The search for a 7-year-old Japanese boy missing since his parents abandoned him in a bear-inhabited forest was proving frustratingly difficult due to a lack of clues, a rescuer said Tuesday. As the search continued for a fourth day on Japan’s main northern island of Hokkaido, two hunters joined more than 100 rescuers, police and […]
A high-ranking member of an organized crime group has been shot dead in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan.Police say Tadashi Takagi was a senior member of a group affiliated with the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi. The 55-year-old man was found unconscious with gunshots to his chest in a parking lot of a condominium in Okayama city on Tuesday. […]
Officials at the internal affairs ministry say the unemployment rate in April stood at 3.2%.The figure was unchanged from the previous month.Meanwhile, the ratio of job offers to people looking for work in April was 1.34. That means there were 134 openings for every 100 job seekers.The figure is up 0.04 point from March.The ratio […]
The Philippine automotive industry zoomed with the third fastest growth in Southeast Asia to start the second quarter of the year, staying on track with its 350,000 unit sales target for the year. Latest data from the ASEAN Automotive Federation showed the Philippines is one of only three countries in the region to register growth […]
Patay ang dalawang taong gulang na batang babae matapos gilitan ng hindi pa nakikilalang suspek. Kwento ng ina ng bata, iniwan niya ang sanggol kasama ang asawa at iba pang anak para maghanap ng trabaho sa Maynila. Laking gulat na lang anya niya nang mabalitaan ang pangyayari. Ikinagulat rin ito ng ama ng bata dahil […]
Japanese police are searching for a 7-year-old boy missing in a mountain forest of Hokkaido since Saturday after his parents abandoned him there.Yamato Tanooka’s parents told police they left their son at the foot of Mount Komagatake as punishment.Local police say they initially received a call from the parents on Saturday evening saying the boy […]
The The 32nd International Philippine Festival in Nagoya (Aichi) was held on Sunday (May 29th). A cultural festival with several presentations and booths of products and services. The day was very enjoyable with many presentations for the public, such as bingo, art exhibition, karaoke and a raffle offering many prizes. This event is held every year […]
Japan’s first Legoland theme park is coming to this city next spring, which will include a replica castle and a hotel for families. Legoland Japan, an outdoor facility under construction in Minato Ward, is scheduled to open on April 1, 2017. The operator of the theme park said May 19 it expects to attract about […]
Foreign visitors to Japan may soon have the option of showing their passports when checking in to their hotels or simply undergoing a fingerprint scan. The process, aimed at easing congestion at hotel reception desks, is the result of a project between the government and the private sector. A test period will get under way […]
Court said Gregory Gumo committed ‘a systematic crime’ dumping the body of Mariko Akitaya. The Yokohama District Court on Wednesday handed an American male an 18-month prison sentence in the death of a woman in Miura City last July, reports NHK (May 25). Presiding Judge Shigeyuki Fukasawa ruled that Gregory Gumo, 41, committed “a systematic crime” in the dumping of […]
