Month: January 2024

Tokyo district public prosecutors’ office says it has arrested Yoshitaka Ikeda, a former vice-education minister ( read original story ...)

Rescue teams worked through snow to deliver aid and supplies to isolated hamlets in Japan on Monday. Rescuers continue to work to save those isolated and trapped one week after a powerful earthquake hit the western part of the nation. ( read original story ...)

Yoshitaka Ikeda’s arrest is the first in a scandal that has battered support for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. ( read original story ...)

Japan restated the importance for early completion of signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Sri Lanka and creditor nations on debt restructuring, after an agreement was reached in principle late last year. ( read original story ...)

Director Nicolas Lamperin has grand designs for next year's tournament after record crowds flocked to Auckland last week. ( read original story ...)

The death toll from Japan's New Year's Day earthquake jumped to 161 on Monday as snow complicated relief efforts with more than 2,000 people still cut off and many others lacking power or in crowded ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of people who became homeless overnight are living in wearniness and uncertainty on the western coast of Japan a week after a powerful earthquake caused at least 161 deaths and left dozens ... ( read original story ...)

But which are the best of the best according to an actual castle expert? Nagoya City University professor Yoshihiro Senda, a castle archaeologist regarded as an authority in the field, names his top ... ( read original story ...)

A prized bluefin tuna weighing nearly 525 pounds has sold at auction for a tuna cash on the first day of business of 2024 for Tokyo’s largest fish market, netting nearly $800,000. ( read original story ...)