The Philippines’ newly found affection for China has sparked concern in Japan that it would embolden the Asian giant to expand more aggressively in the South China Sea. Japan has worked with the U.S. and others to pressure China to accept an international arbitration ruling in July that rejected Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea. […]
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck Tottori Prefecture in western Japan on Friday afternoon. The Japan Meteorological Agency says there is no tsunami theat. The jolt registered 6 minus on the Japanese seismic scale of 0 to 7 in central Tottori. The focus was 10 kilometers deep in the prefecture. There are […]
Japan’s Empress Michiko has reflected on events of the past year. She turned 82 on Thursday. In a written response to reporters’ questions, the Empress refers to Emperor Akihito having expressed an apparent wish to abdicate in a video message in August. She says his comments reflect what he thinks. The Empress also says she […]
Tokyoites get to watch Godzilla come alive and shoot its atomic breath down over the unsuspecting denizens Kabukicho from the top of a building. But if you want to beat that experience, then travel to Sasebo, Nagasaki, where you can see a fire-breathing dragon, or at least a mechanical one that lights up and shoots […]
Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 24-year-old man after a stabbing incident at a residence in Kadoma City left one person dead and three others injured, reports TBS News(Oct. 19). At approximately 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, police received a distress call about “an unknown intruder who stabbed members of my family.” Officers arriving at the […]
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy after a stabbing incident left three persons injured at a high school in Chiyoda Ward, reports TBS News (Oct. 17). At around 12:20 p.m. on Monday, the boy, a first-year student at Gyosei High School, allegedly stabbed a male classmate, 16, in the right shoulder with a […]
Three major Japanese companies have launched an online source of information to help people abroad learn more about Japan. Travel agency JTB, logistics firm Nippon Express and department-store operator Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings jointly established Fun Japan Communications. The new company takes over a web service previously run by Nippon Express and boasting around 330,000 members […]
Japan’s transport ministry has banned Samsung’s troubled Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on all flights in the country. The ministry has instructed Japanese airlines to notify passengers of the new restriction. South Korea’s Samsung Electronics has stopped production and sales of the new smartphone model following numerous reports of devices catching fire. The company is now […]
As lawmakers discuss a bill to improve the working conditions of foreign trainees in Japan, the first documented case of one such worker dying from “karoshi,” or death by overwork, has been confirmed in Japan. The death of a 27-year-old Filipino in 2014, who was working 78.5 to 122.5 hours of overtime a month, was […]
Ginanap ngayong araw sa Chita City (Aichi) ang Philippine Festival na kung saan inirepresenta ang kultura, sayaw, pagkain at mga damit na Pilipino. Ito ay sinuportahan ng mga iba’t ibang sponsors na au Shop Chita, Western Union, Philippine Airlines, JRF, TFC atbp May Filipiniana Fashion Show na may 8 na participants at may grand prize […]
