The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Sunday said the death toll due to weather disturbance “Nona” went up. NDRRMC said Nona, earlier a typhoon, claimed 35 lives, 24 injured and left six people missing. It said there are no reports of any casualty due to low pressure area “Onyok,” earlier a […]
The Japanese government is expected to forecast economic growth of 1.7 percent in real terms for fiscal 2016. Its upcoming economic outlook report foresees a continued moderate economic recovery. Government officials are now drawing up the report before drafting the national budget for the fiscal year that begins next April. They are set to keep […]
Putting Coffee in a Can Japan’s ubiquitous canned coffee first appeared in 1965. It was the creation of Miura Yoshitake, a coffee shop owner in Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, who took inspiration for the product from the many canneries operating in the area. The first company to mass produce kan kōhī, as it is known in […]
One of Tokyo’s largest shopping malls has introduced an android that can give tourists sightseeing information in 3 different languages. The android resembles a young woman. It went into operation on Thursday at the information desk near the West Gate of the Aqua City Odaiba shopping mall on Tokyo Bay. The robot can explain in […]
An engineer at Mumbai airport died after being sucked into the engine of an Air India plane, the company said. The deadly incident happened late Wednesday as the Airbus A319 was being towed backward from the parking bay in preparation for taxiing out, said Anil Mehta, an Air India official. The engineer, Ravi Subramanian, was […]
The government and ruling parties plan to exempt delivery and takeout foods from the upcoming consumption tax hike, senior coalition members said Tuesday. The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito have agreed to subject all food products except those served at restaurants to a lower tax rate when the government raises consumption tax to 10 percent […]
A Nigerian court on Tuesday gave five sailors from the Philippines and four from Bangladesh a choice between jail and paying a hefty fine after convicting them of oil smuggling. The suspects were arrested in March in Lagos Lagoon aboard the MT Asteris, which prosecutors said was used to illegally store 3,423 tonnes of crude […]
The tropical depression east of Mindanao has entered the Philippine area of responsibility on Wednesday afternoon and was named Onyok. According to state weather bureau PAGASA, the tropical depression entered the country’s territory at around 1:45 p.m. Meanwhile, typhoon Nona (international name Melor) was located 80 kilometers west of Ternate, Cavite at 1 p.m. The […]
The number of foreigners visiting Japan has hit a record annual high of nearly 18-million in only the first 11 months of this year. Officials at the Japan National Tourism Organization say the figure for January to November exceeded 17.96 million. That’s up 47.5-percent from the same period last year, and 4.5-million more than the […]
Toshiba is expected to solicit early retirements and transfer workers, the sources said. Toshiba Corp. is considering slashing several thousand jobs in Japan and abroad as the scandal-hit industrial conglomerate aims to restructure its loss-making personal computer, television, and white goods businesses, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. Toshiba is expected to solicit early […]
