Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga branded the test as an “unprecedented, grave threat”. Speaking on Sky News a student at Hokkaido University, Joe Narsico, said there was not much the Japanese people could do if Kim Jong-un launched a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Post’s second delivery calls for caution
Investors should be able to push hard on price. Full view will be published shortly. On Twitter https://twitter.com/AlecMac11 CONTEXT NEWS - Japan's government is preparing to sell about 1.4 trillion yen ($13 billion) of shares in Japan Post Holdings ... ( read original story ...)
DeNA to test taxi dispatch app using AI in Yokohama
YOKOHAMA – Japanese mobile game giant DeNA Co. said Monday it will start a trial of its taxi dispatch application utilizing artificial intelligence in Yokohama. The AI system will analyze data collected from taxis in use and information on when and where ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Princess Mako announces engagement
The formal announcement came from Japan's Imperial Household Agency on Sunday, after local media reported news of the planned engagement in May. The princess was not in line to the throne, as a 1947 succession law states that only men from her family's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Princess Mako announces engagement to commoner
The formal announcement came from Japan's Imperial Household Agency on Sunday, after local media reported news of the planned engagement in May. Her fiancé, Kei Komuro, is a 25-year-old law firm employee. The couple met five years ago while studying at ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese princess gives up her royal status to marry a piano-loving commoner she fell for because of his ‘bright smiles like the sun’
But women are not allowed to succeed Japan's throne, meaning Princess Mako will lose her royal status once she weds 25-year-old Mr Komuro, a legal assistant who loves playing jazz piano. At a news conference, Princess Mako said: 'First I was attracted by ... ( read original story ...)
In This Corner of the World Exhibit Comes to Fukuoka, Nagoya, Hiroshima
An exhibition for Fumiyo Kōno's In This Corner of the World is coming to Hiroshima, Fukuoka, and Nagoya this fall. It will include more than 130 original illustrations and Kōno's notes, handwritten chronologies, and writing implements. A variety of goods ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Princess Mako engaged to college love
TOKYO -- Japanese Emperor Akihito's oldest grandchild, Princess Mako, says she is getting married to her university classmate who won her heart with bright smiles and sincerity. Mako and her fiance Kei Komuro told a joint news conference Sunday their ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s nuclear test may have been a hydrogen bomb, says Japan
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Sunday ... Kim, according to the statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, claimed all components of the device were domestically produced, which he said means the North can ... ( read original story ...)
Japan princess announces engagement with commoner
Tokyo: Japan’s Princess Mako and her fiancee — a commoner ... who are now part of the monarchy. The news of the engagement has intensified a debate on whether the law should be changed so women born into the imperial family can continue in their ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese princess engaged to college love; wedding next year
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Emperor Akihito's oldest grandchild, Princess Mako, said Sunday she is getting married to a university classmate who won her heart with bright smiles and sincerity. Mako and fiance Kei Komuro, both 25, said at a news conference that ... ( read original story ...)
Japan princess to wed commoner, forcing her to quit royal family
Princess Mako, the eldest granddaughter of Japanese Emperor Akihito, will wed a former classmate, the Imperial Household said on Sunday, confirming a marriage that will further deplete the royal family since she must become a commoner. The announcement was ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ups ante to re-exert influence
JAPAN’s Ambassador to Malaysia Dr Makio Miyagawa was adamant that his country “is not finished yet” when he was inundated with questions at a function last year, amid an incessant flow of news on the Belt and Road initiative and China’s expanding ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Princess Announces Engagement With A Commoner
Tokyo: Japan's Princess Mako and her fiance -- a commoner -- announced their engagement on Sunday, a match which will cost the princess her royal status according to a law that highlights the male-dominated nature of Japan's monarchy. Like all female ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Princess engaged to college love; wedding next year
TOKYO — Japanese Emperor Akihito's oldest grandchild, Princess Mako, says she is getting married to her university classmate who won her heart with bright smiles and sincerity. Mako and her fiance Kei Komuro told a joint news conference Sunday their ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says tremors in North Korea were nuclear test
Japan's Ministry of Defence said it had dispatched at least three military jets from bases in Japan to test for radiation. Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App. Download The Times of India news app for your device. ( read original story ...)