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Tanaka takes part in a signing ceremony for the Japan-Uruguay Investment Agreement with Uruguay's Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Luis Porto in 2015.
BUSINESS / WOMEN AT WORK
Jan 23, 2024
Why positivity is an asset in a career of PR and diplomacy
Keiko Tanaka went from an office at Nissan to the ambassador's residence in Uruguay.
Johnny & Associates president Noriyuki Higashiyama (second from right), flanked by Johnnys' Island President Yoshihiko Inohara (second from left), unveils the company name Smile-Up during a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 2, 2023
Johnny's to form new company in wake of sexual abuse by founder
The move comes after the agency acknowledged abuse and apologized to victims in a news conference last month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2023
Former Johnny’s idols submit petition and call for changes to child abuse prevention law
The online petition was set up on May 26 by three former idols and has garnered more than 40,000 signatures as of Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 2, 2023
Ex-Johnny’s idol fears that attention on abuse scandal will soon fade away
'I'm afraid that in a few months, even before the summer, no one will be talking about it anymore. That’s the fear I have right now,” said Junya Hiramoto.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 21, 2023
Japanese actor Noriyuki Higashiyama apologizes for Johnny's sex scandal
Higashiyama asked younger members to wait to comment as he thought he should speak first as the agency's oldest active member.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2023
Minister hopes Japan students to join farewell events without masks
Japan's education minister says parents will be able to decide whether their children remove their masks during their farewell school events.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2022
Government questions Unification Church for second time
The culture minister requested the organization submit documents related to past civil lawsuits that found it responsible for illegal practices in fundraising and recruiting, sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2022
Ministry to launch first-of-its-kind probe into Unification Church
The probe sets the stage for the controversial group to be stripped of its religious corporation status.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 11, 2022
Just two women picked as Kishida reshuffles Cabinet
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida selected just two women for a total of 19 ministerial positions in a Cabinet reshuffle Wednesday, highlighting Japan's slow progress in reaching gender parity.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 6, 2021
Tokyo Games end for Japan with legends forged in gold
The host nation achieved its equal-third best gold medal total, while tallying 51 medals overall — one short of the record 52 it won in 2004.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 3, 2021
Keiko Sugiura wins C1-3 cycling road race for second Tokyo gold
The 50-year-old added the road race gold to the one she won in the time trial at the same venue on Tuesday.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 31, 2021
Keiko Sugiura becomes Japan's oldest gold medalist after winning women's cycling road time trial
Sugiura won the women's C1-3 road cycling time trial at the Tokyo Paralympics on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 11, 2021
'People have awakened': Peru's Pedro Castillo closes in on election win
Keiko Fujimori, facing her own renewed legal woes on Thursday, has not conceded, and is seeking to annul some 500,000 votes which she says are suspicious, albeit with scant evidence.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 17, 2021
‘First Love’: Sensitive topic gets the mainstream treatment
Part mystery, part courtroom drama, Yukihiko Tsutsumi's film focuses on repercussions of sexual abuse, while making the subject matter digestible for a mass audience.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2020
Pioneering stand-up comedian Keiko Utsumi dies at 97
Keiko Utsumi, a pioneering comedian who rose to fame as one half of a female stand-up duo, died of multiple organ failure last weekend, her office said Friday. She was 97.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jul 10, 2020
‘Mottainai Grandma’ spreads her environmental message in new cartoon series
The animated series “Mottainai Grandma” teaches youngsters the importance of respecting the environment around them.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 1, 2020
Peru's Keiko Fujimori to be freed from prison during graft investigation
Former Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori will be released from prison while she is under investigation for money laundering, her lawyer said on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2020
Japanese abductee's mom dies at 94 with daughter's return from North Korea unrealized
Keiko Arimoto is one of the 17 Japanese on the government's list of nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2020
Peru's Keiko Fujimori vows aggressive 'response to political persecution' as she's jailed again
As Peruvian authorities detained opposition leader Keiko Fujimori on Tuesday night for a new 15-month jail term, the politician published a pre-recorded video alleging "persecution" and vowing to "end her silence" on the case.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 30, 2019
Peru opposition leader Keiko Fujimori walks free from jail
Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori walked free from prison Friday night after being jailed for more than a year pending a trial over allegations she accepted illegal campaign contributions from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.

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