A memorial marker was unveiled in Tokyo on June 18 to honor former Philippine President Elpidio Quirino for his extraordinary act of forgiveness toward Japan after World War II. Despite losing his wife and three children at the hands of marauding Japanese soldiers in the 1945 Battle of Manila, Quirino, in power between 1948 and […]
Kanagawa prefectural police said Sunday they have arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of confining a woman in his apartment in Sagamihara, after he allegedly took her from a train while she was sleeping. The suspect, Yoshifumi Kurita, a temp worker, is also being questioned about four other similar incidents since last September, Fuji TV […]
Electronics giant Hitachi is looking to diversify its business. It wants to develop a simple way of detecting early-stage cancer by screening urine samples.Hitachi said on Tuesday a dedicated team will focus on technology to detect breast and colon cancer. The project is a joint venture with a subsidiary of trading house Sumitomo.It came into […]
More than 12,000 dementia sufferers went missing temporarily in Japan last year, the National Police Agency said Thursday. The number of dementia sufferers who wandered off in 2015 due to the disease came to 12,208 on a police report basis, rewriting a record high for the third straight year since the national police started collecting […]
A Japanese man lost his little finger after being attacked by a bear in western Japan on Wednesday, police and reports said, the latest attack by the animals on humans. It came two days after human flesh and hair were found inside the stomach of a bear suspected of attacking at least one of four […]
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck Hokkaido, northern Japan. The jolt registered 6 minus on the Japanese seismic scale of 0 to 7 in Hakodate City.The Meteorological Agency says there is no risk of a tsunami. There is one reported injury so far. A person was injured in a care home for the elderly and […]
The number of foreign visitors to Japan has been increasing at the fastest pace this year, with more than 10 million already visiting the country as of June 5, the head of the Japan Tourism Agency says. It is the fourth consecutive year that the figure has topped 10 million, with the milestone reached this […]
A 28-year-old man has been arrested in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed a male pedestrian who poked him with an umbrella. According to police, the incident occurred at around 6:30 a.m. in the Hyakunincho area of Shinjuku Ward. Fuji TV reported that the suspect, Noriyuki Watanabe, stabbed a 31-year-old […]
A black watermelon grown in Toma, Hokkaido, sold Tuesday for ¥500,000 in the year’s first auction of the popular fruit. Around 260 Densuke watermelons, known for their black and shiny skin as well as their crunchy texture, were auctioned off Tuesday at fresh produce markets in Asahikawa and Sapporo. The all-time record bid was ¥650,000, […]
The separate attacks in Akita prefecture over three weeks may be act of one bear which has got used to human flesh says local vet. People in northern Japan have been warned to stay away from mountain forests after four people were killed in a spate of bear attacks, amid a dramatic rise in the […]
