Showing posts with label 日本. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 日本. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

China to build Hello Kitty theme park

China to build Hello Kitty theme park

The creators of Hello Kitty, Japan's world-famous cartoon icon of cuteness, have agreed to a US$230-million outdoor theme park in China, the first on foreign soil, a company spokesman said on Monday.

The Hello Kitty-themed amusement park will be completed in the city of Anji, in east China's Zhejiang province, in 2014 under an agreement between Sanrio Co and its Chinese partner, Sanrio spokesman Kazuo Tohmatsu said.

The project, jointly designed by Sanrio and US-based amusement park designer Hettema, will cost 1.5 billion yuan (US$230 million) with construction scheduled to start in the second half of this year, the spokesman added.

"We have long received many requests from Asian countries to invest in building a theme park using our characters," Tohmatsu said, adding Sanrio will not make capital investment in the theme park.

Under the licensing agreement, the Chinese partner, a subsidiary of Shanghai Insight Holdings, will build and operate the park while Sanrio will provide its characters and planning, he said.

The theme park will include hotel and catering services.

There is also another plan to build a much smaller indoor amusement park featuring Sanrio characters in Malaysia in 2012.

There are currently two Hello Kitty theme parks in Japan, but none overseas.

Born in 1974, Kitty has spawned a massive global industry with sales of 50,000 Kitty products - including dolls, clothes, accessories and homeware - in 109 nations and territories.

~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

日本7月开始将更换纸币数码颜色

日本7月开始将更换纸币数码颜色

日本新闻网26日消息,日本财务省和日本银行今天表示,日元的一万纸币和一千元纸币的记号和数码的颜色将会从黑色变为褐色。

这项计划将从7月19日开始实施。由于目前的字母和数字的130亿种组合已经全部用完,所以准备改变颜色用同样的数字和字母重新印刷。以前新纸币数字和字母组合用完时,也用同样的方法更换新纸币。

~以上新闻转载自OMY~

Friday, April 22, 2011

禁区:福岛核站20公里以内

禁区:福岛核站20公里以内

日本昨天宣布把福岛第一核电站20公里以内的地区设定为禁区,以确保灾民的安全;灾民如违反禁令,可能判罚款或监禁。

禁令从周五凌晨零时(新加坡时间周四晚上11点)起实施。当局是在警方发现有60多户居民仍住在核电站周边地区后,决定实施禁令。

日本政府在3月11日的地震和海啸引发核危机之后,下令核电站方圆20公里范围的居民撤离;当局也要求20至30公里居民留室内,但随后鼓励这一地区的居民疏散。

官员说,把核电站20公里范围划为禁区,是为了确保灾民没有接触过多幅射,以及防止这片近乎无人地带发生盗窃案。

根据当局颁布的核危机特别紧急法令,任何人违反禁令进入该地区,可罚款多达10万日元(约1500新元)和监禁长达30天。

1万4000人仍下落不明,总死亡人数约2万7000人。

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

福岛核电站 周围疏散区扩大

福岛核电站 周围疏散区扩大

日本宣布扩大福岛县核电站周围的疏散区,在现有20公里疏散区外五个村镇的居民必须在一个月内疏散。不过,日本政府强调,这并非紧急事故。

内阁秘书长枝野幸男说:“政府已将辐射照射水平预计将达到每年20毫西弗的地区,划为疏散区。”

他宣布,有鉴于核辐射可能对健康造成长期影响,疏散区外五个村镇的居民,必须在一个月内离开。此外,孩童、孕妇和留医病人也应该避开在福岛核电站20至30公里内的某些地区。

他指出,福岛核电站的情况没有恶化,扩大疏散区只是反映当局担忧,长期暴露在核辐射中可能对健康造成影响。他说:“如果你继续长期住在那些地区,例如半年或一年,累积辐射水平可能会更高。”

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