The first snow of the season has fallen on the plains of Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido. Weather officials said they confirmed the snowfall in the city of Wakkanai at around Thursday midnight. The city saw snow 15 days earlier than usual and 18 earlier than last year. It’s the second-earliest snowfall in the […]
The Japanese government decided Tuesday to consider allowing skilled foreign workers to work in the agricultural sector in certain special economic zones, while compiling plans to allow certain foreign nursing care workers to provide in-home care services as soon as next year. The moves target two industries suffering severe labor shortages in the face of […]
An independent poll released Thursday showed that more than three-quarters of Filipinos are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte, even though he is under fire internationally for his deadly crackdown on suspected drug dealers and users. The survey, conducted by Social Weather Stations from Sept. 24 to Sept. 27 and published Thursday, shows 76 percent of […]
People in western Japan are staying alert as Typhoon Chaba continues to blow through the region. The powerful storm is moving in a northeast direction over waters off Kyushu. Japan’s Meteorological Agency says the typhoon is traveling at a speed of about 50 kilometers per hour. It is packing winds of more than 125 kilometers per […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has again lashed out at US President Barack Obama, saying he can “go to hell” over US criticism of his deadly anti-drugs campaign. Duterte’s made the remarks during a speech in Manila on Tuesday to local government officials. He added the Philippines may “break up” with the United States while he […]
The Philippine Coast Guard reported that its second Parola-class patrol vessel, 44-meter Multi-Role Response Vessel (MRRV), is expected to sail to the Philippines this December and will be named as BRP Malabrigo (MRRV-4402). “BRP Tubbataha (MRRV-4401), meanwhile, is now ready for her commissionship on October 12 during the celebration of the 115th Founding Anniversary of […]
Police in Tokyo’s Meguro Ward are looking for the person or persons who left a newborn baby boy on a park bench on Monday evening. According to police, a man walking his dog in Himonya Park at around 6 p.m. found the baby with its umbilical cord still attached wrapped in a towel on a […]
Typhoon Chaba has passed Japan’s southern prefecture of Okinawa and is heading toward northern Kyushu on Tuesday. Japan’s Meteorological Agency says that as of noon, the violent typhoon was traveling north at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour in the seas north of Okinawa. It had a central pressure reading of 915 hectopascals and […]
Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department made English service available at two police boxes in the capital Friday to better deal with an increasing number of foreign visitors ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The foreigner-friendly model police boxes are located in the Kabukicho district of Shinjuku Ward and in front of Shibuya Station in […]
A sushi restaurant chain has apologized for serving too much wasabi, or Japanese horseradish, to foreigners at one of its outlets. Ichibazushi Japan Corporation acknowledged on its website that the outlet in Osaka had been serving sushi with far larger amounts of wasabi than usual for over a year. The apology came after a tourist […]
