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 […]
A man died and three others were injured in a shooting at a construction company’s offices in the city of Wakayama on Monday. The shooter, a man in his 40s or 50s, is on the run. Police said there is no indication that the attack on employees of construction firm Wadai Kogyo was a yakuza […]
People in Japan are bracing for another powerful typhoon that is approaching the main island with violent winds and torrential rain.The Meteorological Agency says Typhoon Lionrock is packing winds of more than 160 kilometers per hour near its center. It is moving northeast at a speed of 25 kilometers an hour near the Izu Island […]
The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is preparing for the powerful Typhoon Lionrock.Tokyo Electric Power Company says on Monday workers secured electric cables and hoses.TEPCO says on Tuesday it will suspend work with cranes and other operations at the plant’s port, which could bear the brunt of strong winds and waves. […]
Railways and air carriers say more people have been on the move in Japan during the mid-August summer holidays, called Obon.Officials at the JR Group of railway operators say more than 12 million travelers rode the Shinkansen bullet trains and express trains during the 9-day holiday period. That’s 4 percent more than in 2015. The […]
A mother in Sue, Fukuoka Prefecture, was arrested Monday for allegedly killing her four children, who were found dead in their home, police said. The police said they were questioning Junko Fuchi, 41, as the suspect in a possible murder-suicide attempt. The children’s father, identified as construction worker Masao Fuchi, 39, made the emergency call […]
Police in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, have arrested a 48-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 12-year-old son. According to police, the incident occurred on Sunday morning at around 10 a.m. Kengo Satake, a company employee from Nagoya, is accused of stabbing his 12-year-old son Ryota in the chest while the two were apparently having a […]
