TOKYO — A Japanese wife has told police the body she thought was of her missing husband belonged to a stranger after her spouse turned up alive a year later. Tokyo police acknowledged Wednesday that the body found in a river in eastern Tokyo in June 2017 ... ( read original story ...)
‘Dead’ husband returns after Japan police send wrong body
TOKYO -- A Japanese wife has told police the body she thought was of her missing husband belonged to a stranger after her spouse turned up alive a year later. Tokyo police acknowledged Wednesday that the body found in a river in eastern Tokyo in June 2017 ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Police Investigate Cryptojacking Case Involving Coinhive Monero Mining Software
Japanese police are investigating a case of cryptojacking that involves Monero-mining software Coinhive, sources familiar with the matter told local news outlet Mainichi June 12. Investigators suspect that the alleged culprits are in violation of the law ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Toyota investing $1 billion in ride-hailing company Grab
TOKYO — Japan’s top automaker Toyota Motor Corp. is investing $1 billion in Grab, the leading ride-hailing company in Southeast Asia, the company said Wednesday. Toyota said it reached a deal with Grab Holdings to strengthen the existing partnership to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Abe: ‘I highly praise’ Trump for Singapore summit with Kim
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe commended President Trump ... “I brought it up, absolutely, and they are going to be working on that,” he said at a news conference following Tuesday’s summit. ( read original story ...)
Desirae Ridenour wins Osaka-Castle ASTC Sprint Asian Cup
She also represented Canada at the Commonwealth Games, finishing an impressive 17th in the elite women’s field. This past weekend in Osaka-Castle, Japan, Ridenour won the NTT ATSC Sprint Triathlon Asian Cup. Competing in the elite women’s field ... ( read original story ...)
JIAM 2020 OSAKA to combine craftsmanship with technology
The Japan Sewing Machinery Manufacturers Association (JASMA) will hold the International Apparel Equipment & Textile Industry Trade Show (JIAM 2020 OSAKA) from May 20, 2020, in Japan. On the theme, Collaboration of Next Generation Technologies and ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Showcases Its Products in Style at Tire Cologne
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. supported the first Tire Cologne show in Cologne, Germany, in an eye-catching and professional fashion. Its booth highlighted the company’s total commitment to the manufacture and on-going development of premium car, winter and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan beats Paraguay 4-2 for 1st win under coach Nishino
INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) -- Japan won its first match under coach Akira Nishino, scoring four times in the second half in a 4-2 win over Paraguay on Tuesday to end a 231-minute goal drought. Japan had lost 2-0 to both Ghana and Switzerland in its previous ... ( read original story ...)
Financial crime task force eyeing binding crypto exchange rules: Japan official
TOKYO (Reuters) - International financial crime-fighting group Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will start discussions later this month on introducing binding rules governing cryptocurrency exchanges, a Japanese government official familiar with the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan wanted Kim Jong Un to pledge to reopen issue of Cold War-era abductions. Trump says, ‘It’s going to be worked on.’
We didn’t put it down in the document, but it’s going to be worked on,” Trump said in the news conference after the summit. North Korea has claimed the abduction issue has been “resolved” and accused Japan of trying to disrupt its attempts at ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | For world, Trump-Kim summit raises cautious hope for peace
TOKYO— Cheers in South Korea and a one-page “extra” edition of a Japanese newspaper have greeted the unprecedented summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. Trump became the first sitting American president to meet a North Korean leader Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka produces first-round fightback as Vandeweghe makes winning start
Naomi Osaka was forced to come from behind in her first match of the grass-court season as she beat Sachia Vickery in three sets at the Nottingham Open. Osaka has enjoyed a breakthrough year, defeating Serena Williams, Simona Halep, Karolina Pliskova ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: man freed after 45 years on death row could go back to jail
Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters A Japanese man who was freed in 2014 after spending 45 ... “It is all lies,” he said, according to Kyodo news. His 85-year-old sister, Hideko, who has campaigned to prove her brother’s innocence, said the high court ruling ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Says Airbnb Had Plenty of Warning About New Licensing Law
TOKYO—The Japan Tourism Agency on Monday defended its handling of a new law that has led to thousands of Airbnb cancellations, saying the U.S. company had ample warning that unlicensed hosts wouldn’t be permitted to operate starting June 15. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to build eco-friendly ‘solar roads’ ahead of 2020 Olympics
The Tokyo metropolitan government plans to introduce "solar roads" that collect energy from the sun via solar panels installed beneath the surface of the roads. The effort is aimed at promoting Tokyo as an eco-friendly city, both domestically and abroad ... ( read original story ...)