Extreme heat, reaching sometimes 38.6 degrees, caused hospitalization of 530 people, according to local media. At least 530 people were hospitalized with heat stroke on Sunday in Japan, where in 42 districts the air temperature exceeded 35 degrees Celsius, reaching sometimes 38.6 degrees, local media reported. According to the Kyodo news agency, four people lost […]
Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs says he will do all he can to send the remains of 7 Japanese people killed in last week’s militant attack in Bangladesh back to Japan soon.Gunmen stormed into a restaurant in Dhaka on Friday. They killed 20 hostages, including the 7 Japanese, and 2 police officers. Seiji Kihara […]
Police in Okinawa have arrested a US air force member for drinking and driving.Police say the arrested man is Christopher Aaron Platte, a 27-year-old technical sergeant at the US Kadena Air Base in the southern prefecture. He is suspected to have been driving under the influence in Chatan Town at around 4 AM on Monday.Police […]
NHK has learned that Japan has had at least 3 child casualties caused by passenger seat air bags during accidents since 2013.In February of this year a mini-car rammed into a utility pole in Osaka City. It was going about 30 kilometers per hour. The crash caused air bags to inflate, strongly impacting a 3-year-old […]
Japanese prosecutors have indicted a US base worker for murder and other charges over the killing of a 20-year-old Japanese woman in Okinawa.The written indictment says 32-year-old former Marine Kenneth Franklin Shinzato attacked the woman on the street of Uruma, a central Okinawan city, in April. He hit the woman with a club while attempting […]
Japan’s tallest Ferris wheel has started operation in Osaka Prefecture.Many people lined up for the opening of the 123-meter tall Ferris wheel at a commercial complex in Suita City on Friday morning. A 117-meter wheel in Tokyo has now become the second tallest in Japan. The new wheel has 72 gondolas and one rotation takes […]
Wednesday marks 50 years since the Beatles visited Japan. Photo exhibits in Tokyo are helping fans remember the excitement that the British rock band brought to the country.The group arrived in Tokyo on June 29th, 1966, and played 5 concerts at the Budokan. 60 photos of the band’s stay in Japan are on display at […]
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 […]
