Tag: news

Sunao Takami set fire to the crowded pachinko parlor in Osaka by spreading gasoline and throwing a lit match, engulfing the building, killing five and injuring 10 others. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Ministry of Justice executed the death penalty on August 21 for the arson-murderer at a pachinko parlor in Osaka. This marks the first execution in Japan in one year and two months, and the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Ministry of Justice executed the death penalty on August 21 for a man convicted of arson and murder at a pachinko parlor in Osaka. This marked the first execution in 1 year and 2 months, and ... ( read original story ...)

Tatsumi Kawai, 61, is suspected of conspiring with a subcontractor to have it repeatedly overcharge in 2025, resulting in ¥13.69 million in damages. ( read original story ...)

Japan says it has executed a man convicted of killing five people after setting fire to a pachinko parlor in 2009. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks fell Friday morning, hurt by caution over tensions in the Middle East and a rebound in U.S. Treasury yields after their ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has executed a man who killed five people in a gaming parlour fire in 2009, making this the first time in more than a year that the country has enacted the death sentence. Sunao Takami, 58, had ... ( read original story ...)

Though it would increase Japan’s enormous debt pile, that would help fix a more urgent problem than inflation: downward pressure on the yen. America and Japan r ecently intervened to strengthen the ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is reportedly single in 2026 after ending her six-year relationship with rapper Cordae in January 2025. The former couple, who welcomed daughter Shai in July 2023, have remained focused on ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's historic effort to prop up the yen may have had an unintended consequence: giving investors a better opportunity to put the carry trade back on. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Japan's manufacturing sector expanded in August as new orders rose at their fastest pace since January 2018, a business survey showed on Friday. The S&P Global Flash Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Japan had tried to dissuade the U.S. from imposing sanctions on Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, but the White House pressed ahead. ( read original story ...)

Students will be able to use the engine while receiving feedback from actual game developers under Capcom. ( read original story ...)

Eight major Japanese publishers, studios and production companies will pitch intellectual property to international buyers at the second edition of Tokyo IP Market: Adaptation & Remake, running Oct. ( read original story ...)

The opening of the 20th Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, which will bring together 45 Asian countries, is just one month away. Flags featuring the official mascot Honohon—a flame-shaped symbol of athletes’ ... ( read original story ...)

The train collided with the four men at Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo, authorities say. ( read original story ...)