There was a large power outage in Tokyo on Wednesday afternoon. Tokyo Electric Power Company says at one point about 350,000 households were affected. The utility says a fire broke out at one of its facilities near Tokyo. The utility is investigating whether the fire caused the outage. No injuries were reported. The power failure […]
Still reeling from a series of earthquakes beginning in April, Kumamoto Prefecture is once again experiencing nature’s fury, this time in the form of Mount Aso’s eruption Saturday. Besides being on high alert for another volcanic eruption, Kumamoto residents are growing increasingly concerned about the long-term prospects for the prefecture’s tourism industry, which has yet […]
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte will pay an official visit to Japan on October 25-27, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. During the visit, Duterte is set to meet with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “The government of Japan sincerely welcomes the visit of the president [of Philippines] and hopes […]
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. raised anew the country’s economic growth forecast as the Philippines continued to stand out as one of the strongest performers in Asia. In its latest Asian Economics report for the fourth quarter, HSBC economist Joseph Incalcaterra said the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection has been revised […]
Police marching bands from around the world have paraded through Tokyo’s upscale Ginza district before an audience of about 60,000 people. The annual World Police Band Concert took place in Japan for the first time in 4 years on Monday, a national holiday. Participants included bands from police headquarters across Japan, a group from the […]
A new poll shows Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval rating is above 70 percent. The high figure is expected to bolster his tough policies. A private research firm released the results on Thursday. 76 percent of those surveyed said they were satisfied with Duterte’s performance, compared with 11 percent who said they weren’t. The results […]
The first snow of the season has fallen on the plains of Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido. Weather officials said they confirmed the snowfall in the city of Wakkanai at around Thursday midnight. The city saw snow 15 days earlier than usual and 18 earlier than last year. It’s the second-earliest snowfall in the […]
The Japanese government decided Tuesday to consider allowing skilled foreign workers to work in the agricultural sector in certain special economic zones, while compiling plans to allow certain foreign nursing care workers to provide in-home care services as soon as next year. The moves target two industries suffering severe labor shortages in the face of […]
An independent poll released Thursday showed that more than three-quarters of Filipinos are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte, even though he is under fire internationally for his deadly crackdown on suspected drug dealers and users. The survey, conducted by Social Weather Stations from Sept. 24 to Sept. 27 and published Thursday, shows 76 percent of […]
People in western Japan are staying alert as Typhoon Chaba continues to blow through the region. The powerful storm is moving in a northeast direction over waters off Kyushu. Japan’s Meteorological Agency says the typhoon is traveling at a speed of about 50 kilometers per hour. It is packing winds of more than 125 kilometers per […]
