Japan had summoned South Korea's ambassador to protest Seoul's refusal to join an arbitration panel to settle a dispute over Second World War labour. (Masanobu Kumagai/Kyodo News via AP) Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, South Korea diplomats trade words in escalating row over wartime forced labor
When asked about the possibility of taking the forced labor dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura told a regular news ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Is a One-Party State Again And Voters Are Fine With That
(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party is heading ... The LDP-led block is expected to take at least 70 of the 124 upper house seats up for grabs, a Kyodo News poll released this ... ( read original story ...)
Suspected arsonist is ex-convict who believed Japanese studio stole his novel: media
KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) - A man suspected of torching ... “I did it,” Aoba told police when he was detained, Kyodo news said, adding that he had started the fire because he believed the studio ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea’s ambassador to Japan summoned to protest growing dispute
He cited “severe conditions of Japan-South Korea relations caused by the South Korean side,” according to Kyodo News service. Japan says all compensation issues had been settled under the 1965 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan summons SKorean envoy to protest wartime labour dispute
Tokyo is considering taking the issue to the International Court of Justice. Kyodo News service says Foreign Minister Taro Kono summoned South Korean Ambassador to Japan Nam Gwan Pyo on Friday morning ... ( read original story ...)
Japan arson suspect: Convicted robber, treated for mental illness
TOKYO — The man suspected of torching an animation studio and killing 33 people in Japan’s worst mass killing in two decades had been convicted for robbery and treated for mental illness ... ( read original story ...)
33 dead in suspected arson attack on Japan animation studio
A suspected arson attack at an animation production company in Japan killed 33 people and injured dozens more ... or who had suffered burns all over their body," a 53-year-old woman told the Kyodo ... ( read original story ...)
Man shouting ‘You die!’ kills 33 in Japan anime studio fire
Japanese media reported the fire might have been set near the ... on his arms and legs and complained that something had been stolen from him. She told Kyodo News that his hair got singed and his legs ... ( read original story ...)
You Can Now Find Authentic Sapporo Miso Ramen In Manila!
Sapporo, a city in Hokkaido prefecture, is famous for one of our favorite rainy-weather essentials: ramen, more specifically, miso ramen. If you're not familiar with what miso actually is, this is a ... ( read original story ...)
Better known as a manufacturing center, Chubu region is turning its talents to nurturing startups
Masaki Wakameda, 25, operates Nagoya Startup News, an online media platform that introduces venture firms in Nagoya, and uses the facility about once a week to hold business meetings. When Wakameda ... ( read original story ...)
The Yokohama Advan Sport V105 provides high performance every day
Be it fast road driving or a quiet daily drive to work, the Yokohama Advan Sport V105 provides the best of both worlds. The 'Advan' name from Yokohama is synonymous to performance. Its inscription can ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo governor says Olympics worth the cost, Paralympics key
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike ... and ordering a review of costs and facilities. But she told a news conference on Thursday that spending was under control with a budget ceiling ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo governor: Olympics worth the cost, Paralympics key
TOKYO — Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Thursday ... and ordering a review of costs and facilities. But she told a news conference on Thursday that spending was under control with a budget ... ( read original story ...)
Good News for Shinzo Abe: Japan’s Young Voters Lean Right, if They Vote at All
TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to move a step closer to his dream of becoming Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, with his party heavily favored to win a parliamentary election on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan may take South Korea wartime labor dispute to International Court of Justice: NHK
The case cannot go to trial, however, without agreement from South Korea, Kyodo news agency reported. Japan initially cited the dispute over compensation for the wartime laborers as being behind ... ( read original story ...)