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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 ...
Campaigners in Britain welcome Japan’s plans to sign up for a treaty on settling cross-border child custody disputes but feel new procedures are needed to effectively implement the agreement. Japan said in May it will join the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects ...
While the March 11 natural disaster saw household names in the charity sector step forward, one relatively unknown and smaller British organization found its offerings very much in demand. ShelterBox, set up by former search-and-rescue officer Tom Henderson, has provided aid and tents to ...
An exhibition in London and an accompanying book are giving people a glimpse inside a typical Japanese home, which the author believes may dispel some Western notions. Inge Daniels, an anthropologist at Oxford University, has studied 30 families in the Kansai region and is ...
While most foreigners were busy leaving the Tohoku region following the March 11 disaster, a British man living in London felt compelled to ignore the travel advice and head to the region to assist with relief efforts. Trainee accountant Luke Dunn, 28, managed to ...
Observers in Britain are divided on the prospects of a grand coalition forming in Japan. A former editor of The Economist, Bill Emmott, believes the immense reconstruction challenges facing Japan in light of the March 11 disasters and nuclear crisis mean that a grand ...
The release of radioactive materials into the Pacific from the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is being closely monitored by scientists still observing the consequences of a similar incident in Britain more than 36 years ago. The mid-1970s saw a sharp increase in ...
LONDON — Japan’s “kawaii” (cute) pop culture style is making an impact on Britain’s youth and influencing the wider society, according to experts. Over the last 10 years, the country’s youngsters have started to embrace the whole spectrum of kawaii — from the extremes ...
LONDON — Japanese firms are threatening to review future plans to invest in Britain if the new government follows through with its proposal to put an annual cap on immigration levels. Corporate executives have told ministers that moves to limit the number of skilled ...
LONDON — Londoners are learning about the plight of 2,000 orphans “ignored” by authorities following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima 65 years ago. Shozo Kawamoto, 76, has visited various venues in the British capital in the runup to Friday’s anniversary to educate more people ...
LONDON — Prehistoric Japanese and Balkan figurines are being shown alongside each other for the first time as historians try to shed further light on why they were produced. Around 100 small ceramic figurines thousands of years old are on show at the Sainsbury ...
LONDON — Japanese diplomats say they are working hard to stop the decline in the number of British participants in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program. They recognize the concerns of the U.K.-Japan 21st Century Group, which recently highlighted the drop in the number ...
LONDON — A British university is busy preparing to become home for Japan’s sporting stars in the runup to the London 2012 Olympics. Staff at central England’s Loughborough University have been brushing up on the Japanese language, food and culture before the team arrives. ...