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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.
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.
A secret mission to Pyongyang last fall by a close aide of then-Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda led to Japan-North Korea ...
Visiting Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Sinawatra met Thursday with his Tokyo counterpart, Shinzo Abe, and agreed to further deepen the ...
Osaka Mayor and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) coleader Toru Hashimoto said Thursday he still planned to meet Friday with two Korean former “comfort women” despite calls from both in and outside the party to cancel. “There’s no change in the plans ...
Tokyo will never provide economic aid to North Korea unless Pyongyang safely returns all the Japanese nationals its agents abducted to North Korea, the Cabinet minister in charge of the issue said in a written statement Wednesday released after a report surfaced suggesting some ...
The bill necessary for Japan to join the treaty for handling cross-border child custody disputes has cleared 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 ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Myanmar from Friday to Sunday for talks with the country’s leaders with the aim of strengthening bilateral economic cooperation, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday. Abe will become the first Japanese prime minister in 36 years to ...
Japan is 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, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday. “We are ...
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 ...
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,” ...
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 ...
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) has expelled House of Representatives lawmaker Shingo Nishimura for making disparaging public remarks about the South Korean people, party Secretary General Ichiro Matsui said Monday. The rightwinger had offered to leave the party after telling fellow lawmakers ...