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Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs on Saturday
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2024

11 Japanese nationals flee Lebanon on SDF plane

This was the first evacuation of Japanese nationals from Lebanon using SDF aircraft since tensions flared up in the Middle East in October last year.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba inspects the area around a morning market, which was heavily damaged in the Jan. 1 earthquake, in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2024

Torrential rain in Noto Peninsula to be designated a severe disaster, Ishiba says

Ishiba announced the plan during a visit to areas damaged heavily by the rain and the powerful Jan. 1 earthquake.
Players on Nintendo Switch game consoles. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is reportedly weighing deploying more capital to Nintendo and its sector peers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2024

Nintendo jumps after Saudi fund expresses interest in bigger stake

The Saudi government is keen to mold the kingdom into a global gaming industry player and diversify its oil-heavy portfolio.
A dolphin approaches a swimmer in the sea off the coast of the city of Fukui in 2022.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 8, 2024

Cases of dolphin attacks spike in Fukui Prefecture this summer

A total of 15 cases have been reported, compared with five last year, with victims sustaining injuries that require multiple stitches.
Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko stroll around a cabbage field in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, in August. Empress Emerita Michiko underwent surgery for a broken bone on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2024

Japan's Empress Emerita Michiko has surgery after breaking thighbone

Empress Emerita Michiko, turning 90 on Oct. 20, was hospitalized for surgery for the first time since 2019, when she was found to have breast cancer.
Saitama police have arrested Rikiya Morita, 24, in connection with a string of robberies in Saitama Prefecture and Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2024

Suspect in Kanto robbery spree arrested in Niigata

Rikiya Morita, 24, had been on the run after being publicly identified as a suspect in a violent robbery in Saitama on Oct. 1.
Sapporo City Board of Education officials apologize on Tuesday over a case in which an elementary school boy was sexually assaulted by a junior high school boy.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2024

Sapporo school boy sexually assaulted by junior high student: panel report

The offending student previously went to the same elementary school as the victim, and the two were members of the same youth sports team.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 9, 2024

LDP pulls endorsements of 12 'slush fund' lawmakers for Oct. 27 election

Former LDP policy chief Koichi Hagiuda, ex-party Diet affairs chief Tsuyoshi Takagi and former education minister Hakubun Shimomura are among those not endorsed.
NHK plans to start charging online viewers in October of next year.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2024

NHK to charge monthly online viewer fee of ¥1,100 starting next year

The fee will be collected from people who sign up only for the online service.
SV League players and Chairman Masaaki Okawa (front, holding a volleyball) during a news conference in Tokyo last month.
MORE SPORTS / Volleyball
Oct 9, 2024

Japan's new volleyball league has big dreams as it gets set to launch

The SV. League replaces the V. League as Japan's top volleyball league and aims to eventually become the best volleyball league in the world.
The University of Tokyo is ranked 28th in the latest World University Rankings, advancing one place from the previous rankings.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 9, 2024

University of Tokyo moves up a spot to 28th in World University Rankings

Many of Japan’s top universities moved up in the latest rankings announced on Wednesday, with five of them in the top 200.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba listens as Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda (right) speaks during a one-on-one debate in parliament on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 9, 2024

Opposition clashes with Ishiba over political reform

Political reform and the LDP slush fund scandal took center stage during the prime minister's showdown with opposition party leaders.
Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture may meet a criterion for inscription on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2024

Hikone Castle could merit world heritage listing, UNESCO panel says

The castle from the Edo Period could being assessed as bearing a unique testimony to a disappeared cultural tradition or civilization.
Osaka police arrested a 30-year-old man Wednesday on suspicion of murdering a 17-year-old girl whose body was found in a hotel room in the city of Osaka last month.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2024

Police arrest 30-year-old man over 17-year-old girl’s murder in Osaka

Shunsuke Fukui was apprehended on Wednesday as he left an internet cafe in Yokohama.
Of the potential candidates at present, more than 1,060 are preparing for battle in 289 single-seat constituencies.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 10, 2024

Over 1,170 people plan to seek Lower House seats

Over 1,170 people are currently planning to run in the Oct. 27 election for the House of Representatives.
The Consumer Affairs Agency is warning against fake websites that lure consumers into purchasing unrelated or counterfeit products.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2024

Consumer watchdog warns against fake electronics sites

The sites, often promoted via social media ads, are luring consumers into purchasing unrelated or counterfeit products.
A U.S. military helicopter made an emergency landing on a beach in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2024

U.S. helicopter makes emergency landing on Chigasaki beach

Around noon, a report was received through the fire department that a U.S. helicopter made a “precautionary landing” on a beach in the city.
The Gifu Prefectural Police headquarters in the city of Gifu
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2024

Yakuza member arrested over insurance fraud after cutting off own finger

The arrest stems from an incident in which a yakuza member allegedly cut off his own finger but reported it as an accidental injury to medical personnel in Tokyo.
The Aichi Prefectural Police headquarters in Nagoya. Aichi police have arrested a 36-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of murder following the death of a couple, believed to be his parents, in their apartment in Nagoya's Midori Ward.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2024

Nagoya man arrested after death of couple believed to be his parents

Police are working to confirm the victims' identities and are investigating suspect Keisuke Kita’s possible involvement in both deaths.
National Police Agency Commissioner General Yasuhiro Tsuyuki addresses a meeting of top prefectural police officers at the agency in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2024

Police chief wants key election personalities fully protected

National Police Agency Commissioner General Yasuhiro Tsuyuki urged prefectural police chiefs to "execute every single measure" ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.
The Tokyo District Court
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2024

Ex-Daiichi Sankyo employee faces 18 years for allegedly poisoning wife

The indictment states that Keisuke Yoshida intentionally poisoned his 40-year-old wife, Yoko, by having her ingest methanol at their home in Tokyo.
An office worker inside a commercial building at night in Tokyo
JAPAN / Society
Oct 11, 2024

Widespread overwork and stress found in Japan's arts and health sectors

In the arts and entertainment sector, over 40% of technical staff and stage directors worked 60 hours or more in a week, a health ministry survey found.
Justice Minister Hideki Makihara speaks during a joint interview with media outlets at his office in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 11, 2024

Justice minister says he has severed all ties with Unification Church

Hideki Makihara has promised to follow the Liberal Democratic Party’s commitment on ceasing ties with the group moving forward.
A Starlink satellite communication system installed on the training ship Kashima of the Maritime Self-Defense Force for test operations at the Harumi Pier in Tokyo on May 15.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2024

Japan's MSDF eyeing Starlink for better internet connectivity at sea

Hoping to create an environment where MSDF members can freely use the internet while at sea, the MSDF plans to introduce the Starlink service on its vessels.
The remains of the Prefectural Industry Promotion Building after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima in September 1945.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 12, 2024

Nobel Prize is a warning to a world on the nuclear brink

The awarding of the prize to Nihon Hidankyo — a group of atomic bomb survivors — reflects a widely held fear that nuclear war is now closer than ever.
Attendees observe a moment of silence at a memorial service to mark the five-year anniversary of the torrential rain disaster caused by Typhoon Hagibis in Marumori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2024

Victims of Typhoon Hagibis remembered five years after disaster

At least 90 people were killed in heavy rain across the country after Typhoon Hagibis made landfall in the Izu Peninsula on the night of Oct. 12, 2019.
Hideko Hakamata (center) holds a portrait and a banner reading "innocent man, not guilty verdict" to support her brother Iwao Hakamata, as she arrives to the Shizuoka District Court on Sept. 26.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 13, 2024

Many acquitted murder suspects initially found guilty for confessions

At least 20 people in 18 cases were found innocent in a retrial after receiving a guilty verdict in the post-World War II period.
The Osaka Expo site under construction. The expo is scheduled to take place on Yumeshima, an artificial island, from April 13 through Oct. 13 of next year.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2024

Challenges remain six months to go before Osaka Expo

About 7.14 million advance tickets had been sold since they went on sale last year — only 51% of the organizers' target of 14 million.
Empress Emerita Michiko returns to the Sento Imperial Residence in Tokyo on Sunday after undergoing surgery last week.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2024

Japan's empress emerita leaves hospital

She has been making good progress since the surgery and will continue rehabilitation at the Sento Imperial Residence.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (center) enters the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 14, 2024

Ishiba tells LDP to discuss Asian security issues

Ishiba apparently had in mind his proposal for an Asian version of NATO as well as the Japan-U.S. status of forces pact.
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Tokyo’s take on that viral chocolate from Dubai
Cafe N°_5's take on the Dubai chocolate craze that has been circulating on social media over the past few months is a mix of bitter and sweet.
Hiroshi Kurosaki looks beyond Japan for heart-wrenching drama
Hiroshi Kurosaki’s Netflix series “Beyond Goodbye” centers on a woman (Kasumi Arimura, left) who discovers her dead lover’s heart saved the life of a quiet pianist (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.

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