About a month after the Japan release of the “Pokemon Go” smartphone game app, 553 minors had been taken into protective custody in Tokyo by the Metropolitan Police Department in relation to the game, according to investigative sources. The police intend to continue to patrol the busy streets in September after school summer vacations end, […]
A Japanese government-backed overseas volunteer program for the young has been presented with this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award.The Philippines-based award, given to individuals and groups for contributions to peace and development in Asia, has been dubbed Asia’s Nobel Prize.The award ceremony took place in Manila on Wednesday. Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers is one of the […]
A new service in Japan aims to make it easier for travelers from abroad to have their luggage delivered to their hotels.Electronics-maker Panasonic, travel agency JTB and delivery firm Yamato Holdings will launch the service on a trial basis on Thursday. It will allow tourists arriving at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to send luggage to their […]
The Japanese government plans to allow foreign students of Japanese universities to stay in the country for up to two years after graduation, up from the current limit of one year, informed sources said Wednesday. The government hopes to allow foreign students to continue looking for jobs in Japan longer after graduation, the sources said. […]
Record rainfall brought by a typhoon has flooded many areas of northern Japan, leaving at least 11 people dead and 3 missing.Typhoon Lionrock made landfall on the Pacific coast of Iwate Prefecture on Tuesday evening. It was downgraded to a severe tropical storm as it crossed northeastern Japan. On Wednesday morning, police surveying flood damage […]
Officials at Japan’s internal affairs ministry say spending for all households with 2 or more members in July fell 0.5 percent from a year ago.That’s the 5th straight month of decline. Average monthly household spending was about 278,000 yen, or around 2,700 dollars.The officials attribute the decline to falling car sales following a scandal over […]
Nine bodies were recovered Wednesday after the Omoto River burst its banks and flooded a nursing home in the town of Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, police said. Broadcaster NHK showed a rescue helicopter landing on the facility’s roof as tree trunks and mud lay piled up around the building. A body was also found lying among […]
Police in Tokyo have arrested a Minato Ward assemblyman on suspicion of beating a taxi driver. The suspect, Daisuke Akasaka, 44, has admitted to the crime and said he lost his temper because the driver wouldn’t go the way he told him to, Fuji TV reported. According to police, the incident occurred at around midnight […]
A former employee of a construction firm in the western city of Wakayama has been placed on a wanted list for his suspected involvement in a fatal shooting incident at the company, police said Tuesday. Police obtained an arrest warrant for Yasuhide Mizobata, 45, a former employee of the company and the second son of […]
A powerful typhoon could make landfall in Japan’s northeast on Tuesday afternoon, bringing heavy rains.The Meteorological Agency says Typhoon Lionrock is packing winds of more than 120 kilometers per hour near its center.The storm was about 50 kilometers east of the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, as of 5 PM on Tuesday. It was moving […]
