Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs says he will do all he can to send the remains of 7 Japanese people killed in last week’s militant attack in Bangladesh back to Japan soon.Gunmen stormed into a restaurant in Dhaka on Friday. They killed 20 hostages, including the 7 Japanese, and 2 police officers. Seiji Kihara […]
Police in Okinawa have arrested a US air force member for drinking and driving.Police say the arrested man is Christopher Aaron Platte, a 27-year-old technical sergeant at the US Kadena Air Base in the southern prefecture. He is suspected to have been driving under the influence in Chatan Town at around 4 AM on Monday.Police […]
NHK has learned that Japan has had at least 3 child casualties caused by passenger seat air bags during accidents since 2013.In February of this year a mini-car rammed into a utility pole in Osaka City. It was going about 30 kilometers per hour. The crash caused air bags to inflate, strongly impacting a 3-year-old […]
Japanese prosecutors have indicted a US base worker for murder and other charges over the killing of a 20-year-old Japanese woman in Okinawa.The written indictment says 32-year-old former Marine Kenneth Franklin Shinzato attacked the woman on the street of Uruma, a central Okinawan city, in April. He hit the woman with a club while attempting […]
Japan’s tallest Ferris wheel has started operation in Osaka Prefecture.Many people lined up for the opening of the 123-meter tall Ferris wheel at a commercial complex in Suita City on Friday morning. A 117-meter wheel in Tokyo has now become the second tallest in Japan. The new wheel has 72 gondolas and one rotation takes […]
A development plan for the proposed Bangsamoro region in the Philippines’ southern island of Mindanao has been completed despite a setback in the government’s peace process with the country’s largest Muslim rebel group, the Japan International Cooperation Agency said Wednesday. JICA’s Philippine office said the final report of Bangsamoro Development Plan 2, the crafting of […]
Wednesday marks 50 years since the Beatles visited Japan. Photo exhibits in Tokyo are helping fans remember the excitement that the British rock band brought to the country.The group arrived in Tokyo on June 29th, 1966, and played 5 concerts at the Budokan. 60 photos of the band’s stay in Japan are on display at […]
Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in Thursday as president of the Philippines, with many hoping his maverick style will energize the country but others fearing he could undercut one of Asia’s liveliest democracies amid his threats to kill criminals en masse. The 71-year-old former prosecutor and longtime mayor of southern Davao city won a resounding victory […]
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the Philippines face extortion, violence and rape when seeking help from the police and do not trust law enforcement officers to protect them, a rights group said. A report detailing police abuses against LGBT people says police officers often assume that gay men and transgender women are […]
A Japan Airlines copilot has been arrested in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, after he allegedly assaulted a police officer during a night out. The airline said Soichi Tatsumi, 42, was seen hitting a 49-year-old JAL captain he had been drinking with Monday evening and then slapped a police officer who attempted to intervene. He was arrested […]
