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Japan's Kyodo News agency has previously said that Tsuneoka was a freelancer reporting on the battle to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group, and had been held by Kurdish military forces known as the peshmerga. 4 p.m. Iraqi officials ... ( read original story ...)

Raids were also carried out on offices in Osaka, Kyoto and Nagoya. The Tokyo offices have already been raided once, in October. The female employee who died last December had worked 105 hours of overtime in October 2015, and was suffering from severe ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – A Japanese freelance journalist detained by local authorities in Iraq has been released after being suspected of being a member of the Islamic State group. Japan's Foreign Ministry says Kosuke Tsuneoka was handed over by the Iraqi authorities to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese authorities raided the country's top advertising agency Dentsu on Monday as they launched a criminal investigation into the suicide of a 24-year-old employee due to overwork on suspicion of systematic illegal overtime at the company. ( read original story ...)

Sapporo Holdings is keen to acquire Czech brewer Pilsner Urquell, its president has told just-drinks, but only if the unit is separated from Anheuser-Busch InBev's other former SABMiller assets. just-drinks gives you the widest beverage market coverage ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo: Japan protested to China on Sunday after Chinese coast guard ships sailed into territorial waters of disputed islands in the East China Sea, Tokyo said. Four Chinese vessels entered the waters surrounding the islets, called the Senkaku in Japan and ... ( read original story ...)

THE Benjamini Mkapa Foundation and the Government of Japan have signed a grant agreement worth US dollars 126,726 approximately 268m/- to support the construction of operating theatre at Nkoma Health Centre in Itimila District in Simiyu Region. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Japan protested to China Sunday after Chinese coast guard ships sailed into territorial waters of disputed islands in the East China Sea, Tokyo said. Four Chinese vessels entered the waters surrounding the islets, called the Senkaku in Japan and the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Japan and India are set to sign a controversial civil nuclear deal this week, reports said on Sunday, as the two Asian allies look to boost economic and security ties to counter an assertive China. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ... ( read original story ...)

While the article admits marijuana is “less addictive” than cocaine and heroin, it emphasized that it is still illegal in the eyes of the U.S. government and quotes a Japanese health ministry official as saying there is no “definition for medical use ... ( read original story ...)

Japan and India are set to sign a controversial civil nuclear deal this week, reports said on Sunday, as the two Asian allies look to boost economic and security ties to counter China. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart ... ( read original story ...)

Investigative sources with the Osaka Prefectural Police have revealed that the father of a boy from Saiki City who has been missing for three years claims he dumped the child’s body in a mountainous area of Nara Prefecture, reports Nippon News Network ... ( read original story ...)

Amid the bright lights and the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, foreign hostess bars are a major part of Japan's nightlife. But they are little understood by the outside world. Most men do nothing more than sit, drink and chat — usually in English — with ... ( read original story ...)

transport services firm apologized after one of its bus drivers was filmed playing Pokemon Go behind the wheel (TBS News) Riyoubi Holdings ... after dropping off passengers at Itami Airport in Osaka early last month and said he “did something very ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo Holdings has its domestic alcohol unit to thank for year-to-date figures that struggled with sliding sales overseas. just-drinks gives you the widest beverage market coverage. Paid just-drinks members have unlimited access to all our exclusive ... ( read original story ...)

China and Japan may seem to inhabit alternative economic universes. After more than two decades of stagnation, Japan is a fading global power that can’t seem to revive its fortunes no matter what unorthodox gimmicks it tries. By contrast, China’s ... ( read original story ...)