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The Defense Ministry fears that a Ground Self-Defense Force aircraft crashed Monday in Hokkaido while heading to an airport to pick up an emergency medical patient, officials said. Ground control lost contact with the LR-2 reconnaissance plane, carrying four male crew members, at around 11:45 ...
Discount chain Don Quijote said Monday that special restrooms in its new flagship store in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, are for people of all genders. The statement followed a media report Friday saying they were built for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people, and questions ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent proposal to revise the Constitution’s war-renouncing Article 9 has sparked debate, anxiety and speculation.
Western Digital Corp. announces it is seeking international arbitration over Toshiba Corp.’s plan to sell its flash memory business.
North Korea’s apparently successful test-firing of an intermediate-range ballistic missile points to a significant advance in its goal to create a missile capable of hitting the U.S.
A poster designed six years ago in an apparent bid to promote patriotism has recently gone viral on social media thanks to its catchphrase, which has revived public debate on race, and the revelation that its smiling model is actually Chinese. The poster, which a ...
A man who requested air rescue from a mountainous area in Yamanashi Prefecture was fatally struck Sunday by stones and tree debris possibly dislodged by the hovering chopper's prop wash, local police said. The chopper is believed to have caused the trees and stones to ...
Desperate to overcome the nation's growing shortage of labor, midsized companies are planning to buy robots and other equipment to automate a wide range of tasks, including manufacturing, earthmoving and hotel room service. According to a Bank of Japan survey, companies with share capital of ...
An 18-year-old male has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend, and he is also being interrogated about his involvement in a fire that burned her corpse and her apartment.
A campaign is underway to create emergency response teams across Japan to provide aid for pets and livestock during natural disasters, following the establishment of such services in a number of prefectures. Formed in the wake of failures following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that ...
A research team at Nagoya University is developing a system to help the elderly drive safely using a small robot, with the aim of releasing the technology by 2019. Authorities in Japan are stepping up measures aimed at encouraging the elderly to give up their ...
A clothing repair company has launched an online service aimed at lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender customers who might be reluctant to use brick-and-mortar stores for alterations. Tokyo-based En Coton set up the website Madam M in September, proclaiming to be Japan's first "genderless" clothing repair ...
Last month a bill aimed at facilitating medical research through the use of patient records stored at medical institutions cleared the Diet. The law, commonly called Jisedai Iryo-kiban Ho — roughly translated as the next-generation medical infrastructure law — will allow medical big data to ...
As Okinawa marked the 45th anniversary of its reversion to Japanese rule, Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga expressed frustration Monday with the continued presence of U.S. military bases in his prefecture. "Even after the reversion, (Okinawa) continues to suffer from incidents and accidents linked to U.S. ...
As Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, settle in to the Elysee Palace, their unconventional partnership stands as a symbol of the changes the new president is aiming to bring about in France. She's almost 25 years his senior. They met when she taught him ...
The Hiroshima Prefectural Police are getting public blowback over last week's theft of at least ¥85 million from its main police station. Many think the crime was an inside job. The theft took place at Hiroshima Police Station, which is manned by about 350 officers and ...
Olympos, a small Japanese aircraft-maker known for its unique products such as a real-life version of a fictional glider from popular animation, is now working on re-creating a defunct classic trainer biplane used by the former Imperial Japanese Army, aiming for its maiden flight ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Sunday a second case of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo after an outbreak this week of 17 other suspected cases. Health officials are trying to trace 125 people thought to be linked to the cases identified in ...
It remains improbable at best that Beijing will see it in its interests to oblige North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to change course
The deepening integration of information technologies into all facets of daily life has created dangerous vulnerabilities that need to be addressed.
That French prosperity is essential to Britain and British prosperity is essential for France is the reality that should shape all relations between the two nations in the months of negotiations and discussions ahead.
It is time to come into the open to consider the costs and benefits — psychological, diplomatic and financial — of revising Japan's Constitution.
Sometimes the most surprising and endearing memories are created when you least expect it.
The efficiencies of robots will create more purchasing power for other spending or new products that, in turn, create more jobs.
All of the Mideast nations playing important roles in U.S. regional strategies have human rights issues.
If you'd like to learn the Imperial Rescript on Education as a Japanese memory test, it's less than a single A4 page in length.
"Kamau" means "to take care of" or "to mind" and is mainly used in the negative form.
The government aims to boost the proportion of cars with automatic braking.
Japan won its last preparatory game ahead of the Under-20 World Cup on Monday, coming from behind to beat Honduras 3-2 in a friendly at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa. Koki Ogawa headed in the opener from a Daisuke Sakai corner in the 15th minute but slack ...
New Albirex Niigata manager Wagner Lopes is embracing the opportunity to manage a team in Japan after letting one slip by in 2012 for not having a license to manage in the J. League. "I was waiting for a chance like this. I want to ...
Yokozuna Kisenosato picked up his first win of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday, avoiding successive defeats by beating second-ranked maegashira Okinoumi at Ryogoku Kokugikan. A night after being upset by komsubi Yoshikaze (1-1) on the opening day of his second tourney as yokozuna, ...
Masahiro Tanaka had the worst outing of his major league career Sunday, allowing eight earned runs and being pulled from the game after only five outs in the New York Yankees' 10-7 defeat to the Houston Astros. Tanaka (5-2), who had won his last five ...
The Chiba Lotte Marines are playing very, very badly right now. Almost unbelievably so, and that's really putting it rather mildly. They're off to one of the worst starts in recent memory in Japanese baseball. What's more, that isn't even the worst part of the ...
Hideki Matsuyama moved up one place to third in the latest world rankings list released Sunday, the highest placing ever achieved by a Japanese male golfer. Matsuyama, who finished in a tie for 22nd at the Players Championship on Sunday, overtook Australia's Jason Day in ...
