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Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2016
Washington prodded Boeing to help Japan probe deadly '85 JAL crash: former U.S. official
A U.S. attorney who was with the Justice Department at the time of the deadly 1985 Japan Airlines crash in Gunma Prefecture has said Washington pressured Boeing Co. to cooperate with Japan's investigation, rejecting suspicions across the Pacific that Washington sought to protect the plane maker.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 16, 2016
Elderly driver rams security guard before crashing into building in Kinshicho
An 83-year-old driver rammed a Marui department store security guard in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, before taking him on its hood across a busy eight-lane street and crashing into a building.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 3, 2016
Car rams into pedestrians in Kobe, seriously injures two
A car rammed into pedestrians Tuesday morning in Kobe, seriously injuring two people, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2016
Bodies of last two ASDF airmen recovered from cliff in Kagoshima
The bodies of the last two crew members and the wreckage of an Air Self-Defense Force airplane have been found on a cliff in Mount Takakuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, defense officials said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2016
Two dead, nine injured as car runs over pedestrians on sidewalk in Osaka
A car plowed into pedestrians in one of Osaka's busiest districts Thursday, leaving two dead and nine injured, including one in critical condition.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2016
Bus operator to lose license over fatal Nagano crash
The transport ministry on Tuesday informed the operator involved in a fatal bus crash last month that its license to run a tour bus business will be revoked after it was found to have committed several safety regulation breaches.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2016
Bus was in neutral at time of deadly Nagano crash: investigators
A ski tour bus that careened off a road in a mountainous area in central Japan last week, killing 15 people on board, has been found by police to have been in neutral at the time of the crash, according to investigative sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2016
Ski bus crash victims' university professor slams government, operator
Well-known Hosei University professor Naoki Ogi, who taught 10 students involved in last Friday's ski bus crash has slammed the government for allowing the "horribly managed" company to stay in business.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jan 20, 2016
Deadly Nagano ski bus crash points to need for safety standards rethink
Friday's ski bus crash in Nagano Prefecture that killed 15 people has raised a slew of fresh challenges for government and industry officials already working to revamp safety measures for long-distance bus services.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2016
Seat-belt rules often overlooked, difficult to enforce, drivers and passengers say
Many of the people killed or injured in Friday's horrific bus crash in Nagano Prefecture may not have been wearing seat belts, as required by law.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2016
Bus company involved in fatal crash conducted ski tour without proper paperwork
The transport ministry has found that the operator of the chartered ski-tour bus that crashed in Nagano Prefecture late last week was running the tour without providing its drivers with the required instruction paperwork, officials said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2016
Operator of bus that crashed in Nagano offered illegally discounted price
The operator of a chartered bus that crashed in Nagano Prefecture early on Friday, killing 14 people, provided the service far more cheaply than the state-stipulated minimum, as proposed by a travel company, transport ministry sources said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2016
Tour bus crash that killed 14 people exposes lax safety practices
Friday's bus crash in Nagano Prefecture has unmasked the pitfalls of small-scale bus tours, the number of which has spiked in recent years due to deregulation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2016
Overnight bus crashes in Karuizawa, killing 14
Fourteen people died and 26 were injured when a packed bus on an overnight journey crashed in the early hours on Friday. It was the worst toll from a bus accident in decades.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2016
Driver hurt after deadheading bus steers wild course, slams into apartment building
A bus crashed into an apartment building in Koganei, Tokyo, Thursday after knocking down a traffic light and a bus stop sign, police said. The 49-year-old bus driver was injured.
WORLD
Nov 8, 2015
Investigators '90 percent sure' bomb caused Sinai Russian plane crash
Investigators of the Russian plane crash in Egypt are "90 percent sure" the noise heard in the final second of a cockpit recording is an explosion caused by a bomb, a member of the investigation team said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2015
Fiery drone crash disrupts bicycle race in Gunma Prefecture, hurting none
A small aerial drone being used to film a bicycle race in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, fell from the sky Sunday and burst into flames, disrupting the competition.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2015
Ultra-light plane crash in Tokyo suburb kills two
Two men have died after an ultra-light plane crashed into a golf course in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, police say.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2015
Relatives offer prayers on eve of 30th anniversary of JAL jet crash
Relatives float paper lanterns on a river near the site of a 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash and pray for loved ones and transport safety on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2015
Decade after Amagasaki, crash victims can't let go
Survivors and kin of the 107 people killed by the Amagasaki train derailment in Hyogo Prefecture mark the 10th anniversary of the crash.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal
A Comac C919 during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore in February
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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