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Prosecutors on Tuesday indicted a man on charges of dangerous driving resulting in death or injury in connection with a June highway accident that killed a married couple. Kazuho Ishibashi, a 25-year-old construction worker from Fukuoka, was arrested by police on charges including negligence resulting ...
Police arrested a 27-year-old man in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday after finding parts of nine bodies in his apartment, investigative sources said Tuesday. The Metropolitan Police Department made the discovery while investigating Takahiro Shiraishi in connection with the disappearance of a 23-year-old woman from ...
Six parties, including the Constitutional Democratic Party and Kibo no To, called the LDP's bid to limit their chance to question the government "unacceptable."
Three railways have signed a deal with a state research institute to implement a system to halt shinkansen trains more swiftly in the event of a major offshore quake near the Japanese archipelago. The emergency stop signals of the new system, to be introduced Wednesday ...
Police arrested nine people on suspicion of copyright law violations Tuesday in connection with a website containing links to other sites that give visitors access to pirated comics and books. The nine, including men in their early 20s, are suspected of uploading pirated comics to ...
The Democratic Party elected Upper House member Kohei Otsuka as new party president on Tuesday following the formal resignation of Seiji Maehara the previous day. Otsuka, a 58-year-old former Bank of Japan official, is little known among the general public, but many party members urged ...
More than 10,000 police officers will be on duty in the capital during the president’s visit — one of Japan’s largest-ever mobilizations of security personnel.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg agreed Tuesday that strong international pressure is needed to force North Korea to halt its nuclear and missile ambitions, which they called a global threat. Stoltenberg, NATO's secretary-general, called for the "complete denuclearization" of the Korean ...
Diplomatic experts from Japan, the United States and South Korea are calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to seek ways to get Pyongyang to return to the negotiating table, possibly in the so-called six-party talks framework that includes the three nations plus North Korea, ...
Sony Corp. said Tuesday it is now expecting a record group operating profit of ¥630 billion for the current fiscal year through next March, topping its target of over ¥500 billion on its brisk music and semiconductor businesses and the weaker yen. The ¥630 billion ...
Companies continued to face a severe labor shortage in September, with job availability remaining at historic highs, government data showed Tuesday. The job-to-applicant ratio stood at 1.52, unchanged from August, meaning that 152 positions were available for every 100 job seekers. It remained at the ...
SoftBank Group Corp.'s talks to merge U.S. unit Sprint Corp. with T-Mobile US Inc. have hit a serious snag, according to sources familiar with the matter, throwing the deal into jeopardy after months of talks. In the past three days, the companies have been unable ...
Unpublished works by manga legend Jiro Taniguchi, who died earlier this year, will be released to the public in December. Taniguchi, who passed away in February at age 69, is famous for his exquisite line drawings and for a number of smash hits, including "Kodoku ...
The concept of "creating shared value" is gradually but steadily finding its way into corporate Japan as an increasing number of managers recognize the importance of community-based business strategies. The CSV concept was proposed by Harvard University scholars, including Michael Porter, a professor at Harvard ...
Panel delays decision on whether to add documents about "comfort women," an issue that remains a thorn in diplomatic relations between Japan and its neighbors.
South Korea and China have agreed to work swiftly to get their relations back on track following a yearlong standoff over the deployment of a controversial U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea. The installation of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system had ...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a $300 million contract that Puerto Rico's government power company awarded to a U.S.-based energy start-up, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The contract between Whitefish Energy Holdings and Puerto Rico's ...
An obscure Trump campaign adviser pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about contacts with people who claimed to have ties to top Russian officials, in the first criminal charges alleging links between the campaign and Moscow, said court documents released on Monday. George Papadopoulos, ...
To encourage more young people to start families, Japan must create an environment in which mothers can work and men do more to help out around the home.
The deaths of four U.S. Army soldiers in Niger has triggered several controversies in the United States.
With most roads leading to Beijing these days, Tokyo and Washington would be wise to devise ways to fight strength with economic strength.
Gains in capital productivity are not being translated into higher median incomes — a breach of the social contract on which liberal economies rest.
For Hatsune Miku's 10th birthday, Kenshi Yonezu wrote the turquoise-haired anime darling an apocalyptic song. "Suna no Wakusei" (English title: "Dune") finds Yonezu, under the alias Hachi, programming the avatar for singing-synthesizer software Vocaloid to sing about a "desert planet" where life has eroded ...
Together, Japan's National Treasures provide a cacophonous ode to the nation and its heritage for its historical, cultural, geographical and stylistic dissonances. Yet, this is the first time in 41 years that 210 such works (or sets) have been displayed en masse. On their own, ...
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the first two games of the Japan Series with a blowout and a dramatic late-inning comeback. To get the third, they just had to hang on. Run-scoring hits by Seiichi Uchikawa and Hiroaki Takaya gave the Hawks an early lead, and ...
Shoma Uno began his Grand Prix campaign with a grand performance at Skate Canada last week. The world silver medalist won the competition in Regina, Saskatchewan, by nearly 40 points. More important than the margin of victory was the building belief by many observers that ...
Despite his team getting off to an 0-2 start in the ongoing Japan Series, Yokohama BayStars outfielder Takayuki Kajitani held his head up high as the series resumed at Yokohama Stadium for Tuesday's Game 3. In Sunday's Game 2 at Yafuoku Dome, Yokohama lost 4-3 ...
Wonder why so many NBA teams were willing, almost eager, to trade away stars this past offseason? If one is adept at reading between the lines, all the mega-dealing is no mystery. Allow MAS to 'splain what his "See-thru" specs revealed about each of these swaps. Basically, ...
Dennis Sarfate showed up early to practice on his day off. After recording the save in the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' thrilling 4-3 win over the Yokohama BayStars in Game 2 of the Japan Series, Sarfate and his father, who is in Japan to watch the ...
