Mysterious fireball seen over Japan
A flying fireball was observed in skies across Japan on Wednesday morning.
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Number of drivers tested for dementia to surge in Japan
Japanese police estimate more than 10 times as many elderly drivers will have to undergo dementia tests under new rules this year.
Japan eyes expanded role for foreign farm specialists
With its agricultural population on the decline, Japan needs to put foreigners to work on farms.
Yamato parcel delivery provider to hike rates for 1st time in 27 yrs
Japan's leading door-to-door parcel delivery provider plans to raise its base shipping fees by the end of September for the first time in 27 years.
Simultaneous launches of 4 ballistic missiles by N. Korea a threat to Japan
The head of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force has described the simultaneous launches of 4 ballistic missiles by North Korea as a threat to Japan and its neighbors. The 4 missiles fired from North Korea’s west coast on Monday flew about 1,000 kilometers toward the Sea of Japan. 3 of them are believed to have landed […]
Record-high number of foreign tourists stayed in hotels in Japan
Japanese government officials say a record-high number of foreign tourists stayed in hotels in Japan last year. Officials at the Japan Tourism Agency counted the number of stays by foreign visitors in hotels or Japanese-style inns in 2016. They logged more than 70 million. That’s an increase of 8 percent, from the figure for 2015. […]
Japan: All 9 pronounced dead in helicopter crash
Police say all 9 people on board a helicopter that crashed in snow-covered mountains of central Japan have died. The group was conducting a drill for rescuing climbers. Police, firefighters and Japanese Self-Defence Force personnel found the men in and around the mangled aircraft around 8 AM on Monday. The helicopter crashed shortly after 3 […]
Shopping village reopens in tsunami-hit area
Store owners in a tsunami-hit town in northeastern Japan have resumed their operations in a new shopping mall on elevated land. Minamisanriku’s Sun Sun Shopping Village has been relocated from a temporary site that was used until the end of last year. It was widely regarded as a symbol of reconstruction from the March 2011 […]
Aichi: Train derails after collision with car
A train on the JR Tokaido Line has derailed after colliding with a passenger car at a crossing in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Police say the collision occurred on Thursday morning at a crossing in Anjo City, causing the first car of the 6-carriage train to go off the track. The passenger car ran into […]
M5.6 earthquake hits northeast Japan
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 shook northeastern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued. The 4:49 p.m. temblor, which originated at a depth of about 50 kilometers off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, registered lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in parts […]
