Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to pull his country from the United Nations in response to criticism of the high number of deaths in his war on drugs.The Philippines has been under international scrutiny for hundreds of killings of suspected drug criminals by authorities.The UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner last week […]
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 […]
Typhoon Mindulle lashed Tokyo on Monday, dumping heavy rain across the capital while nationwide at least two people were feared dead in storm-related incidents. Storm water coursed down usually placid rivers and left many streets flooded, with conditions expected to peak by the afternoon. The typhoon, the season’s ninth, landed near Tateyama on the Boso […]
Guns N’ Roses has announced concerts in Japan and Australia, extending a long-awaited reunion tour into 2017. The hard rock legends said they would play three shows in Japan in January—one in Osaka and two at Saitama Arena near Tokyo—followed by five Australian dates. Guns N’ Roses, whose 1987 “Appetite for Destruction” remains the top-selling […]
Japanese department store operator Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings will work with compatriot Nomura Real Estate Holdings to develop commercial-residential facilities in the Philippines. The property will be built in a suburb of the capital, Manila, and is slated for partial opening as early as 2022. Project costs are seen totaling around 50 billion yen ($497 million). […]
Guinness World Records has confirmed that smartphone game app “Pokémon Go” set five world records since its global debut last month, including the number of downloads. The worldwide number of downloads of the game reached some 130 million during the four weeks from July 6, when the game made its global debut in the United […]
The Philippine economy grew 7 percent during the second quarter, the last three months of the Aquino administration, amid robust spending for the national election held last May, the Philippine Statistics Authority announced Thursday. The growth posted during the April to June period was faster than the 5.9 percent posted a quarter ago as well […]
The Philippines on Thursday formally received one of 10 Japanese patrol vessels provided by an official development assistance loan to improve Manila’s maritime capabilities amid its territorial disputes with Beijing in the South China Sea. The 44-meter multi-role response vessel, which will be named BRP Tubbataha and assigned to the Philippine Coast Guard, was built […]
