Man who escaped from 'prison without walls' in Japan gets four more years in jail
The Matsuyama District Court sentenced a 27-year-old man to four more years in prison on Friday over his escape earlier this year from an open prison in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture. According to the ruling and other sources, Tatsuma Hirao broke out of a dormitory for ...
Abe revises statements on Kake scandal in Diet after opposition raises discrepancies
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's struggles continued Tuesday at a special Diet session held to probe the Kake Gakuen scandal, as opposition lawmakers pointed out contradictions in his past remarks on when he learned about the school operator's plan to apply for a special government ...
Does Japan really need more veterinarians?
The ongoing scandal involving the private educational corporation Kake Gakuen hinges on whether or not Prime Minister Shinzo Abe indirectly pushed the Cabinet to approve a new veterinary department for Okayama University of Science, a school run by Kake, whose chairman, Kotaro Kake, is ...
Brewing Kake Gakuen scandal points to alleged Abe favoritism
On Thursday a former top ministry official dropped a bombshell in a hastily held news conference in Tokyo. Kihei Maekawa, former vice minister of education, alleged that the Cabinet Office distorted administrative processes by citing the intent of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in approving a ...
Walking on water: the seven bridges over the Seto Inland Sea
Through the clouds of steam rising from the hotel's hot spring, I can make out Jupiter — a tiny pinprick of light beaming over the twinkling black waters of the Seto Inland Sea. It's easy to see why this hotel is called Bella Vista. ...
Not even the sonorous voices of 20 young children singing "I am a Noma Horse," was enough to put Erika, who really is a Noma horse, at ease. Maybe she didn't like being lied to. Or maybe this pretty little horse — a rare native breed ...
