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Former Moritomo Gakuen President Yasunori Kagoike and his wife have spent about 10 months behind bars since they were arrested on suspicion of subsidy fraud.
Panels in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday approved a draft proposal for the government to develop the military capability to "strike enemy bases" in foreign countries. Considering North Korea's rapidly advancing nuclear and missile programs and China's maritime assertiveness, the LDP also will ...
Only a tiny fraction of female workers have been able to snag top roles at public, private and nonprofit organizations in Japan, according to data from Teikoku Databank Ltd. released earlier this week. The percentage of company presidents who are women was just 7.8 percent ...
Japanese officials take the development in stride, saying meeting for meeting’s sake should not be a priority with the nuclear-armed hermit state.
A Buddhist temple in Oita Prefecture is hosting a series of learning opportunities on Islam to give people a chance to learn about one of the world's most practiced religions. Amid an increase in the number of Muslims studying in Japan or visiting as tourists, ...
A day after engine parts from an airliner reportedly damaged a car and a clinic in Kumamoto, the transport ministry is calling the mishap a “serious incident.”
Families of Japanese people abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s expressed regret Friday at U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to cancel a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but remained hopeful they will eventually be reunited with their long-lost ...
Cryptocurrencies may be making worldwide headlines as high volatility assets that have seen dazzling stretches of growth and stunning falls, but the CEO of Tokyo Otaku Mode Inc. believes they have a different kind of potential. Naomitsu Kodaka says cryptocurrencies can serve as cross-border digital ...
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk gained the support Thursday of more than half a million people on Twitter for plans to create a website evaluating journalists' credibility, spurred by his frustration over media reports about the electric carmaker. Musk made his proposals in a tweet ...
Three-quarters of Japan’s companies have made no changes to sexual harassment policies in the past year and don’t plan to do so, a poll finds.
A submarine operated by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force mistakenly launched a torpedo decoy off the Kii Peninsula in western Japan early Thursday. According to the Maritime Staff Office, no damage has been confirmed so far. The MSDF is searching for the decoy, while investigating the cause. The ...
President Donald Trump's cancellation of a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un risks a return to crisis mode between Washington and Pyongyang, but both sides may be wary of letting the situation escalate into fears of war, as it did last year. With ...
U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law on Thursday a bill that would ease rules on most banks for the first time since the 2007-2009 financial crisis. The legislation eases regulations on all but a handful of the nation's largest banks, and marks a significant ...
The Trump administration has launched a national security investigation into car and truck imports that could lead to new U.S. tariffs similar to those imposed on imported steel and aluminum in March. The national security probe under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of ...
A couple's private conversation was mysteriously recorded by their Amazon Echo device and sent to one of their contacts, igniting privacy concerns about the voice-activated gadgets the online retailer wants to make as commonplace in homes as televisions. The two found about it when they ...
U.S. tech companies would be forced to disclose if they allowed American adversaries, like Russia and China, to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military under proposed legislation, Senate staff told Reuters on Thursday. The bill, approved by the Senate Armed ...
In a stunning turn of events, U.S. President Donald Trump called off his landmark meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday, citing “tremendous anger and open hostility” in a recent statement released by Pyongyang’s state-run media. In a letter released by the ...
Japan must work with the U.S. to prevent a return to the earlier antagonism that marked U.S.-North Korea relations and to keep together the coalition that is maintaining pressure on Pyongyang.
Regional universities should not be taken lightly anymore; now is the time for them to shine.
It was entirely foreseeable that the summit planned for June 12 will not take place after all.
Ancient traditional culture, imperial Japanese influence and modern tourism blend together in the Pacific island of Yap.
Yoshio Itoi made Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano pay for his biggest mistake, homering in the fifth inning to power the Hanshin Tigers to a 1-0 win over Yomiuri on Friday. Sugano (5-3), who had won his last five decisions, had not allowed a runner through ...
"Monster" put up a monstrous performance against someone he described as the toughest opponent of his career. Naoya Inoue dominated in the ring from the opening bell and finished the bout without sweating much with a first-round technical knockout win over British champion Jamie McDonnell ...
The Sunwolves' two-game winning streak came to an end on Friday night in a 40-13 loss to the Rebels in Melbourne, Australia. Missing a number of Japan internationals, who will go into camp on Sunday to prepare for the June tests against Italy and Georgia, ...
With a sharp eye for detail, American author and media historian Michael Socolow combines elements of geopolitical intrigue, Olympic history and sports broadcasting exploration infused with vigorous enthusiasm for rowing in his notable November 2016 book "Six Minutes in Berlin: Broadcast Spectacle and Rowing ...
Japan's women advanced to the finals of the Uber Cup on Friday with a 3-1 victory over South Korea. The top-seeded Japanese booked a spot in the finals for the first time since 2014, with wins by singles players Akane Yamaguchi and Nozomi Okuhara, and ...
Mongolian yokozuna Kakuryu grabbed a share of the lead Friday at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament after sekiwake Tochinoshin suffered his first loss. Kakuryu (12-1) dispatched sekiwake Ichinojo (7-6) in Day 13's final bout at Ryogoku Kokugikan, using good technique to overcome a 65-kg weight ...
It's a little ironic the only time Takuma Sato might really be able to slow down, as he prepares to defend his title in the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, is when he's strapped into a car and about to take off in a machine ...
Kichibe Otsuka, president of Nihon University, addressed reporters at a news conference held in Tokyo on Friday, saying that he felt "responsibility" regarding Nihon University's handling of the dirty tackle scandal, and that he "couldn't apologize enough" to the victim. The news conference was held ...
Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino signed a new five-year contract on Thursday that will keep him at the Premier League club until 2023. Pochettino, who joined Spurs in 2014, led the club to a third-placed finish in the league this past season, ensuring it would ...
Japan secured at least third place at the Thomas Cup when the men's team beat France 3-1 on Thursday in the quarterfinals. Kento Momota helped Japan take an early lead by defeating Brice Leverdez 21-13, 21-11 in the first men's singles match at Siri Fort ...
President Donald Trump granted a full, posthumous pardon for Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champion, who was convicted of racially tinged federal morals charges more than a century ago. Trump signed a full posthumous pardon for Johnson while flanked by boxing royalty including ...
