Month: April 2023

Multiple bones, including those thought to be a human skull, were found in a septic tank beneath a vacant home in this west Japan cit･･･ ( read original story ...)

With tensions around Taiwan rising and North Korea firing missiles at a blistering pace, lawmakers in neighboring Japan are pushing for a rollout of shelters where its residents can take refuge in the ... ( read original story ...)

Speaking in Japanese and bowing, 24-year-old Siti Maesaroh offers a tray with a mug and two bowls to a fellow student pretending to be an elderly person, before asking him if he wanted chopsticks and ... ( read original story ...)

Fish have been caught more than eight kilometres under the surface of the ocean for the first time ever — and filmed even deeper — by a joint Japanese-Australian scientific expedition. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday the government would continue to strongly demand that Beijing releases an Astellas Pharma employee detained in China, as fears remain over the safety of China's business environment. ( read original story ...)

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Yokohama Corp. of North America (YCNA) has sold its Friend Tire Co. wholesale arm to Southern Tire Mart (STM) Citing Friend Tire's "solid reputation," Southern Tire Mart Co-owner ... ( read original story ...)

Different cuts of local black bear are sold from a vending machine in Semboku city, according to a Japanese daily. Customers can buy fatty or lean meat for about 2,200 yen ($17; £13) per 250g, reports the Mainichi Shimbun. ( read original story ...)

A prestigious women’s university has effectively closed its doors. On March 22, news broke that Keisen Women’s University (Tama City, Tokyo), a mission-oriented university founded in 1929 and formerly ... ( read original story ...)