Cherry blossoms are drawing crowds to the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo.The cherry tree-lined Inui Street, in the palace grounds, has been open to the public since last Friday. More than 190,000 people visited by the end of Tuesday. Low temperatures had prevented the cherry trees from blooming, but warmer weather on Tuesday resulted in […]
Daily traffic jams in Metro Manila may cause stress that can increase the chances of developing diabetes, health experts warned. Dr. Ma. Cecille Añonuevo-Cruz, a fellow of the Philippine Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, said that traffic jams can trigger increase in stress hormones. The hormones regulate how the body absorbs sugar, Cruz explained. Cruz […]
Police in Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, said Monday they have arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of killing his wife by beating her with a hammer. According to police, Masaya Matsuda turned up at a police station at around 12:10 a.m. Monday and said he had killed his 34-year-old wife Naomi at their home, Fuji TV […]
The operator of Narita International Airport near Tokyo on Monday unveiled fast lanes to allow selected foreign passengers pass smoothly through immigration. The fast-lane service, a measure included in a government action plan for tourism promotion, will start at the airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Wednesday. For the time being, the service […]
Japan’s new national security laws have now come into effect 6 months after being enacted last September.The legislation allows Japan to use force by exercising its right to collective self-defense. Japan will be able to defend other nations with which it has close relations, if its survival is threatened.The Japanese Self-Defense Forces can now carry […]
The use of drones has been spreading in Japan.Construction machinery makers use the unmanned aerial devices to measure construction sites. Movie production firms use them for aerial photography. And security companies have been working to develop patrol drones. US online retail giant Amazon is considering introducing a delivery service using drones in Japan. Pizza delivery businesses […]
Japanese police have detained a 23-year-old man who allegedly kidnapped a girl two years ago.Police had issued an arrest warrant for Kabu Terauchi on Sunday after they placed the 15-year-old girl in protective custody.Investigators say Terauchi told the girl in March 2014 to get in his car near her junior high school in Saitama Prefecture, […]
Last year Kyu-shirataki Station made headlines around the world for staying open just to send one girl to school, but now that she’s graduating, it’s time to pack it in. News of delaying closures along the “Shiraktaki Series” of stations to accommodate a single student began to make headlines in Japan last year and by […]
The government is considering reducing the upper limits of overtime allowed for workers as part of a push to overhaul Japan’s notoriously demanding labor culture. In Japan, companies can ask employees to work up to 45 hours of overtime work per month, or up to 360 hours per year, in addition to the standard 40-hour […]
Japan on Friday executed two death row prisoners, local media reported, as the government—backed by public opinion—continued to ignore calls by international rights groups to end capital punishment. Media identified the two inmates as Junko Yoshida, 56, a former nurse convicted of two murders for insurance in 1998 and 1999 in Fukuoka Prefecture, and Yasutoshi […]
