

A pair from Kitakyushu, staying for 2 nights, hoped for simpler lodging bookings if taxes result in enhancements. University college students from Nara wished for visitors congestion aid, whereas a household from Niigata expressed hope for alleviating transportation crowding. Parents from Nara hoped the tax would make the resort extra accessible for kids.

While some see potential advantages in utilizing the tax for infrastructural enhancements and emergency companies round Maihama Station, others concern elevated monetary burdens.

A visitor from Kanagawa lamented the extra value, and one other from Hyogo expressed concern over spending much more on their go to.

Urayasu City goals to make use of the tax for infrastructure improvement and increasing emergency companies. Although the precise tax quantity per night time is undecided, a hypothetical 100 yen cost may generate roughly 700 million yen yearly.

Aviation and journey analyst Kotaro Toriumi highlighted the first profit as decreasing the monetary load on metropolis residents, given the vast majority of guests are vacationers.

Since Tokyo’s early adoption of the lodging tax in 2002, Osaka Prefecture and Kyoto City have adopted go well with. Kyoto’s tax varies by lodging value, reaching as much as 1,000 yen for stays costing over 50,000 yen.

With tourism anticipated to surge post-pandemic, extra municipalities are contemplating the tax as an important supply for tourism promotion. Cities like Sendai, Atami, and Kumamoto are amongst these exploring the introduction of a lodging tax.

Urayasu City has but to find out a begin date for the tax however emphasizes creating a cushty and safe setting for visitors and companies alike, aiming for his or her understanding and cooperation.

Source: FNN

TOKYO, Feb 13 (News On Japan) –
A gaggle together with a enterprise firm originating from Meiji University has succeeded in producing a particular breed of pigs, developed within the United States for the aim of organ transplantation in people, utilizing cloning expertise.

This marks the primary start of piglets in Japan utilizing this system. The enterprise firm, PorMedTech, which focuses on pig cloning expertise and associated analysis, introduced the event. The pigs in query are genetically engineered miniature pigs by an American biotech agency, designed to cut back the probability of rejection when their organs are transplanted into people. The group has efficiently cloned these pigs from imported cells, and on the eleventh, three piglets had been born.

According to the group, that is the primary time that pigs supposed for human transplantation have been born in Japan. Research into pig-to-human organ transplantation has been gaining worldwide consideration in recent times as a method to safe a provide of organs for transplants. The group plans to produce these pigs to analysis establishments and goals to start out analysis on transplanting their organs into monkeys throughout the 12 months.

Hiroshi Nagashima, a professor at Meiji University and CEO of the enterprise firm, mentioned, “I am relieved that the piglets were born safely, but this is just the beginning. With this development, I expect discussions on clinical applications to progress in Japan. We want to advance our research with a focus on safety and also deepen the discussion on ethical issues.”

Source: NHK