A Japanese bank has reported another series of cash withdrawals involving the use of allegedly forged credit cards. Police are investigating a possible link to a similar case last month.Officials from Seven Bank told police that about 100 million yen, or around 919,000 dollars, was withdrawn from its automated teller machines using apparently forged credit […]
A boy who had been missing since Saturday was found Friday morning in a town in Hokkaido, northern Japan.Yamato Tanooka was found at a Self-Defense Force exercise range in Shikabe Town, about 4 kilometers from the spot where he went missing 6 days ago.When an SDF member found the boy inside a rest facility on […]
Japan’s wholesale banana prices are soaring as drought and disease slash yields in the Philippines, forcing importers to compete with buyers elsewhere for access to less-familiar sources. The fruit is now selling for 2,850 yen ($26) per 13kg carton on the wholesale produce market in Tokyo’s Ota Ward. Japan in April imported 69,725 tons of bananas from […]
The nation’s labor market remained tight in April as job availability rose to the highest level in over 24 years and the unemployment rate remained flat at 3.2 percent, government data showed Tuesday. The ratio of job offers to applicants rose to 1.34 in April, the highest since November 1991, the Ministry of Health, Labor […]
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced he will postpone the consumption tax increase that had been scheduled for April next year to October 2019.Abe said at a news conference on Wednesday that the global economy is changing at a speed beyond imagination and uncertainty over it is growing. He said the situation is similar to […]
Primroses are in full bloom on the shores of Lake Chuzenji in central Japan.The pink, red-violet and white perennials attract many people this time of year to the highland lake resort in Oku-Nikko, north of Tokyo. The blossoms are surrounded by nets to discourage the deer from eating them. The primroses are blooming earlier than […]
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to announce on Wednesday his plan to postpone the consumption tax hike scheduled for next April. Wednesday is the final day of the current Diet session.On Tuesday, the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito approved Abe’s plan to delay the tax increase from 8 percent to […]
The Japanese government will launch a system to enable a discount in hotel and package tour fees of up to 70 pct for visitors to the earthquake-hit Kyushu region, it was learned Tuesday. Under the comprehensive program to support the recovery of tourism in the southwestern region suffering from cancellations of accommodation and other adverse […]
Miss Mikawa 2016 Grand Coronation Night will be held on July 24 at Tatsumigaoka Hall in Aichi Prefecture. Beautiful contestants from all over Japan! Miss Mikawa 2016 is a cross-cultural exchange. The purpose of such charity activities participation, to discover a sophisticated woman beauty contest. Miss Mikawa 2016 Date: 2016, 24th July (Sunday) Hour: from 4 p.m […]
The search for a 7-year-old Japanese boy missing since his parents abandoned him in a bear-inhabited forest was proving frustratingly difficult due to a lack of clues, a rescuer said Tuesday. As the search continued for a fourth day on Japan’s main northern island of Hokkaido, two hunters joined more than 100 rescuers, police and […]
