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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 ...
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's remarks justifying the wartime "comfort women" brothel system have caused major parties to distance themselves from his Nippon Ishin no Kai.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority accepts an assessment that reactor 2 at the Tsuruga nuclear plant sits on an active fault, ...
Plankton and seawater samples taken less than a year after the Fukushima meltdowns show high concentrations of radioactive cesium at ...
The bill necessary for Japan to join the treaty for handling cross-border child custody disputes has passed the Diet. Japan is now assured of ratifying the pact by the end of the fiscal year next March after all the domestic procedures are completed. The ...
Japan was considering the resumption of bilateral talks with North Korea in hopes of making progress on the abduction issue following a recent trip to Pyongyang by one of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s top advisers, sources said Tuesday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga indicated ...
Just days after provoking a storm by labeling sex slaves a military necessity, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto says South Korean soldiers were guilty of abusing women in wartime.
The Lower House passed a bill Tuesday that would give adults under guardianship the right to vote. The bill to amend the public offices election law was approved unanimously sent to the Upper House. That chamber is expected to pass the bill Friday. The ...
Men who eat large amounts of beef or pork daily face a heightened risk of diabetes, a team of researchers says.
Tohoku Electric Power Co. and Shikoku Electric Power Co. will likely be able to raise their household rates in August at the earliest, later than the two companies initially planned, due to a delay in the government’s approval procedures, informed sources said Tuesday. Tohoku ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was briefed Tuesday by Isao Iijima on his recent visit to North Korea as the government steps up efforts to resolve Pyongyang’s abductions of Japanese citizens. “I think the prime minister will put (his belief) into action with unwavering resolve,” ...
Kyoto University said Tuesday it has become the first Japanese university to join edX, a U.S.-based nonprofit online learning platform. The move is aimed at improving the quality of education at the university through competition with other institutions in attracting students registered on the ...
A Hiroshima-based citizens’ group has presented the former Yugoslav autonomous region of Kosovo with a stone from the 1945 atomic bombing engraved with an image of a Buddhist goddess of mercy. A ceremony to mark the donation of the “Stone for Peace,” one of ...
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, ...
If an Osaka company has its way, getting roaring drunk and jumping, or falling, into Dotonbori Canal after either a Hanshin Tigers victory or a wild night out in neighboring Shinsaibashi will be less risky, healthwise, but it will no longer be free. That’s ...
Embattled Osaka Mayor and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) coleader Toru Hashimoto faced fresh criticism Tuesday from the San Francisco mayor’s office over his remarks about the necessity of Japan’s wartime brothels. Osaka says Hashimoto will meet with San Francisco Mayor Edwin ...