A man was caught running onto railway tracks here and briefly caused trains to stop while he was being pursued for allegedly stealing underwear, police said. Tokyo police received a flood of calls saying a man was stepping onto JR Yamanote Line tracks between Ikebukuro Station and Otsuka Station in Toshima Ward at around 5 a.m., TV Asahireports […]
A large and very strong typhoon has made landfall in Taiwan. Taiwanese weather officials say Typhoon Megi hit the eastern county of Hualien on Tuesday around 2 PM, local time. In the northern city of Taipei, heavy rain was falling and roadside trees were seen violently shaken by strong winds. Few people were in the […]
The number of foreign residents of Japan has reached a record high of more than 2 million. The Justice Ministry’s Immigration Bureau says that 2,307,388 foreigners were residing in the country as of the end of June. There was an increase of 75,199, or 3.4 percent, compared to the survey conducted at the end of […]
A Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train has made an emergency stop in central Japan after a passenger found a snake in one of the cars on Monday. The train from Tokyo to Hiroshima made an unscheduled stop at Hamamatsu station in Shizuoka Prefecture. Police rushed onto the train and caught the snake. They say there are […]
The event Nagoya Regional Qualifying Round 2016 was held last Sunday (25), in Nagoya city, Aichi Prefecture. Eleven participants from several parts in Aichi Prefecture joined the event. Aloha Tanaka held the 1st place, followed by Severino Eleferia (2nd) and Maria Jhenna Shyne Absulio (3rd). Portal’s Mie photographer, Marcio Oishi, has been in the event […]
Chris Brown’s been profiting off of his recent “This B***h Lyin” T-shirt sales after allegations of assault were flung at the singer late last month. And while the assault claims from the supposed victim are turning out to be very suspect, she may be getting the last laugh. TMZ is reporting that Brown has been […]
An 89-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting elementary school children for being “noisy” while they were playing outside a housing complex in Wakayama City. According to police, the incident occurred at around 10 a.m. on Monday. Sankei Shimbun reported that the suspect, Yukichi Ishikawa, approached a 10-year-old boy and 8-year-old girl who […]
Torrential rain caused landslides and floods in Japan as a storm made its way up the Pacific coast. Typhoon Malakas was downgraded to a low-pressure system on Tuesday evening. But the heavy rain took its toll. A car was found submerged in an underpass in central Japan with a woman inside. She was unconscious, and […]
Torrential rainfall is causing landslides and floods as a storm makes its way towards eastern Japan. One person is missing and at least 36 have been injured. Typhoon Malakas has been downgraded to a tropical storm as the wind velocity has decreased. Authorities had at one time advised or ordered about 700,000 people to evacuate […]
Rodrigo Duterte may have successfully cultivated something of a macho man image, riding motorcycles in a leather jacket and firing machine guns at shooting ranges, but when he spent a holiday in Japan a few years ago, the Philippine president showed a different side to his character. In 2013, Duterte spent New Year with his daughters at […]
