SAPPORO. KAZINFORM - The headless body of a man has been found at a hotel in Sapporo on Japan's northernmost main island, with police continuing to search Tuesday for a person seen entering the victim ... ( read original story ...)
The forgotten case of Japan’s vending machine serial killer who fatally poisoned 12 people
Japan was terrorized by a series of indiscriminate poisonings that killed 12 people, leaving local police with no investigation leads, no evidence and a cold case that remains unsolved to this day. How it started: The killer first struck on April 30, ( read original story ...)
Soccer-Former champions Japan taking it one game at a time
Japan have fallen on harder times since the golden age when they won the 2011 Women's World Cup and reached the final four years later but the Nadeshiko remain Asia's best hope of success in Australia and New Zealand. ( read original story ...)
Football: Yokohama FC forward Ogawa joins NEC initially on loan
Yokohama FC forward Koki Ogawa has joined NEC Nijmegen in the Dutch Eredivisie on a season-long loan, the J-League first-division club said Tuesday. NEC said they have the option to buy the ... ( read original story ...)
Headless male corpse found in Sapporo hotel
SAPPORO -- The decapitated body of a man was found in a hotel room in Sapporo's Chuo Ward on July 2 with his head missing, sparking a murder investigation, Hokkaido Prefectural Police said. Police set ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Discharge of Fukushima Radioactive Water Into Pacific Gets Green Light
The IAEA said Japan’s plan was safe and in line with similar discharges carried out by nations around the world that operate nuclear-power plants. ( read original story ...)
Japan court finds consultant guilty of taking bribes in sprawling Tokyo Olympics trial
One of several Japanese officials charged in a widespread bribery scandal involving Tokyo Olympic organizers has been found guilty but avoided jail time. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s tallest skyscraper, part of ambitious ‘urban village,’ completed in Tokyo
The new tallest building in Japan is here — and the gleaming skyscraper is part of an expansive “modern urban village” in central Tokyo, years in the making. ( read original story ...)
Former champions Japan taking it one game at a time
Japan have fallen on harder times since the golden age when they won the 2011 Women's World Cup and reached the final four years later but the Nadeshiko remain Asia's best hope of success in Australia and New Zealand. ( read original story ...)
GSDF recruit to be served fresh arrest warrant over fatal shooting at Japan firing range
Police have decided to seek a fresh arrest warrant for a Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) recruit arrested following the shooting three inst ... ( read original story ...)
‘You can never become a Westerner:’ China’s top diplomat urges Japan and South Korea to align with Beijing and ‘revitalize Asia’
China’s top diplomat has urged Japan and South Korea to foster a sense of “strategic autonomy” from the West and cooperate with Beijing to “revitalize Asia,” amid rising tensions between Beijing and the two neighboring American allies. ( read original story ...)
CyberConnect2 to open Osaka studio in spring 2024
CyberConnect2 will open a new studio in Osaka in spring 2024, company CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama said in a new video message announcing structure changes, improved working environments, and a revised ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Currency Diplomat Says Tokyo in Constant FX Dialogue With US
Japan's vice minister of finance for international affairs, Masato Kanda, poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo, Japan January 31, 2022. Picture taken January 31, ( read original story ...)
Body of headless man found in Sapporo hotel
Police in Sapporo said Monday that the headless body of a man was found in a hotel room on Sunday. Police said they received an emergency call from a hotel employee who made the grisly discovery at ... ( read original story ...)
The Real-Life Kamurochō: A Yakuza History Lesson with Tokyo Vice’s Jake Adelstein
But as I imagine its visitors enjoying a fun day swinging for the fences, author Jake Adelstein pops my thought bubble by telling me that the most horrific gang violence he ever witnessed unfolded on the corner we stand on: someone cracking another person’s skull open with a baseball bat. ( read original story ...)
Doomsday bunkers being built in Japan amid increased fear of war
Underground homes that provide shelter for apocalyptic scenarios — primarily a nuclear fallout — are now being built in Japan, with one non-profit organization spearheading the effort. Why they’re doing it: Japan’s interest in fallout bunkers reportedly grew last year as its neighbor North Korea continued to refine its ballistic missiles and Russia threatened to ...