OSAKA – A minibus carrying people with intellectual disabilities tumbled off a road and fell about 5 meters into a wooded area Monday morning in Osaka Prefecture, leaving 10 of the 18 people aboard injured, police said. The accident took place just after ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shook by 5.8-magnitude quake off eastern coast
According to the Japanese Meteorological Agency, the quake’s magnitude was 5.7, but it said that the quake was not strong enough to cause damage on the land. The news of a quake in Japan follows the devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Iran-Iraq that ... ( read original story ...)
Serial killer dismembered schoolgirls’ corpses in his Tokyo apartment
But late last month, as the black widow’s murder trial continued, gruesome detail on an even more prolific serial killer hit the news. Police were called to an apartment in Zama, a quiet suburb in southwestern Tokyo, in the search for 23-year-old Aiko ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Japan to delay multi-billion dollar fighter jet development – sources
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will delay a decision to develop a new advanced fighter jet, four sources said, as military planners struggle to settle on a design and officials splash out on new U.S. equipment such as ballistic missile interceptors and F-35 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Pushes Back on ‘Bizarre’ Death Tax That Deters Expats
Now, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is trying to ease the impact of the rule as part of her bid to make the city a global financial hub. Her government released a report last Friday urging the rule to be reviewed, together with other measures aimed at ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s cash-rich companies ready to spend more on M&A, not wages: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese companies are warming to mobilizing their mountains of accumulated cash for mergers and acquisitions but remain stubbornly resistant to wage increases, a Reuters poll showed on Monday. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government has ... ( read original story ...)
Virtue and Moir win NHK Trophy to book GP Final spot
OSAKA, Japan — Three-time and reigning world champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have won the ice dance event at the NHK Trophy to secure a place in the International Skating Union's Grand Prix Final next month. Virtue and Moir, who led after the short ... ( read original story ...)
How Canada turned to Mexico to fend off TPP pressure from Japan, Australia
Indeed, the official said Japan and Australia tried to railroad Canada into committing ... Trudeau faced sharp criticism on social media and in news reports for not attending the TPP meeting. The official disputes the notion it was a snub because the ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam Airlines March 2018 Nagoya aircraft changes
Vietnam Airlines during the month of March 2018 is planning operational aircraft changes on Hanoi – Nagoya route, currently served by Airbus A321 on daily basis. From 05MAR18 to 24MAR18, the Skyteam member will operate this route with Boeing 787-9 aircraft. ( read original story ...)
The Trump effect: Japan burger stand hits the big time and immediately sells out of its $10 cheeseburgers after country watched Donald demolish one during official lunch
Yanagisawa demonstrated his burger making technique for a Japanese news station, showing that the patties are made by hand slicing and dicing a thick hunk of Angus, before molding them into patties and tossing them on the grill. Faster than one could say ... ( read original story ...)
Reality Check: Was Trump right about Japanese cars sold in the US?
These are the top six Japanese car manufacturers in terms of US sales. According to the Auto News Data Centre, they accounted for nearly four in every 10 cars sold in the US in 2016. It's not a complete list - and it doesn't include firms like Yamaha that ... ( read original story ...)
Hundreds of fish die at Tokyo aquarium due to lack of oxygen
Sunshine Aquarium said Thursday that 1,235 fish had died in the "Sunshine Lagoon" tank. Only 73 fish survived. The aquarium says it plans to gradually add more fish to the 12-meter (40-foot) -wide tank. A security guard found the dead fish on Wednesday ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka woman with disabled child works to raise awareness of buggy-style wheelchairs
“Ramps can’t be used for baby buggies,” the official said. Since then, Honda, a 36-year-old resident of the city of Osaka and mother of a 5-year-old girl with a cranial nerve disease, has been devoting her time to raising awareness of the buggy-like ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei at 26-year high, other Asia shares muted
Add Stock Market as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Stock Market news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Japan's stock benchmark rose Thursday to its highest in more than a quarter century on the yen's weakness and healthy corporate earnings ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘black widow’ gets sentenced to death by hanging for murdering lovers
Japan’s “black widow” was sentenced to death by hanging ... as well as in attempted murder of a fourth victim between 2007 and 2013. (Kyodo News via AP, File) Prosecutors painted Kakehi as a woman who showed no remorse and said she tricked her ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Punch, James Norbert Ivanyi, Branch Arterial & More Added To Progfest Line-up
Along with the likes of the already announced Leprous, Voyager, Alithia, Orsome Welles, Meniscus and Dyssidia, added to the list are Osaka Punch, James Norbert Ivanyi, Branch Arterial, Toehider, Breaking Orbit, and Glass Ocean; just to name a few. ( read original story ...)