Tag: sapporo

Osaka police arrested a 22-year-old male employee at a bakery at Hanshin Umeda Station in the stabbing of a female colleague on Friday (TBS News) OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a male employee of a bakery in the stabbing of a female ... ( read original story ...)

But there was no hiding the tensions straining Japan’s postwar pacifism, as fears over the fast-advancing nuclear program in neighboring North Korea — and political disagreements over how to respond — rose jarringly to the surface. At a news ... ( read original story ...)

Adam Walsh is a reporter for the St. John's Morning Show, currently working in Tokyo on a partnership with the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Around Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park on Sunday, there were throngs of students in their school uniforms ... ( read original story ...)

But one woman is determined to keep the issue alive. The woman in her 50s, who goes by the pseudonym Kazuko Taira (Peace Child), is fighting a case against the government at Sapporo District Court. A resident of the Hokkaido city of Chitose, her son ... ( read original story ...)

Be sure to tune in for his weekly sports talk program, Thursday Night Thunder, where he discusses the latest in motorsports news with drivers ... New Venue Await Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama in the 2018 Season Schedule IMSA WeatherTech ... ( read original story ...)

Kawasaki Frontale drew 1-1 with FC Tokyo, Yokohama Marinos beat Albirex Niigata 2-0 and Sagan Tosu edged Shimizu S-Pulse 2-1. Never miss a local story. Sign up today for a free 30 day free trial of unlimited digital access. ( read original story ...)

Japan marked 72 years since the world's first nuclear attack on Hiroshima on Sunday, with the nation's traditional contradictions over atomic weapons again coming into focus. The anniversary came after Japan sided last month with nuclear powers Britain ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo: Japan on Sunday marked 72 years since the world’s first nuclear attack on Hiroshima, with the nation’s traditional contradictions over atomic weapons coming into focus once again. The anniversary came after Japan sided last month with nuclear ... ( read original story ...)

AT least two people have been killed on southern Japanese islands as a powerful typhoon accompanied by heavy rain and strong winds lashed the region, local media report. A 67-year-old man died after sustaining injuries in a fall on Yaku island, while an 84 ... ( read original story ...)

SK Long Sepiling in upper Baram won the grand prize at the finale of ‘Kid Witness News’ (KWN) – a global hands-on video education programme involving school children, in Tokyo, Japan recently. Teacher-in-charge Muhammad Saffuan Jaffar said their five ... ( read original story ...)

These issues have been discussed for years in Japan, but the editor of the Asahi forum said that instead of obsessing over gender, the media should present the news in such a way as to “promote equality.” Nevertheless, there are just too many ... ( read original story ...)

Come for the barbecued salmon and takoyaki (fried balls filled with chopped octopus), stay on for the artistic attempts to preserve the legacy of Japanese internment. This is the paradox of the Powell Street Festival, a beautiful, delicious and joyous ... ( read original story ...)

“What is extremely important is to get to know about the life (of my father), his thoughts and ideals,” Camilo, 55, said in a recent interview with Kyodo News through a Spanish interpreter on his first visit to Japan. As a medical student, Guevara ... ( read original story ...)

Typhoon Noru is threatening floods and damaging winds across Japan's main islands as it sweeps in from the northwest Pacific over the next few days. Noru is currently located to the south of Kyushu around 350km to the south of Nagasaki Prefecture and ... ( read original story ...)

The Rangers ran the attached ad on Sunday morning in the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's national daily paper. The ad was published in the Tokyo Metropolitan Edition, Hokuriku Edition and Hokkaido Edition of the paper. ( read original story ...)

Keeping consumers active has been a long, unfulfilled priority of the Japanese government. "The economy remains our top priority," Abe told a news conference after the reshuffle. This should bring a new push on the so-called "third arrow" of Abenomics. ( read original story ...)