The Philippine Foreign Ministry says President Rodrigo Duterte exchanged words briefly with his US counterpart Barack Obama, following a cancellation of their meeting. A ministry spokesperson said the short conversation took place before a dinner party on Wednesday evening. They are participating in the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The 2 leaders had […]
Huge rocks fell suddenly at Mount Fuji last week and reached a mountain trail, forcing climbers to escape. No one was injured. A man who took video of the scene said he heard a rumbling sound from above, and saw rocks rolling down. He said they were about 1 to 3 meters in diameter. The incident […]
Apple unveiled a new water-resistant iPhone at a product event in San Francisco on Wednesday. The iPhone 7 also features a new camera system that offers improved performance both day and night. Apple officials also announced the launch of an electronic pay service in Japan from late October. By touching the handset to a sensor, […]
The Halloween season kicks off in Japan this week with the festivities beginning at Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea where parades and other events will be held until Oct 31. Disney’s annual festival, which starts on Friday, includes Mickey Mouse and his friends joining ghost and skeleton “stars” in entertaining guests with a variety of […]
A man got caught in a waste grinding machine and was killed at a recycling plant in the city of Nara, police said. The 45-year-old was among four workers who were putting construction waste in the machine Monday morning at the plant operated by recycling company ITO, but when the work was completed around 4:30 […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday agreed to provide two large-sized patrol ships and lend up to five used surveillance aircraft to the Philippines, a Japanese government spokesman said, with both countries locked in territorial disputes with China. Abe and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte agreed in Vientiane to strengthen cooperation to ensure a peaceful […]
Tokyo police say 3 Taiwanese-born men they arrested for drug smuggling made the effort to hide narcotics inside over a thousand separate bags. The men are suspected of shipping to Japan 154 kilograms of stimulants with an estimated street value of 110 million dollars. Police found the drugs separated into nearly 1,300 batches and hidden […]
US President Barack Obama has cancelled what would have been his first meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday. US National Security Council spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement Obama will instead meet South Korean President Park Geun-hye at a regional summit in Laos on Tuesday. Duterte launched an […]
The Japanese school system’s English-teaching regimen will undergo a major revamp in the near future as the government tries to nurture more worldly talent in an age of globalization. The biggest transformation is expected in public elementary schools, where English will be taught as a formal subject for the first time, in conjunction with designated […]
Police in the Philippines say police officers have so far killed 1,019 people in what has been a de facto war on drugs since President Rodrigo Duterte came to power 2 months ago. The president has shown that he is not averse to police killings of suspects during their investigation of drug-related crimes. Duterte has […]
