Loading
Search
Three 18-Year-Old Men Killed After Car Goes Off Road Into Rice Field In Tokushima Prefecture
- Category:Other
JAPAN TODAY
Three 18-year-old men were killed and a fourth man the same age injured after the light car they were traveling in crashed through a guardrail and fell into a rice field in Anan City, Tokushima Prefecture, on Thursday night.
Police received a call at around 10:30 p.m. from a local r...
Three 18-year-old men were killed and a fourth man the same age injured after the light car they were traveling in crashed through a guardrail and fell into a rice field in Anan City, Tokushima Prefecture, on Thursday night.
Police received a call at around 10:30 p.m. from a local r...
- 26/4 20:09
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan Town To Put Up 2.5m Barrier To Block View Of Mount Fuji
- Category:Other
CNA
A huge black barrier to block Mount Fuji from view will be installed in a popular photo spot by Japanese authorities exasperated by crowds of badly behaved foreign tourists.
Construction of the mesh net – 2.5m high and the length of a cricket pitch at 20m – will begin as early as next week,...
A huge black barrier to block Mount Fuji from view will be installed in a popular photo spot by Japanese authorities exasperated by crowds of badly behaved foreign tourists.
Construction of the mesh net – 2.5m high and the length of a cricket pitch at 20m – will begin as early as next week,...
- 26/4 19:23
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
'Male' Hippo In Japan Zoo Found To Be Female After 7 Years
- Category:Other
BBC
A zoo in Japan has confirmed that a hippopotamus thought for seven years to be a he is, in fact, a she.
A DNA test was carried out after zookeepers noticed that 12-year-old Gen-chan did not display typical male hippo behaviour.
Gen-chan arrived in Osaka from Mexico in 2017, and customs do...
A zoo in Japan has confirmed that a hippopotamus thought for seven years to be a he is, in fact, a she.
A DNA test was carried out after zookeepers noticed that 12-year-old Gen-chan did not display typical male hippo behaviour.
Gen-chan arrived in Osaka from Mexico in 2017, and customs do...
- 25/4 20:12
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan To Increase Benefits For Crime Victims' Families
- Category:Other
JAPAN TIMES
The National Police Agency disclosed a plan Thursday to increase the minimum amount of state benefits paid to bereaved families of crime victims.
Under the plan to revise the benefit system, the minimum amount will be raised from ¥3.2 million to ¥10.6 million in principle. The NPA a...
The National Police Agency disclosed a plan Thursday to increase the minimum amount of state benefits paid to bereaved families of crime victims.
Under the plan to revise the benefit system, the minimum amount will be raised from ¥3.2 million to ¥10.6 million in principle. The NPA a...
- 25/4 19:41
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
'Sugar Baby Riri' Gets Nine-Year Prison Term Over Romance Scam
- Category:Other
JAPAN TIMES
The Nagoya District Court on Monday imposed a nine-year prison term and an ¥8 million ($51,700) fine on a 25-year-old woman — who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri” — for swindling three men out of ¥156 million through a romance scam and for selling a manual on how to commit simi...
The Nagoya District Court on Monday imposed a nine-year prison term and an ¥8 million ($51,700) fine on a 25-year-old woman — who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri” — for swindling three men out of ¥156 million through a romance scam and for selling a manual on how to commit simi...
- 23/4 18:12
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan Helicopters Crash: Search Ongoing For Naval Crew In The Pacific
- Category:Other
BBC
The Japanese navy is continuing its search for seven crew in the Pacific Ocean after the apparent crash of two helicopters on Saturday night, which killed at least one crewman.Rescuers have so far recovered the body of one man, as well as black boxes and debris, but are yet to find the othe...
The Japanese navy is continuing its search for seven crew in the Pacific Ocean after the apparent crash of two helicopters on Saturday night, which killed at least one crewman.Rescuers have so far recovered the body of one man, as well as black boxes and debris, but are yet to find the othe...
- 22/4 21:59
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan Monitoring Reports Of Professor 'Missing' In China
- Category:Other
JAPAN TIMES
The government said Monday it was closely monitoring reports that a Chinese professor at a Japanese university has been missing since he took a trip home over a year ago.
Fan Yuntao, 61, "has been engaged in teaching at a university in Japan for a long time, and the matter could con...
The government said Monday it was closely monitoring reports that a Chinese professor at a Japanese university has been missing since he took a trip home over a year ago.
Fan Yuntao, 61, "has been engaged in teaching at a university in Japan for a long time, and the matter could con...
- 22/4 20:53
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Waters Outside Japan's EEZ
- Category:Other
KYODO NEWS
North Korea on Monday fired at least one ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan, but no damage was reported as it fell into waters outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, the Japanese government said.
The missile, launched in a northeasterly direction at around 3 p.m., is estimat...
North Korea on Monday fired at least one ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan, but no damage was reported as it fell into waters outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, the Japanese government said.
The missile, launched in a northeasterly direction at around 3 p.m., is estimat...
- 22/4 20:17
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Pakistan Bomb Attack Targets Japanese Nationals, Injuries Reported
- Category:Other
KYODO NEWS
A van carrying five Japanese nationals was attacked by a suicide bomber and a gunman in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Friday morning, killing a local security guard and injuring another guard and a bystander as well as one Japanese, according to Pakistani media, police ...
A van carrying five Japanese nationals was attacked by a suicide bomber and a gunman in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Friday morning, killing a local security guard and injuring another guard and a bystander as well as one Japanese, according to Pakistani media, police ...
- 19/4 21:30
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan's Former World No. 1 Momota Kento Announces Retirement From International Badminton
- Category:Other
OLYMPICS
The two-time world champion says his last duty for the national team will be the 27 April-5 May Thomas & Uber Cup Finals in Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
Brutally honest as he announced his decision to retire from international badminton on Thursday (18 April), Momota Kento admi...
The two-time world champion says his last duty for the national team will be the 27 April-5 May Thomas & Uber Cup Finals in Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
Brutally honest as he announced his decision to retire from international badminton on Thursday (18 April), Momota Kento admi...
- 19/4 20:52
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)