People in southwestern Japan continue to experience a series of earthquakes that has been rocking the region for well over a week.Officials are calling on people to be on alert for more strong jolts. In Tokyo, the central government says it will offer financial support to the stricken areas. Hundreds of rescue workers have expanded […]
More than half of all schools remain closed in quake-hit Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. About 150,000 children are affected.The Kumamoto prefectural and city boards of education say 387 of the 757 kindergarten, elementary and high schools will be closed on Monday. All elementary and junior high schools will remain closed in 15 severely-hit municipalities, including […]
Twelve years after its founding, social networking giant Facebook on Thursday launched its Philippine office. With the opening of Facebook Philippines, which found its home in Manila, the top social network strengthened its investment in the country. Facebook says it sees “strong momentum” in the Philippines with more than 49 million Filipinos on Facebook, 44 […]
Police have arrested a 25-year-old woman on suspicion of killing her boyfriend by setting him on fire at the couple’s apartment in Nagoya. According to police, the incident occurred at around 9 p.m. on Tuesday at an apartment in Moriyama Ward, Sankei Shimbun reported. The suspect, Maya Kushima, reportedly poured lighter oil on her 52-year-old […]
Japan’s Meteorological Agency is calling for continued vigilance against strong quakes in Kumamoto and its vicinity in southwestern Japan for at least another week.Gen Aoki, head of the agency’s earthquake and tsunami monitoring section, made the appeal on Thursday, a week after the first huge earthquake hit Kumamoto. The magnitude 6.5 quake registered the highest […]
A South Korean aircraft carrying relief goods to the quake-hit prefecture of Kumamoto has arrived in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan.The Korean Air plane flew into Fukuoka Airport from Incheon on Wednesday morning. Relief supplies, including 24,000 bottles or about 36,000 liters of drinking water, will be transported by trucks to Kumamoto Prefecture. On Tuesday, Asiana Airlines, […]
Visitors to the town of Nagatoro, north of Tokyo, are enjoying the annual cherry blossom illuminations at the foot of a local mountain.500 cherry trees from about 30 different species line the winding track on Mount Hodo. The blossoms belong to double-flowered cherry trees that reach full bloom at about this time of year. The […]
Rescuers continue to scour a village in southwestern Japan for survivors of last week’s earthquakes. Their work has been hampered by more than 700 jolts. They are also expecting another obstacle, rain.Authorities say the death toll from the quakes in Kumamoto Prefecture has risen to 48.They are digging through piles of dirt dumped by landslides […]
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says more than 50 countries and territories from around the world have sent condolence messages to quake-hit Japan.Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Kishida expressed his gratitude for the support. Messages have come in from countries including the United States, China and South Korea.Foreign Ministry officials say Japan has also received […]
Toyota Motor Corp. suspended operation of its auto assembly plants in Aichi Prefecture and elsewhere Tuesday due to parts shortage resulting from powerful earthquakes that have rattled southwestern Japan since last week. With more suspensions planned between Wednesday and Friday, the automaker plans to stop output at 15 of its 16 plants around Japan until […]
