Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park Roller Coaster. Photo Source: The Independent
The Independent: Japan theme park to launch record-breaking ride
The park has applied to the Guinness Book of World Records to have the ride certified as the steepest in the world.
Thanks to the assistance of linear motors on the cars – as well as the [...]
On Sunday, the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki announced that they will be teaming up to develop a proposal to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. This comes just over a week after Tokyo were rejected as hosts of the 2016 games.
Given the recent climate of international bodies offering awards for issues they [...]
…. Rio de Janeiro.
Chicago was first to be eliminated, a shock to some (not least the Obamas who will have to not only go home empty handed – but with the slap of being eliminated first…), and then Tokyo was taken out in the second round of voting, leaving Madrid and Rio de Janeiro to [...]
Prime Minister Hatoyama is headed to Copenhagen today, to join the leaders of the other three nations in the running to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Tokyo is vying for the chance to host the games along with Chicago, Rio and Madrid. Tokyo last hosted the games in 1964, and [...]
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