Language | BILINGUAL Feb 6, 2017
Some fiendishly complex archaic kanji just won't die
by Mark Schreiber
Even in the 21st century, a whole bunch of difficult, nonstandard and archaic kanji don't appear to be in any danger of being phased out.
Business Dec 28, 2016
U.S. charges Chinese trio of hacking law firms, gaining M&A info for insider trading
Three Chinese citizens have been criminally charged in the United States with trading on confidential corporate information obtained by hacking into networks and servers of law firms working on mergers, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday. Iat Hong of Macau, Bo Zheng of Changsha, China, and ...
National / Crime & Legal Nov 25, 2016
A Chinese graduate student has been charged with the murder earlier this month of a Chinese woman who harbored his former girlfriend after they broke up. Chen Shifeng, 25, has been in custody for allegedly threatening his ex-girlfriend, who was not named. He is suspected ...
National / Crime & Legal Nov 4, 2016
Woman fatally stabbed outside her Tokyo apartment; killer at large
A Chinese woman in her 20s was found bleeding from her neck in Tokyo's Nakano Ward early Thursday and was later confirmed dead at a hospital, police said. The police found the woman with several stab wounds in the neck and cuts on her hand, ...
National / Crime & Legal Nov 4, 2016
Fresh warrant looms for man who confessed to killing wife, dumping her in Tokyo canal
Police plan to serve a fresh arrest warrant soon on a Chinese man in custody on suspicion of killing his wife at their home in Tokyo, investigative sources said Thursday. Zhou Shichao, 37, was arrested in July for allegedly dumping the body of his 34-year-old ...
National Oct 9, 2016
Asian investors snapping up Japanese properties
by Hidetoshi Takada
Japan's property market is luring more attention from Asian investors keen to reap capital gains or achieve high yields not available at home with a long-term view of holding their assets. Money is flowing mostly from Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China and Singapore, with the ...
National Jul 20, 2016
Foreign tourism is on track to break the record set in 2015 as an estimated 11.71 million visit Japan in the first half.
National Jun 20, 2016
A Nagoya-based nonprofit organization has started a free translation service to support elderly Chinese residents having trouble with Japan's nursing care insurance system because of the language barrier and lack of knowledge. Wang Rong, 51, who heads Tokai Daily Life Support Center for Foreigners, hopes ...
National Apr 27, 2016
Japanese retailers, manufacturers fine-tune marketing approach to Chinese tourists
by Mayuko Matsumoto
Japanese manufacturers and retailers are increasingly targeting big-spending Chinese visitors, with many recently shifting their focus from group tours to independent travelers. While Chinese group tours are known in Japan for bakugai (explosive buying) of Japanese goods, particularly electronics and cosmetics, a growing number of ...
National Feb 28, 2016
Tourism boom boosts cruise liner visits but not all ports are ready
In mid-February, one of the world's largest cruise ships, resembling a floating skyscraper, arrived at the city of Fukuoka, releasing some 5,000 Chinese tourists who then boarded more than 100 awaiting shuttle buses. The port of Hakata in Fukuoka Prefecture saw a record 245 cruise ...
Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal Feb 26, 2016
Bangkok shrine bombers planned vast carnage, targeted China tourist pier first
The perpetrators of last year's deadly explosion at a Bangkok shrine originally chose a pier packed with Chinese tourists as their primary target and had amassed enough chemicals to make 10 equally powerful bombs, the chief of Thailand's police bomb squad told Reuters. A bomb ...
National Feb 11, 2016
As Chinese tourists flock to Japan for the first time, it's not just shopping they leave with. Many are taking home new, positive perspectives of an often vilified nation. "Shop clerks were so kind," said Zhang Yingxi, 21, a university student from Beijing as she ...