The Japanese government plans to both increase the number and expand the scale of exercises to counter cyberattacks as part of preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, government sources said Saturday. The drills, now held about six times a year and involving central government ministry and agency officials, will be increased to at least 10 […]
The country’s population is projected to increase to 104 million this year as 1.5 million babies are expected to be born, the Commission on Population (PopCom) said Saturday (2). “The Philippines’ population is 102.4 million at the end of 2015. But this year, it is expected to increase to 104 million,” PopCom executive director Juan […]
Philippine residents can now get their hands on a plethora of Japanese items at TOKYO STYLE. Although a rising number of Japanese food, media, and accessory retailers online are beginning to go international, it still stands that the majority of the products produced within Japan are for domestic sale only, despite the increasing demand for these […]
Fireworks displays to celebrate the New Year left 380 people injured in the Philippines. An explosion occurred at a fireworks display in the capital Manila early in the morning of New Year’s Day. Scores of people were taken to hospital with burns. The blast also started a fire in a slum area. Authorities say about […]
A district of Tokyo that hosts many popular tourist sites is seeking to attract more foreign visitors by offering its official website in 89 languages. Taito Ward is home to such well-known attractions as Asakusa and Ueno Park. More than 5.3 million foreign tourists visited the ward last year. That figure represents about 40 percent […]
A total of 126 people remained on death row in Japan as of Dec. 27, 2015, according to the Ministry of Justice. It is the third straight year since 2012 that the number of inmates on death row at year-end has declined. In 2012 the number of death-row convicts at the end of the year […]
A 29-year-old woman suspected of mutilating and abandoning the corpse of a younger acquaintance at her home here was arrested on Dec. 29, police said. “There is a skull in my room, but I don’t want to say anything now,” Terumi Morishima, a self-described illustrator, was quoted as telling officers at Kadoma Police Station. The […]
Kentucky Fried Chicken may be a favorite Christmas food in Japan, but thanks to this limited-time offer, the feasting may just have to continue! The winter holidays are a time for family, presents and eating copious amounts of food. While you probably know that KFC can help you make the most of your Christmas, it can also […]
Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested a 24-year-old male company employee for smearing his own excrement on a girl in Mitaka City, reports TV Asahi (Dec. 27). On December 5 at 9:45 p.m., Kenta Nagahama used a bicycle to come up from behind the girl, aged in her late teens, at an intersection and rub feces into her mouth […]
Police in Chiba Prefecture on Sunday arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of killing his grandparents. The boy, a high school student in the city of Kimitsu, turned himself in to police Saturday evening, saying he killed his grandparents. Investigators later found the bodies of his grandfather, 67, and grandmother, 64, at their house. The […]
