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A Brazilian woman was arrested Monday after a two boys, aged 10 and 3, were killed the previous day when her Jet Ski collided with their inflatable boat on the Kiso River in Gifu Prefecture, police said. Marjori Mayumi Fugimoto, 27, from Komaki in neighboring ...
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga has vowed to tighten security to protect Japanese citizens both at home and abroad after a gunman killed scores at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. But exactly how at risk of a mass shooting is Japan? Statistics show that ...
Japanese Communist Party representatives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly announced Monday the party's decision to submit a no-confidence motion against Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe, which could force the embattled governor from office. Since late March, Masuzoe has faced strong criticism for inappropriate, personal use of ...
The Foreign Ministry has urged travelers to exercise caution when visiting parts of the U.S. that could be targets for terrorism, following Sunday's mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. In an advisory issued Monday, the ministry said people should seek out the ...
A racist tweet posted by someone who appears to be a supporter of the Urawa Reds created a stir over the weekend, prompting the J. League soccer team to issue an apology. "Drop dead Caio, you black man," a tweet by @urawatsubasa said, referring to ...
The auto manufacturer said its Outlander PHEV model has a security loophole that allows hackers to remotely control some of the vehicle's functions via smartphones.
Business confidence among large companies deteriorated significantly in the April to June period due to production suspensions brought about by earthquakes in central Kyushu and on a stronger yen, a government survey showed Monday. The index for business conditions at companies capitalized at ¥1 ...
Seven years after making a name for itself by hosting a "pink-slip party" for finance professionals left jobless during the global financial crisis, Japanese online recruiter BizReach Inc. is about to start putting some bankers to work. In August the career consultant will start looking ...
Late last year, Bridgestone Corp. CEO Masaaki Tsuya did something rare in Japanese business circles. He put corporate pride aside, and walked away from an escalating bidding war with Carl Icahn for the U.S. auto parts chain Pep Boys. The acquisition would have been a ...
The young woman said she was raped repeatedly on camera for adult videos and threatened with financial penalties if she refused this "contractual" obligation.
Most economists think that the Bank of Japan is getting close to expanding its record monetary stimulus program. What they can't agree on is whether Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda will lead his policy board to take action at a meeting this week, or when they ...
Domestic companies are coming up with a series of new services that leverage the latest in drone technology. MicroAd Inc., a Tokyo-based online advertising company, has unveiled a service called Sky Magic to produce sound-and-light extravaganzas. Drones illuminated with LED lights can project logos, words, ...
Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe will face an opposition-sponsored no-confidence vote in the city assembly on Wednesday, a source said, as the fallout over his misuse of political funds continues. The Japanese Communist Party decided to introduce the motion Tuesday in response to the governor's decision ...
Since making its first public appearance last October, Sharp Corp.'s humanoid robot smartphone, RoBoHoN, has created a lot of buzz. But the eye-catching 19.5-cm-tall robot, which can walk, talk and dance but still works as a phone, has also left many people wondering why a ...
University students from Aichi Prefecture are volunteering to show crew members of luxury cruise ships around Nagoya when the vessels visit the port. Some of the students plan to join travel agencies when they graduate, and feel they can learn a lot from the crew ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed the role of an independent judiciary and the need for a level playing field for foreign firms as she begun her ninth trip to China since taking office. Merkel arrived in China on Sunday amid growing pressure from industry and ...
Some of the campaign promises made by Donald Trump, including a vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants if elected president, may not see the light of day, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday. Ryan spoke on the CBS television program "Face the Nation" ...
Economists at the International Monetary Fund question are finding that neoliberalism isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Asia's iron-fisted leaders see media as a threat to nationalism rather than a tool to drive economic reforms.
Like all countries, Australia needs both economic growth overall and the benefits of that to be shared equitably by all.
At night in Japan's big cities, overtime refugees roam the streets in search of alcohol, solace or a quiet place to sit with their laptops.
Introduce some proper uses of the sentence-ending particle の, which is used in informal conversation.
When it comes to maintaining health in your older years, age means little and obesity may not be so bad after all.
Japan let out a sigh of relief after a 7-year-old Hokkaido boy was found alive following an intensive six-day search.
Devin Setoguchi resurrected his professional hockey career this past season in, of all places, Switzerland. The tranquility of his surroundings helped him focus solely on hockey after a life-transforming decision in April 2015: to enter rehab and quit drinking. In a recent interview with The Japan ...
Canadian Brooke Henderson won her first major title by beating Lydia Ko in a sudden-death playoff at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship on Sunday. Henderson sank a three-foot birdie putt at the first extra hole, the par-four 18th, after firing an exquisite seven-iron approach to ...
