Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the Philippines face extortion, violence and rape when seeking help from the police and do not trust law enforcement officers to protect them, a rights group said. A report detailing police abuses against LGBT people says police officers often assume that gay men and transgender women are […]
A Japan Airlines copilot has been arrested in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, after he allegedly assaulted a police officer during a night out. The airline said Soichi Tatsumi, 42, was seen hitting a 49-year-old JAL captain he had been drinking with Monday evening and then slapped a police officer who attempted to intervene. He was arrested […]
A man turned himself in to the police Tuesday evening in Gifu Prefecture, saying he drove climbing accessories into a rock designated as a national treasure. The central government is investigating inadequate local protection for natural monuments after two bolt hangers were found driven into Oni Iwa Rock, a designated national natural monument in Gifu […]
The US military in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, has lifted a restriction on off-base drinking by all its personnel and civilian employees.A spokesperson for the military told NHK on Tuesday that the ban on off-base drinking and a requirement for personnel and employees to return to bases or homes by midnight were lifted earlier in the […]
Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte takes office this week looking to end the domination of “Imperial Manila” with a radical shift to federalism that he says is vital to fighting poverty and ending a deadly Muslim separatist insurgency. Duterte, who won last month’s elections in a landslide, has vowed to have the constitution rewritten to achieve […]
The number of visitors to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum has risen some 40 pct from a year earlier since May 27, when U.S. President Barack Obama visited the facility. The number of visitors from overseas posted a rise of 55.5 pct. According to the operator, the number of visitors between May 28, the day […]
A 17-year-old boy arrested for uploading illegal software is suspected of hacking into the computer system of Saga Prefecture’s board of education. Tokyo police also believe he gained access to a senior high school’s intranet system in the western Japanese prefecture.The boy, who lives in the city of Saga, was arrested earlier this month on […]
President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he has ordered incoming Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. to eliminate the long queues of people applying for passports in DFA offices. Speaking at a flag-raising ceremony in Davao City, Duterte said the DFA should give a list of requirements to passport applicants. “Once complied with, do not […]
A partially skeletonized female body was discovered on the bank of the Arakawa River on Sunday, police said Monday. According to police, the body was found at around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday by a father and child who had gone catching grasshoppers near the river, Fuji TV reported. The body is presumed to belong to […]
Planes, trains, steaks and now melons – it appears that nothing is safe from being branded with the unsmiling yet beloved face of Hello Kitty, Sanrio’s most famous cartoon character. They go on sale in Japan this summer priced at 5,400 yen (S$69) each, after the design of Hello Kitty’s whiskered face was carved into […]
