There appear to be no survivors among the nine members of a rescue squad whose helicopter crashed on a drill over the weekend after police said on Monday that the final six bodies recovered showed no signs of life.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday it was inappropriate that a kindergarten in Osaka run by a controversial school operator made children cheer for him during a sports event.
The 27-year-old suspect in a deadly stabbing rampage last July at a facility for the mentally disabled told police he sped up his plans for the attack after hearing he was being pursued by a gangster, investigative sources said on Wednesday.
Japan is turning to those hooded samurai-era acrobatic spies known as ninja to woo tourism.
“White-hat” hackers who spot a security vulnerability in a computer system or network may be one of the most sought after professions in Japan today with technology firms struggling with increasing threats of cyberattacks.
Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, on Sunday reported on Donald Trump officially becoming the president of the United States .
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida described as “unacceptable” on Tuesday a plan by a group of South Korean local assembly members to erect a “comfort women” memorial statue on an uninhabited pair of islets in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) controlled by South Korea but claimed by Japan.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged a 1 trillion yen (US$8.7 billion) aid package, including government aid and public investments, for the Philippines over the next five years to help its infrastructure development, in a bid to strengthen strategic ties with the key nation in the Asia-Pacific region amid China’s growing presence.
A revised anti-stalking law took effect in Japan on Tuesday to crack down on online stalking via social networking services, which counsellors warn is enmeshing a growing number of teenagers.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is confident that the new National Stadium will provide an iconic stage for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, he said at the groundbreaking ceremony held Sunday.
The tsunami triggered by Tuesday’s major earthquake in northeastern Japan was caused by a vertical split of an undersea rock block at a relatively shallow point under the seabed, the government said.
Official campaigning began on Thursday for the July 31 gubernatorial election, pitting two former ministers with links to the metropolitan assembly’s ruling party against a veteran journalist backed by a united opposition front.
South Korea’s major dailies on Monday carried articles on their front pages on Japan’s House of Councillors election held on Sunday, with headlines focusing on the path being cleared for constitutional reform by the ruling coalition.
Thai people frequently go to Buddhist temples to seek spiritual healing and hold ceremonial events.The sentiment is stronger in Thailand’s local areas, where temples have become a central facility for communities.
Relatives of the seven Japanese killed and one injured in a terrorist attack in Dhaka have arrived in the Bangladeshi capital.
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