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Abductee's Mother Pins Hopes On Fresh Japan-N Korea Dialogue
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JAPAN TODAY
For Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted to North Korea in the 1970s at age 13, her "miraculous" meeting a decade ago with Megumi's own daughter in Mongolia was a delight but also a painful reminder of the separation that continues to this day.
Although the 88-year-old Y...
For Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted to North Korea in the 1970s at age 13, her "miraculous" meeting a decade ago with Megumi's own daughter in Mongolia was a delight but also a painful reminder of the separation that continues to this day.
Although the 88-year-old Y...
- March 18, 2024
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Japan Society On Transgender Issues To Drop "Disorder" From Name
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KYODO NEWS
The Japanese Society of Gender Identity Disorder, a body promoting transgender studies, has decided to drop "disorder" from its name based on the latest understanding of people with gender identities differing from those assigned at birth.
The change, announced Sunday at its general ...
The Japanese Society of Gender Identity Disorder, a body promoting transgender studies, has decided to drop "disorder" from its name based on the latest understanding of people with gender identities differing from those assigned at birth.
The change, announced Sunday at its general ...
- March 18, 2024
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Blue Impulse
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JAPAN TODAY
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Komatsu City in Ishikawa Prefecture on Saturday, to celebrate the start of a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the ...
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Komatsu City in Ishikawa Prefecture on Saturday, to celebrate the start of a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the ...
- March 17, 2024
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More Foreign Students Set To Be Eligible For Japan Government Scholarships
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KYODO NEWS
The Japanese government plans to expand the scope of foreign university students eligible for its scholarships from April to provide more academic opportunities to children of the country's growing number of foreign workers, according to officials.
The education ministry is set to in...
The Japanese government plans to expand the scope of foreign university students eligible for its scholarships from April to provide more academic opportunities to children of the country's growing number of foreign workers, according to officials.
The education ministry is set to in...
- March 17, 2024
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Mystery In Japan As Dangerous Streptococcal Infections Soar To Record Levels
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THE GUARDIAN
Health officials racing to identify cause of rise in streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, which has a 30% fatality rate
Experts warn that a rare but dangerous bacterial infection is spreading at a record rate in Japan, with officials struggling to identify the cause.
The number of c...
Health officials racing to identify cause of rise in streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, which has a 30% fatality rate
Experts warn that a rare but dangerous bacterial infection is spreading at a record rate in Japan, with officials struggling to identify the cause.
The number of c...
- March 16, 2024
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Japan PM Kishida Slams Ruling Party Event With Scantily-Clad Dancers
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BBC
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has slammed a gathering of ruling party members last November that involved scantily-clad dancers.
Leaked footage of the event, organised by a chapter of the Liberal Democratic Party, showed women in swimwear sitting on participants' laps, reports said....
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has slammed a gathering of ruling party members last November that involved scantily-clad dancers.
Leaked footage of the event, organised by a chapter of the Liberal Democratic Party, showed women in swimwear sitting on participants' laps, reports said....
- March 16, 2024
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Japan Launches Bullet Train Service To A Region That ‘Guidebooks Rarely Mention’
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CNBC
Japan is launching a new high-speed bullet train, or shinkansen, extension on Saturday that will make an under-the-radar prefecture far more accessible to travelers.
The coastal Fukui Prefecture is some 185 miles west of Tokyo. The new train will pass through the city of Fukui, the town ...
Japan is launching a new high-speed bullet train, or shinkansen, extension on Saturday that will make an under-the-radar prefecture far more accessible to travelers.
The coastal Fukui Prefecture is some 185 miles west of Tokyo. The new train will pass through the city of Fukui, the town ...
- March 16, 2024
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Tokyo's Controversial Yasukuni Shrine Picks Ex-Admiral As Chief Priest
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JAPAN TODAY
Japan's Yasukuni Shrine has picked a former military commander as its chief priest in a move that could stir controversy over a site that other Asian nations see as a symbol of Japan's wartime aggression.
Umio Otsuka, 63, a former Maritime Self Defense Force (SDF) commander and a on...
Japan's Yasukuni Shrine has picked a former military commander as its chief priest in a move that could stir controversy over a site that other Asian nations see as a symbol of Japan's wartime aggression.
Umio Otsuka, 63, a former Maritime Self Defense Force (SDF) commander and a on...
- March 15, 2024
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Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake Hits Japan's Fukushima
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CNA
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 hit eastern Japan early on Friday (Mar 15), the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The epicentre of the earthquake was off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, where strong tremors were recorded, the agency said, adding that a tsunami warning h...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 hit eastern Japan early on Friday (Mar 15), the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The epicentre of the earthquake was off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, where strong tremors were recorded, the agency said, adding that a tsunami warning h...
- March 15, 2024
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Japan Same-Sex Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional Again By Courts
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BBC
Two more rulings in Japanese district courts have added weight to the push for same-sex marriage to be legalised.
This week, courts in Tokyo and Sapporo ruled the nation's current ban was "unconstitutional", in line with previous landmark verdicts.
The rulings in separate cases found that...
Two more rulings in Japanese district courts have added weight to the push for same-sex marriage to be legalised.
This week, courts in Tokyo and Sapporo ruled the nation's current ban was "unconstitutional", in line with previous landmark verdicts.
The rulings in separate cases found that...
- March 15, 2024
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