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The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the “main culprit” for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ...
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
“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, ...
Claude Regy says the team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) threw him the “best birthday party ever” when he arrived in Japan just days after the actual May 1 occasion. The 90-year-old French director is hoping for an even better birthday gift, ...
As far as debuts go, Shohei Otani's delivered. The celebrated rookie pitched fairly well on Thursday night, and though he finished outside the decision, he left the mound with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters well within striking distance of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
An introductory DVD for the Ground Self-Defense Force has topped the Oricon weekly chart of top DVD hits. It is the first time a cultural or educational title has topped the overall DVD chart since Oricon Inc. started releasing the weekly sales list in ...
Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China after tests found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country’s largest cities was contaminated with a toxic metal. The mills in Hunan Province’s Youxian County were ordered to suspend business and recall ...
Rescuers on Wednesday recovered the last of 28 miners killed last week when an underground room of a giant Indonesian gold and copper mine collapsed, the operator of the U.S.-owned facility said. Thirty-eight workers had been undergoing safety training inside the Big Gossan facility ...
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 ...