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.
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 ...
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 ...
Kyoto Animation arson attack victims to be honored in end credits of new film
“We will be happy if the film is enjoyed for many years to come,” the company said.
Girl, 8, drowns at Tokyo amusement park Toshimaen; body found under inflatable island
An 8-year-old girl was confirmed dead at a Tokyo hospital Thursday after being found underneath an inflatable island in a swimming pool at Toshimaen amusement park. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, Yuka Morimoto of Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, likely drowned after getting trapped under the ...
13 die across Japan while taking part in leisure activities during public holiday
Thirteen people died and at least 27 were injured across the country during leisure activities Monday, a public holiday, according to a Kyodo News tally collected Tuesday. At a beach in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, a pair of elementary school-aged brothers were found to be drowning, ...
Globe-trotting Japanese cyclist dies in road accident in Peru
A Japanese man traveling around the world by bicycle died of a head injury after being hit by a truck Sunday in northwestern Peru, according to local news reports. The accident took place on Sunday in the La Libertad region. The man was later confirmed ...
Japan Times 1919: Women go on strike for first time in Japan
Over 100 female workers employed at a silk reeling factory in Maebashi struck, demanding a 50 percent increase in wages.
Two South Koreans dead and water polo athletes hurt in nightclub collapse in Gwangju
Two South Koreans died and several others, including athletes participating in the World Aquatics Championships, were injured when an upper floor of a nightclub collapsed in the southern city of Gwangju early on Saturday, a fire department official said. At least 10 people were injured ...
Five tons of fish scatter across 500 meters of highway in Osaka Prefecture
Five tons of bonito fish fell from a refrigerator truck and were scattered across an expressway in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Thursday morning, police said. The frozen fish were dispersed over 500 meters of highway near the Miharaminami Interchange of the Hanwa Expressway linking Osaka ...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted China's proposal to jointly investigate allegations that a Chinese fishing vessel abandoned 22 Filipinos after it sank their boat in the South China Sea, his spokesman said on Saturday. But aside from China and the Philippines, Duterte wants a ...
