Two men assaulted the employee of a KFC store in Chiba Prefecture and stole 900,000 yen early Sunday morning, police said. According to police, the robbery occurred at the Kentucky Fried Chicken Noda branch at around 2 a.m. Fuji TV reported that the 42-year-old male employee was taking the trash out the back when he […]
Government figures show a sharp and continuous fall-off in the number of farmers over the past five years that potentially threatens the landscape as its stewards leave the sector and are not replaced. The number of workers in farming and forestry fell 19.8 percent over the five years, shrinking to 2.09 million this year, the […]
Takoyaki, chunks of octopus covered in batter, are one of the many wonderful treats Japan has to offer. They’re sold in grocery stores and you can always count on stalls serving up fresh ones at Japanese festivals. Besides being filled with octopus, takoyaki are almost always cooked in a special griddle with half-spherical molds that evenly heat the dough. The home […]
Foreign workers in Japan contacted lawyers via a special hotline on Sunday. They sought advice on overtime hours, annual leave and other issues. Lawyers took the calls at offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Hiroshima. The phones at a law office in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district started ringing immediately after the hotline opened at 2 PM. […]
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his government wants to raise the minimum wage by 3 percent a year to achieve its GDP growth target. Abe made the comments on Tuesday at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy. He said the minimum hourly wage should be raised to 1000 yen, or […]
After these passengers got stranded, they walked the rest of the way in such a precise line they practically became a train themselves. As reliable as Japan’s public transportation system is, with so many trains running from morning to night, eventually some sort of problem is going to occur. Passengers heading to work or school […]
Police in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, have sent a 22-year-old university student to prosecutors after he was arrested on suspicion of throwing raw eggs at commercial facilities and onto rail tracks. The student, who attends Keio University – one of Japan’s most prestigious private educational institutions – has admitted to throwing the eggs a total of […]
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi died of multiple organ failure resulting from rectum cancer at a Fukuoka hospital in southwestern Japan at 6:55 p.m. Friday (9:55 a.m. GMT). He was 62. Kitanoumi, whose real name was Toshimitsu Obata, was born in Sobetsu in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan. He made a sumo ring debut in 1967 at […]
Japan will open doors for Filipino Domestic workers Manila – Lalaon at magbubukas na ng oportunidad ang bansang Hapon para sa mga Pilipino na domestic workers. Isa ito sa mga naging usapin Nina Presidente Ninoy Benigno Aquino III at Japanese Prime minister Shinzo Abe noong Huwebes ng gabi, ika-19 Nobyembre. Maging sa kasalukuyan ay tumatanggap […]
Hindi kapanipaniwalang paglaki ng isang bulkan ang nasubaybayan ng mga opisyales ng Japan Coast Guard mula ng nabuo ito sa pagsabog sa ilalim ng liblib na karagatang Pasipiko mga dalawang taon pa lamang ang nakakalipas. Sinasabing ang isla ng Nishinoshima ay lumaki ng 12 beses kaysa sa dating laki nito sa loob lamang ng dalawang […]
