The Settsu Municipal Government did not share information about the possible abuse of a 3-year-old boy with a child consultation center befor ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 62 cases Thursday, below 100 for sixth day
Japan is continuing to see declining numbers of new infections even after the government lifted its COVID-19 state of emergency at the end of last month. ( read original story ...)
Roundup: Tokyo stocks finish higher with high-tech issues attracting buying
Tokyo stocks finished higher on Thursday as high-tech shares attracted buying, although gains in the market were reduced by surging crude oil prices which might slow down recovery of the global ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo records 62 coronavirus cases on Oct. 14, 6th day in row under 100
The Japanese capital recorded 62 COVID-19 cases on Oct. 14, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced, the sixth day in a row it has seen u ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic star Agnes Jebet Tirop’s husband a ‘suspect’ after world record runner was found stabbed to death at home
POLICE are treating the husband of late Kenyan Olympic star Agnes Tirop as a suspect after she was found dead. The 25-year-old, a two-time World Athletics Championships bronze medallist, was ... ( read original story ...)
Child suicides in Japan are at a record high
Suicides among Japanese schoolchildren hit a record high during the last school year, according to an education ministry report published Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Global cost surge squeezes Japan’s salaryman staples
Shizuo Mori can't remember a time when his coffee supplies cost so much.For fifty years, Mori has been running Heckeln, an old-school coffee shop in one of Tokyo's business districts, where a cup of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan dissolves parliament, setting stage for general election
Japan dissolved its parliament on Thursday, setting the stage for an election at the end of the month that will pit new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida against unpopular opposition in a battle over who ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new prime minister dissolves parliament ahead of first elections since the pandemic
At stake will be how Japan faces a potential coronavirus resurgence and revives its battered economy, and if or how Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks end higher on strong high-tech shares
Tokyo stocks ended higher Thursday, lifted by rises in high-tech shares, although gains in the market were capped by surging crude oi ... ( read original story ...)
North Korean Defectors Sue Kim Jong Un In Tokyo Over Repatriation
North Korean defectors in Tokyo symbolically summoned Kim Jong Un to court on Thursday over a repatriation programme they describe as "state kidnapping". ( read original story ...)
Defectors Sue N. Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Tokyo over Repatriations
North Korean defectors in Tokyo symbolically summoned Kim Jong Un to court on Thursday over a repatriation program they describe as "state kidnapping". The unusual case is a bid to hold Pyongyang ... ( read original story ...)
Nicole Turner has her feet on solid ground after silver medal heroics at Tokyo Paralympics but is eyeing up Paris 2024
NICOLE TURNER is back swimming in academic waters following her heroics at the Tokyo Paralympics. Just over six weeks removed from winning an historic silver medal, the 19-year-old swimmer has her ... ( read original story ...)
Toyama’s Ramos clears quarantine, will debut against Nagoya’s Parks
Gilas stalwart Dwight Ramos looks headed for an interesting Japan debut with Toyama as he battles Ray Parks’ Nagoya in a back-to-back weekend slate ... ( read original story ...)
Defectors sue N. Korea’s Kim in Tokyo over ‘state kidnapping’
TOKYO: North Korean defectors in Tokyo symbolically summoned Kim Jong-un to court today over a repatriation programme they describe as “state kidnapping”. The unusual case is a bid to hold Pyongyang ... ( read original story ...)
Defectors sue North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Tokyo over repatriations
TOKYO: North Korean defectors in Tokyo symbolically summoned Kim Jong Un to court on Thursday (Oct 14) over a repatriation programme they describe as "state kidnapping". The unu ... ( read original story ...)