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The number of visitors to Japan by cruise ships in 2018 dropped 3.3 percent from the previous year to 2,446,000, the first fall since statistics began in 2013, the transport ...
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The number of influenza patients per medical institution in Japan exceeded the alarm level of 30, which suggests an outbreak of the disease, in the week through Sunday, the health ...
National / Crime & Legal
South Korean high court upholds ruling against Nachi-Fujikoshi over wartime forced labor
Friday’s ruling and similar recent decisions against Japanese firms have drawn protests from Tokyo, and chilled already frosty ties between the two countries.
National Jan 18, 2019
Abe Cabinet approves reworked 2019 draft budget after Japan jobs data debacle
The rework was required after the government was revealed to have published a monthly labor survey without having collected sufficient data over a 15-year period.
National Jan 18, 2019
However, an increase in the number of girls aged 19 or younger who killed themselves raised concern, according to the agency.
National Jan 18, 2019
Japan successfully launched on Friday morning a low-cost Epsilon rocket carrying seven satellites built by 10 organizations, including a space venture aiming to create artificial shooting stars. The launch by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) of the Epsilon-4 rocket, from Uchinoura Space Center in ...
National Jan 18, 2019
JAL hands details of new checks and rules to tackle flight crew boozing to government
Japan Airlines Co. submitted to the government Friday new rules concerning alcohol consumption by flight staff and measures to monitor enforcement, following a series of drinking-related problems at the company, the transport ministry said. While the content of JAL's report was to be disclosed later ...
National Jan 18, 2019
Tokyo Metro aims to ease morning rush hour overcrowding — with free soba and tempura
by Satoshi Sugiyama
Instead of a worm, Tokyo's early bird commuters could get free soba noodles with tempura if enough of them take part in a new plan to ease congestion on a busy line in the capital. Under the plan, announced this week by Tokyo Metro Co., ...
National Jan 18, 2019
Japan ranked 10th in report on global responsiveness to child sexual abuse
by Ryusei Takahashi
Japan is among the top 10 countries for effectively tackling the worldwide problem of child sexual abuse but can still do more, according to a groundbreaking report released earlier this week. The Economist Intelligence Unit measured how 40 countries prevent and react to sexual violence ...
National Jan 18, 2019
Last public school in Iwate wrecked by 3/11 quake and tsunami rebuilt in Rikuzentakata
A ceremony marking the reconstruction of an elementary school — the last public school in Iwate Prefecture heavily damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami to be rebuilt — was held Friday in the city of Rikuzentakata. Kesen Elementary School's new building stands on higher ...
National / Crime & Legal Jan 18, 2019
Lawyers for Carlos Ghosn again ask Tokyo court to grant bail
Lawyers for former Nissan Motor Co. boss Carlos Ghosn on Friday requested for a second time that a Tokyo court grant bail to the 64-year-old, who has been detained for about two months for alleged financial misdeeds. The request came a day after the Tokyo ...
National Jan 18, 2019
Foreign Minister Taro Kono may meet with South Korean counterpart at Davos amid frosty ties
Foreign Minister Taro Kono may meet his South Korean counterpart, Kang Kyung-wha, next week on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss bilateral ties that have worsened over wartime labor issues, diplomatic sources said Thursday. A ...
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