National / Crime & Legal Sep 17, 2021
Five-year prison term finalized for 90-year-old blamed for fatal crash
Over two years after the deaths of a mother and daughter in Ikebukuro, the 90-year-old driver responsible has accepted a five-year sentence.
How-tos | LIFELINES Apr 27, 2020
Compensation may be a matter for the 'Red Book'
by Seiji Yamaura
A reader would like to know what they are entitled to after being hit by a car while passing through an intersection.
National Dec 19, 2019
The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan is calling for people to use baby strollers correctly, following a series of accidents due to belongings being hung on strollers. According to the center, the number of cases in which infants visited hospitals due to falling from ...
Editorials Dec 14, 2019
Coming up with new legal definitions is an important step in clamping down on road rage.
National Dec 2, 2019
Japan to require drone registration to find owners following accidents
Owners of drones will be required to register their remote-controlled aircraft with the government so officials can quickly identify them after accidents, according to the land ministry. The government has yet to decide when to introduce the system, but it will include the necessary funding ...
Editorials Nov 27, 2019
More effective measures must be taken to reduce accidents by elderly drivers.
World Nov 11, 2019
The U.S. military may have finally found a way to fix a glitch with the world's most high-tech helmet used by pilots flying the most expensive fighter jet in history. A bug in the $400,000 helmet display screen used by F-35 aviators caused a green ...
Business Nov 3, 2019
In South Korea's deadly shipyards, subcontracted workers most at risk
Park Chol-hee was working a holiday shift at Samsung Heavy Industries' Geoje shipyard on Labor Day in 2017 when a giant crane collided with another and crashed to ground, killing six people, including Park's younger brother. "It was as if a bomb was dropped," Park ...
National Oct 28, 2019
U.S. warship involved in fatal 2017 collision near Singapore departs Yokosuka for testing at sea
by Jesse Johnson
Repairs have been completed on the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain, which was involved in a collision in 2017 that left 10 sailors dead and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, and the vessel is now conducting "comprehensive at-sea testing," the ...
National Sep 15, 2019
Seven injured after taxi driver, 75, veers into Nagoya street music performance
Seven people are injured after a taxi, driven by a 75-year-old man, veers onto a sidewalk and plows into a crowd watching a street music performance in Nagoya.
Business Sep 13, 2019
NHTSA probing reports of sudden unintended braking in Nissan's Rogue SUV
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating Nissan Motor Co.'s top-selling model after hundreds of drivers complained a safety system is prone to suddenly triggering the brakes for no apparent reason. More than 840 Nissan Rogue drivers have complained to NHTSA and the ...
Entertainment News Sep 6, 2019
Fans flock to theaters nationwide to watch first Kyoto Animation film released since attack
Fans flocked Friday to the opening of the first film released by Kyoto Animation Co. since a deadly arson attack in July on one of its studios claimed the lives of 35 staff members. Audiences packed a theater in Kyoto for "Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien ...