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Private political office of arrested lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto may have diverted consultancy money to pay the salaries of private secretaries.
While measuring sea temperatures and predicting changes is key to long-term weather forecasts, a group of researchers have come up with an unusual way to improve the accuracy of prediction — attaching monitoring devices to sea turtles. The researchers released five sea turtles in Indonesia, ...
Japanese startup Interstellar Technologies Inc. says it has postponed the launch of a small observation rocket until at least Tuesday due to technical reasons.
Princess Kako, the niece of Emperor Naruhito, turned 25 on Sunday, following a year marked by her graduation from university and her first official overseas trip. The younger daughter of Crown Prince Akishino graduated in March from International Christian University in Tokyo, where she majored ...
Britain's Big Ben bell in Parliament's landmark clock tower will ring at midnight on New Year's Eve, marking the start of a year for the first time since its new face was revealed from under scaffolding halfway through restoration work. The work has seen the ...
Rei Kawakami was on a train to the airport after a conference in Seoul in October when she heard about the fire engulfing Shuri Castle in Okinawa. "I've been to Shuri Castle and I knew that for the people of Okinawa, it was part of ...
The heads of two people as well as five bodies believed to be of North Koreans are found in a boat that washed ashore on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture.
The Foreign Ministry began funeral preparations for Emperor Hirohito seven years before his death, holding secret talks with the Imperial Household Agency on the matter in 1982, recently declassified ministry records show. The late monarch, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, died in 1989. The ministry and ...
The leveraging of a giant social-media presence, a song about sharks and a collection of junkyards are just a few of the curious ways that helped make 2019 a fertile year for fortunes to blossom around the world. Kylie Jenner became the youngest self-made billionaire ...
In a partnership that stretches back two decades, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, have deepened their reliance on each other.
A tunnel in Las Vegas meant to showcase a traffic-busting alternative for overcrowded cities should be completed next year, innovative entrepreneur Elon Musk said on Twitter. The people-moving tunnel is being built by The Boring Co., one of several future-oriented enterprises founded by Musk, along ...
As China struggles to deal with the slowdown of the world's second-largest economy, it has embarked on a new strategy of placing financial experts in provinces to manage risks and rebuild regional economies. Since 2018, President Xi Jinping has put 12 former executives at state-run ...
A year has passed since the lifeless body of a Bhutanese exchange student was discovered hanging from a tree in a public park in Fukuoka. Sonam Tobgay, 24, was a student in the Learn and Earn Program, an exchange program created by the Bhutanese labor ...
With Japan expecting to welcome a record 40 million visitors in 2020, including for the Summer Games, immigration authorities are strengthening security to manage the influx and prevent abuse of their policies. "We need to enhance measures to prevent any terror attacks," said Shoko Sasaki, ...
Just before Christmas, a trip to Nintendo Co.'s flagship store in Tokyo would have required an hour's wait just to get in and buy a plush Mario toy or a set of chopsticks bearing Luigi's face. Opened in November on the sixth floor of the ...
Since 2018, China's President Xi Jinping has installed 12 former executives from government regulators or state-run financial institutions to top leadership posts across the country's provinces, regions and municipalities. The appointments appear to put them in the fast lane as China prepares for a leadership ...
A massive car bomb exploded in a busy area of Mogadishu on Saturday, leaving at least 79 people dead and scores injured in Somalia's deadliest attack in two years. At least 16 of those killed were students from the capital's private Banadir University, who had ...
Volunteer firefighters in Australia will be offered government compensation after spending extended periods fighting bush fires raging across the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Sunday. Rural Fire Service volunteers who have spent at least 10 days battling blazes in worst-hit New South Wales (NSW) ...
The government needs to assess whether the Futenma replacement project — with the substantial delays, cost overruns and local opposition — is still a viable project.
The stunning technological progress during the 2010s makes it possible to cut emissions at a cost far lower than everyone dared hope a decade ago.
It has also transformed the way we brag about what we bought.
Moneytree has been a "game changer" for Japan's digital banking environment, according to Chief Executive and founder Paul Chapman.
Given how Japanese music takes time to receive widespread recognition, what gems would the kids of the 2040s unearth from the decade that just passed?
All 12 Sunrockers Shibuya players who dressed for Sunday's home game against the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins had a hand in the team's first-half scoring. Literally. Every Sunrocker in uniform — Kohei Sekino, Sebastian Saiz, Faye Samba, Leo Vendrame, Yusei Sugiura, Ryunosuke Watanabe, Daisuke Noguchi, Kenta Hirose, ...
Musing about whether or not certain players will get posted is fairly commonplace in discussions about the top NPB players these days. So much so it's easy to forget being posted is only the first hurdle players under contract have to clear on the way ...
Fukuoka Daiichi added another crystal Winter Cup to its trophy shelf on Sunday with a dominant performance. The defending champion captured the title at the All-Japan High School Tournament with a 75-68 win over crosstown rival Fukuoka University Ohori in the boys' final at Musashino ...
Rui Hachimura is likely to be sidelined for another week as he recovers from a groin injury, Washington Wizards head coach Scott Brooks said Saturday. The 21-year-old rookie has missed six games since suffering the injury during the Wizards' 133-119 win over the Detroit Pistons ...
