Yokohama News

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Odakyu, Keio, and Keikyu hold meeting in Yokohama, what is their aim? “Common challenges for each company.”

Three private railway companies jointly held the first conference “Let’s Live with the Nature Next…

10.12.2025 3 minutes

Exploring Green Ward’s charm beyond nature, the boundary line was the strongest!

“Does Yokohama’s Midori Ward have charms that rival other wards?” First, I asked the team…

10.12.2025 5 minutes

Redevelopment plan for Fujisawa Station’s south entrance expected to be delayed, with rising construction costs cited as the main reason.

The completion date for the redevelopment project integrating three commercial buildings at the south exit…

29.11.2025 1 minute

Eighty Years After the War: A 93-Year-Old Third-Generation Japanese American’s Struggle—Teenage Internment, Repatriation, and the Enduring Question, “Who Am I?”

In the summer of 2025, Japan marks 80 years since the end of World War…

29.11.2025 4 minutes

Series on the “Espionage Prevention Act”… A Landscape Connected to Wartime, Used as a Means to Suppress Criticism of the System… “Anyone Could Be Labeled a ‘Spy'”

The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Japan Innovation Party are moving to…

29.11.2025 5 minutes

Grass and benches installed at the east entrance of Yokohama Station—social experiment “Hama Terrace” begins to create liveliness.

Hama Terrace decorated with light installations. Aims to create a vibrant space for relaxation in…

29.11.2025 4 minutes

Budget for Kamakura City Hall relocation to be submitted at December regular session; possibility of rejection exists, but decision “left to the council.”

The Kamakura City Hall relocation plan to the Fukazawa area has taken a new step…