Samsung Electronics has started a recall in South Korea of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, following reports of its battery catching fire. The South Korean tech giant says it has a new battery for the device, which hit the market last month. On Monday, customers were seen visiting an outlet in Seoul to get free […]
North Korea has staged its fifth nuclear test. The country’s state-run media says it was the first successful test explosion of a nuclear warhead. Korean Central Television aired a special news bulletin at around 1 PM Friday local time, and read out a statement by the country’s nuclear weapons research institute. The statement says a […]
Apple unveiled a new water-resistant iPhone at a product event in San Francisco on Wednesday. The iPhone 7 also features a new camera system that offers improved performance both day and night. Apple officials also announced the launch of an electronic pay service in Japan from late October. By touching the handset to a sensor, […]
On the 13th day of the Rio Olympics, Japan won 3 gold medals in women’s wrestling.Kaori Icho won in the 58-kilogram category. She’s the first woman to win an individual gold medal in four straight Olympics. In the 48-kilogram category, 22-year-old Eri Tosaka took her first Olympic gold medal.Sara Dosho won in the 69-kilogram category. […]
Two Japanese students left graffiti on a wall of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. The cathedral is registered as a World Heritage site.Kanagawa University says 2 students did the misbehavior on June 30th during extracurricular activity. University staff later found a photo of the graffiti on Twitter. The university says the institution’s vice president and […]
The US military says North Korea launched two ballistic missiles on Wednesday morning. It says one of them exploded soon after launch and the other fell in Sea of Japan. It says the missiles were fired from the west of North Korea.Japan’s defense minister Gen Nakatani says one appears to have fallen into waters of […]
Barack Obama said on Sunday his visit to Hiroshima, the first city to suffer an atomic bombing, would emphasize friendly ties between former enemies. But the US president reiterated he would not apologize for the devastating attack. Obama will become the first sitting US president to tour the site of the world’s first nuclear bombing […]
The US said Thursday it has launched South China Sea patrols with the Philippines and will temporarily deploy 275 troops and five warplanes in the country, escalating its presence amid a territorial dispute with China. “In the South China Sea, China’s actions in particular are causing anxiety and raising regional tensions,” Defence Secretary Ashton Carter […]
With competition on domestic routes eating into passenger traffic, Japanese low-cost carriers are shifting focus to the rest of Asia to capitalize on brisk inbound tourism. Jetstar Japan, a Japan Airlines affiliate, debuted service between Manila and Narita Airport on Tuesday, becoming the first Japanese budget carrier to fly to the Philippine capital. CEO Gerry […]
Japanese experts are calling on pregnant women to refrain from traveling to areas with ongoing Zika virus outbreaks.The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology issued the advisory on its website after several cases of Zika infection were reported in the country this year.These cases involve people who have come back to Japan after contracting the […]
