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A sit-in by visa violators and their families entered its second day Tuesday in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau with protesters seeking government good will. The action at the bureau in Minato Ward is being organized by the Asian People’s Friendship Society, ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Takashi Miike's blood-soaked vengeance tale, one of two Japanese films being shown in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, draws the biggest boos so far, with critics savaging it as overacted and cliched.
Have you ever given your best effort while striving to achieve something but felt like what you were doing was futile? That’s the feeling I’m getting about Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics. With just over three months to go until the IOC ...
Style-conscious Japanese males have brought the skirt, a garment synonymous with femininity, to the forefront of cutting-edge men’s fashion. Walking down a street in Tokyo’s hip Harajuku district, it is possible to spot men wearing various types of skirts or skirtlike garments, including wraps, ...
Visiting Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, who chaired a U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen last December, called Tuesday for the early implementation of financial aid worth $30 billion pledged by rich countries to help poor nations grapple with the impact of climate change. ...
The head of a U.N. treaty on conserving biological diversity wants to see the adoption of a new protocol on the use of genetic resources in such sectors as pharmaceuticals, agriculture, horticulture, cosmetics and biotechnology at an October meeting in Nagoya. Ahmed Djoghlaf, executive ...
TSUSHIMA, Nagasaki Pref. — Located 50 km off the Korean Peninsula, the island of Tsushima has recently seen an influx of South Korean tourists. But far from celebrating, some islanders and conservative Japanese politicians see a looming national security threat in foreign property acquisitions ...
The nascent coalition government led by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has experienced crucial challenges deriving from differing security policy views among the three parties. In the coming year, the Japan-U.S. deadlock over the transfer of a key U.S. military airfield is expected to keep ...
With suicides topping 30,000 for the 12th consecutive year, the international community has not proved immune to the mental health challenges posed by this stressful country, and the prolonged economic downturn has only made problems worse. Tokyo English Life Line, which has been providing ...
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s ambitious target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions has been welcomed with great fanfare overseas, prompting domestic environmentalists to feel proud of their nation’s leader for probably the first time. With less than three months to go until a U.N. conference ...
If you are looking for an apartment in the Tokyo area, recently launched luxury guesthouses equipped with a spacious kitchen, widescreen television and even a pool table may be an appealing option, unlike conventional guesthouses that are shabby. Living in these guesthouses can cost ...
YUBARI, Hokkaido (Kyodo) The city of Yubari in central Hokkaido has a lot going for it: a ski area, campgrounds, hot springs, museums celebrating its history as a booming coal town. So it’s hard to believe it is Japan’s only bankrupt municipality. But the ...
HONOLULU (Kyodo) “Never let the Japanese voice go extinct” — that was the key message Paul Yempuku of the newspaper Hawaii Hochi wanted to convey to the Emperor and Empress when he met them during their recent stay in Hawaii. For nearly 100 years, ...
Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is seeking the support of Japan and other rice-producing countries to help double rice output in Africa by 2018, saying sustainable production of the grain would ease hunger and poverty in the continent. Annan, a native of Ghana ...
LONDON — Japan got an official go-ahead for its additional stimulus plan at the just-concluded global financial summit in London, as summiteers presented a united front on carrying out stimulus measures to buoy the faltering global economy. Prime Minister Taro Aso also once again ...