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Host towns lose out by canceling of pre-Olympic training camps : The Asahi Shimbun asahi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from asahi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Maya Kanko Hotel seen from the northwest (Photo taken by Yohei and Atsuko Maehata) KOBE The once-glorious Maya Kanko Hotel, abandoned and rotting away on its perch overlooking this city for more than two decades, is getting yet another lease on life. The Art Deco-style structure, dubbed Japan s Queen of Ruins, will be designated a tangible cultural property by the government. The long-shuttered isolated hotel has long been an under-the-radar attraction for tourists looking to visit spots in Japan off the beaten path, according to the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the city government. The Council for Cultural Affairs on March 19 recommended the hotel and 131 other structures to the culture minister for registration as national tangible cultural assets. ....
JR not on board with preserving historic railway embankment : The Asahi Shimbun asahi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from asahi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
But Shunichi Tokura may find himself the focus of controversy due to past positions he held. The Cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on March 5 approved Tokura, 72 as the new commissioner. He will take over from Ryohei Miyata, whose two-year term ends on March 31. Tokura wrote many of the hits for Pink Lady, a popular female duo in the late 1970s and early 80s. Eyebrows were raised about his latest post because he once headed the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) and later served as a special adviser. JASRAC is the nation’s largest copyright management organization. ....