Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will visit the Philippines from Jan. 26 to 30 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the normalization of relations, it was announced Friday. It will be the first official visit by a Japanese Emperor to the nation, where around 1.1 million Filipinos and other residents died during World War II. […]
Japan has banned imports of French foie gras due to a bird flu outbreak, an agriculture ministry official said. The ban, which became effective November 26, will be lifted 90 days after all affected French poultry farms finish culling their birds and conclude necessary sanitary procedures, the official told AFP. Japan took action to stop […]
A group of foreigners aspiring to become qualified nursing-care professionals in Japan have shared their experiences. Ten foreigners who are working in the Japanese nursing-care industry took part in a speech contest in Tokyo on Saturday. The event was organized by a body that offers Japanese lessons to foreigners wanting to become nurses and professional […]
A United Nations committee on Friday adopted a Japanese-led resolution to designate Nov. 5 as World Tsunami Awareness Day. The resolution, cosponsored by some 140 countries, calls for raising awareness of the dangers of tsunami and stresses the importance of prompt information dissemination through early warning systems by designating the tsunami day. By year-end, the […]
Mystery surrounds a fleet of ghost boats with headless skeletons or rotting corpses on board that are washing up on Japan’s shores. At least 14 weathered vessels—some badly damaged or capsized—with almost two dozen bodies have been discovered since October. Mounting evidence suggests that the rickety boats have come from isolated and impoverished North Korea. […]
Isang magarang modelo ng smartphone ang inihahanda ng KDDI para sa publiko sa lalong madaling panahon at kung ikaw may hinalang ito’y kakaiba, tama ka, dahil kung noong una laking takot mo lang na malubog sa tubig ang iyong smartphone ngayon ay maaring mo na itong sabonin at lilinisin pa ng tubig. Ngayong buwan ng […]
Katakot takot na pagbaha ang nararanasan ng Britain sa loob ng 250 taon. Maging ang California ay patuloy na nakakaranas ng kakaibang tagtuyot sa loob ng 500 taon. Mga tuklas na nagwawari at anumang panahon ay maging mapanganib para sa kalahatan sa dahilan ng kakaibang mga pagbabago ng panahon sa circulation pattern ng mundo kung saan ang […]
Japan’s government is planning to offer an incentive to hotels and inns for upgrading their facilities. A subsidy to cover part of the improvement costs is aimed at expanding the amount of accommodation available to a growing number of foreign tourists. The number of foreign travelers to Japan has been surging, helped in part by […]
Police in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 23-year-old woman on suspicion of abandoning the corpse of her newborn baby in a paper bag last month. According to police, Atsuko Tanaka, who is a nurse, gave birth to a baby girl at her apartment between Nov 17 and 19, Sankei Shimbun reported. She placed the […]
Japan’s education ministry is considering ways to improve the English language ability of junior high school students. The ways may include requiring students to take new kinds of speaking tests. The ministry plans to introduce a nationwide English examination as early as fiscal 2019. That exam will assess junior high school seniors on their listening, […]
