A weather observatory in Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido says ice floes have reached the coast for the first time this winter.The officials say this is the latest time of the year for the ice to be spotted on shore since observations began in 1959. The observatory in Abashiri City on the Okhotsk coast reported […]
The average monthly pay for full-time employees in Japan in 2015 climbed 1.5 pct from the previous year to 304,000 yen, the highest level since 2001, a survey by the labor ministry showed Thursday. The average wage, which excludes bonuses and overtime pay, rose for the second straight year thanks to larger pay-scale hikes than […]
Police believe 2 pet dogs mauled the face of Yoshi Tsuchida after he took a lethal dose of sleeping pills. Tokyo Metropolitan Police have concluded that the face of a 38-year-old transgender man was eaten by his pet dogs after he committed suicide at his residence in Fussa City last year, reports Nippon News Network (Feb. 19). […]
The health and labor ministry plans to allow foreign caregivers working in Japan under bilateral economic partnership agreements to provide home care services after they become certified care workers, officials have said. The ministry presented the plan at a meeting of experts on Friday and broadly won approval from participants, according to the officials. Since […]
Pinasa na ng ahensiya ng mga talento ang dalawang kaso sa paninirang puri laban sa mga dating pop idols na hindi sumunod sa patakarang “no-dating contracts.” Isa sa mga dating idols ay pinagbabayad ng malaking halaga bilang kabayaran sa paninirang puri sa ahensiya subalit binaliwala naman ng isa pang pop idol ang nasabing demanda. Sa […]
A ruling party lawmaker in Japan has got into hot water for a remark that critics say could be taken as insulting toward US President Barack Obama. Liberal Democratic Party member of the Upper House Kazuya Maruyama was a target of criticism during Diet deliberations on Thursday. Maruyama said in an Upper House panel on […]
Tourists are venturing into a cave in Hokkaido to see ice stalagmites, which are called “ice bamboo shoots.” Ice stalagmites are created when groundwater dripping from the cave’s ceiling freeze on the floor in temperatures of minus 3 to minus 5 degrees Celsius. About 5,000 ice stalagmites are found in Hyakujojiki Cave in Date city. […]
Police have arrested three girls on suspicion of physically assaulting a 16-year-old girl. The suspects filmed the abuse and later posted it on YouTube. According to police, the video posted on YouTube last December shows the victim being repeatedly hit in the face and kicked and punched in the stomach while the three perpetrators, aged […]
A record high number of foreign tourists visited Japan in January, mainly due to a weaker yen. Officials at the Japan National Tourism Organization say over 1.85 million people visited Japan last month. That’s up 52 percent from a year earlier. The largest number of tourists came from South Korea, at 514,900. The figure was […]
Police on Wednesday are searching the home of a former caregiver at a seniors’ residence near Tokyo in connection with the death of a resident. Three seniors died at a nursing care facility in Kawasaki in 2014 after falling from upper-floor balconies. Hayato Imai, aged 23, was working at the time that each of the […]
