Growing up in poverty and broken homes, Kawasaki youths find savior in rap
Weathered signs from five years ago stand forlornly on a bank of the Tama River in Kawasaki, politely asking visitors to refrain from laying any more flowers of condolence so they don't accidentally catch fire. But the scene is otherwise absent of any reminder of ...
Lawson Inc. unveiled for the media Tuesday an experimental checkout-free convenience store that will allow customers to make purchases using a smartphone app. The "grab and go" shop is part of the major chain's attempts to address Japan's labor shortage. Advanced technology allows customers to ...
In test flights for new low-altitude flight paths using Tokyo's Haneda Airport conducted by the transport ministry between Jan. 30 and Wednesday, noise in Kawasaki ran as high as 87 to 94 decibels, louder than inside a pachinko parlor, according to data released by ...
Kawasaki, known for poverty and pollution, confronts gentrification
Surrounded by bustling downtown streets, shopping malls and high-rises, Kawasaki Station and its vicinity are, on the surface, a paragon of urban development. Just a short distance away, however, this veneer of prosperity gives way to an eerie quiet that persists in the underbelly of ...
Security boosted at Kawasaki center after threat to 'exterminate' Zainichi Koreans
The racist threat was made in a New Year’s card sent to a community center in one of the city’s largest Korean neighborhoods.
Fujisawa man fined ¥300,000 for using online hate speech against Kawasaki resident
The Kawasaki Summary Court orders a man to pay a ¥300,000 fine for making derogatory and racist remarks against a Korean resident of Japan on Twitter.
Yokohama convict gets fresh 28-year term for random 2006 tunnel slaying in Kawasaki
A court sentenced a man to 28 years in prison on Friday for randomly killing a woman in 2006 in a tunnel in Kawasaki. According to the Yokohama District Court ruling, Hirokazu Suzuki, 39, killed Yuri Kuronuma, 27, as she was going home by stabbing ...
Repeat violations are punishable by a fine of up to ¥500,000.
Japan film festival scraps screening of 'comfort women' movie
A film festival that began over the weekend in Kawasaki has decided not to show a documentary focused on debates over the issue of "comfort women." The phrase refers to women who provided sex, including those who did so against their will, for Japanese troops ...
Police end probe of Kawasaki stabbing rampage with motive still a mystery
Police on Monday formally ended their investigation of a man who went on a fatal stabbing rampage in Kawasaki earlier this year targeting schoolchildren before killing himself. Ryuichi Iwasaki, 51, carried out the knife attack on the morning of May 28 at a spot where ...
Japan playing catch-up with proactive local governments in fight against hate speech
Towns, cities and prefectures have been taking faster action than the central government to eradicate ethnic discrimination since the 2016 enactment of the law against hate speech. Despite progress in municipalities where a sense of crisis is growing, including Kawasaki, the western Tokyo suburb of ...
Combating an unfounded fear of Japan's recluses
Although the term "hikikomori," which describes people who shun social contact and seek extreme degrees of isolation, has been in common use for several decades, it has taken on a more sinister cast recently as the media has come to view it as a ...
