Category: NEWS

Two men have been arrested here for allegedly using their own chopsticks to take pickled ginger from a communal container at an outlet of bee ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Inpex Corp said on Tuesday it has submitted a revised development plan to Indonesian government authorities for the Abadi liquefied natural gas (LNG) project incorporating a carbon capture and ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese police arrested an enlisted Marine on suspicion of auto theft Sunday morning after he was stopped in a car that was reported stolen less than an hour earlier. ( read original story ...)

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 ...)

Silent Hill publisher Konami has opened a new studio in Osaka, Japan, to provide “sustainable growth” for the 50-year-old company. The company’s newest branch has been named Konami Osaka Studio, and a ... ( read original story ...)

Footage of unknown snailfish captured by researchers from Western Australia and Tokyo in Izu-Ogasawara trench ( read original story ...)

The record-breaking intrusion happened as Japan's foreign minister met with senior counterparts in China over the weekend. ( read original story ...)

The U.S. has been trying to rally key countries in the semiconductor supply chain, including Japan, around its sweeping chip export restrictions on China. ( read original story ...)

The Osaka District Court has recognized that a public prosecutor's interrogation in an embezzlement case against a former real estate company･･･ ... ( read original story ...)