These are external links and will open in a new window Eleven people have been killed after a fire at a Japanese residential facility for people in financial difficulty. TV footage on the country's public broadcaster NHK showed the house engulfed in flames ... ( read original story ...)
GEOLANDAR Named in TrophyLite Series
(Photo: Yokohama Tire) Yokohama Tire’s off-road racing program continues to expand. The tire maker announced that its GEOLANDAR M/T G003 (size 33X12.50R15) is the spec tire of the 2018 TrophyLite R4 Series. First race of the season is the Best in the ... ( read original story ...)
Eleven killed, three injured after fire at home for elderly poor in Japan
TOKYO - A fire engulfed a home for elderly welfare recipients in northern Japan, killing 11 people ... and was about 50 years old, Kyodo News reported. The building lacked sprinklers, which were not compulsory for the type of facility, Kyodo said. ( read original story ...)
11 elders killed as fire and explosions engulf homeless facility in Sapporo
A total of 11 people were killed by a fire and explosions at a facility for senior homeless people in Sapporo, northern Japan, late Wednesday night, police said. The victims were among 16 residents of the three-storey facility run by a local organisation ... ( read original story ...)
Fire kills 11 at home for elderly poor in Japan
... northern Japan. The fire broke out before midnight Thursday in Sapporo, the main city on the island of Hokkaido. (Yuya Shino/Kyodo News via AP) Kyodo News service says the building was a former inn that had been rented by the operator of the facility. ( read original story ...)
Bad boys: Hokkaido police round up 5 bosozoku members for dangerous riding
HOKKAIDO (TR) – Hokkaido Prefectural Police have sent five male youths belonging to a bosozoku biker gang to prosecutors for allegedly riding dangerously in Sapporo last year, reports Nippon News Network (Jan. 31). In October, a 19-year-old member of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Fujifilm to take over partner Xerox to slash costs
TOKYO - Fujifilm Holdings and Xerox Corp. say the Japanese company will take over Xerox in a restructuring intended to slash costs. The companies said Wednesday that Fuji Xerox, their 56-year-old joint venture, will combine with Xerox. Fujifilm Holdings ... ( read original story ...)
2020 Tokyo Olympic costs keep rising despite efforts to cut
In late December, Tokyo Olympic organizers said the games would cost 1.35 trillion yen, which is about $12.4 billion at the present exchange rate of 109 yen to the dollar. But at a news conference last Friday, Koike said the city would spend an added 810 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Line to launch cryptocurrency exchange amid hacking fears
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Line Corp plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange, a move that comes as regulators investigate such exchanges in the country after hackers stole $530 million in digital money from Coincheck in one of the world’s biggest ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Aso tells cryptocurrency exchanges to strengthen controls after $530 million theft
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that management systems at cryptocurrency exchanges needed to be strengthened after hackers stole $530 million of digital money from Tokyo-based Coincheck. Aso, who doubles as financial ... ( read original story ...)
New Osaka drone museum offers hands-on flight experience
OSAKA – The nation’s first drone museum opened in the city of Osaka in December featuring a wide variety of drones on display and for sale, with visitors able to try them out. “There are not many places in Japan where people can see and touch drones ... ( read original story ...)
US, Australia scientists win Japan Prize for immunology work
An American professor at Emory University and an Australian scientist have been awarded the Japan Prize for research in immunology. The winners were announced Tuesday at a news conference in Tokyo. The Japan Prize Foundation said the work of Emory ... ( read original story ...)
Free trade – not turf rows – tipped to top China, Japan, South Korea summit agenda
Li told Kono that relations between China and Japan “are not just about the two countries but have an important impact on the region and the world”, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. Stressing that the two economies were “highly ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese woman sues government over forced sterilisation
according to court documents quoted by Kyodo News. The plaintiff, who has not been named, is one of an estimated 16,000 people who were sterilised without their consent under Japan’s eugenics law, which remained in force until 1996. Speaking at a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s internet cafe ‘refugees’ number 4,000, survey says
A Tokyo Metropolitan Government survey released last week shows that there are an estimated 4,000 “internet cafe refugees” who choose to spend their nights at such facilities because they don’t have a stable residence. The survey, conducted from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, China plan to resume defence exchanges
TOKYO (THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Japan and China are likely to restart their education and training exchanges for defence officials in September, after a six-year hiatus, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. Both governments are making ... ( read original story ...)