Month: February 2018

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese army Apache attack helicopter crashed in western Japan on Monday, killing one of two people on board and sparking a fire in a residential area near a school and a nursery, according to media reports. The crash comes amid ... ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the grounding of all 12 helicopters of the same type for safety checks, Kyodo News agency reported. The crash follows a series of emergency landings and other incidents involving US military aircraft on Japan's southern ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Travel Frog gamers are straining at the leash to visit Japan after seeing photos of the country and snacks their virtual baby frog brought back. China's biggest online travel agency, Ctrip, reports a 150 per cent ... ( read original story ...)

Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera confirmed the crash in the town of Kanzaki and said the two crew on board were retrieved "in a state of cardiac and respiratory arrest," Jiji news agency reported. The language is often used by Japanese officials before ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA ... place from the Uchinoura Space Centre in Kagoshima prefecture and was aired live on YouTube, Efe news reported. Also read: Google Hiring More People Outside Silicon Valley in US The rocket, an improved ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan has a new cafe where customers can enjoy coffee brewed and served by a robot barista. The robot named Sawyer debuted this week at Henna Cafe in Tokyo's downtown business and shopping district of Shibuya. The shop's name in Japanese means ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO – The 69th Sapporo Snow Festival launched on Monday with some 200 snow and ice sculptures on display, including one of a famous manga hero. More than 2 million people are expected to attend weeklong event, which is held in three venues in ... ( read original story ...)

This article Japan boosts radar surveillance on disputed Diaoyu Islands in effort to catch Chinese, North Korean ships first appeared on South China Morning Post For the latest news from the South China Morning Post download our mobile app. Copyright 2018. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he hoped the central bank would continue to promote "bold" monetary easing to achieve its 2 percent inflation target. He also said it was premature to declare an end to deflation despite ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomed on Monday the victory of a ruling party-backed candidate in a mayoral election on Okinawa, vowing to press ahead with a controversial plan to move a US Marines airbase on the southern island. The candidate ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomed on Monday the victory of a ruling party-backed candidate in a mayoral election on Okinawa, vowing to press ahead with a controversial plan to move a U.S. Marines air base on the southern island. ( read original story ...)

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Kanagawa Prefectural Police are investigating a stabbing incident at an apartment complex in Yokohama on Sunday that left one man dead and another seriously injured, reports TBS News (Feb. 4). At just past 3:00 p.m., police were tipped off about a ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka police arrested a former employee of a supermarket in ... “I know about the incident from the news, but i, personally, do not recall the matter,” the suspect was quoted by police. According to police, Hiraki surfaced as a person of interest ... ( read original story ...)

The figure was released by the Japan Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on January 26, according to Kyodo News. By October 2017, the number of Vietnamese workers in Japan had increased by 40 percent compared with the same period in 2016 to 240,259. ( read original story ...)