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Kawasaki's Yu Kobayashi (right) battles for the ball during his team's 1-0 Asian Champions League Elite loss at home to Gwangju on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Oct 2, 2024
Gwangju downs Kawasaki to maintain perfect start in Asian Champions League
Gwangju followed up its 7-3 thrashing of Yokohama F. Marinos on the opening day with a gritty victory over Kawasaki.
Plaintiffs living in Tokyo and the neighboring city of Kawasaki had sued the government saying the Haneda routes posed risk of falling objects and aircraft crashes, as well as causing noise and exhaust gas pollution.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 20, 2024
Court rejects petition against low-altitude Haneda routes
Residents said that the routes posed the risk of falling objects and aircraft crashes, as well as causing noise and exhaust gas pollution.
Transport ministry officials enter the Kobe plant of Kawasaki Heavy Industries for an on-site inspection on Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2024
Transport ministry raids Kawasaki Heavy over ship engine test tampering
The firm has admitted inappropriately tweaked testing equipment to keep emissions data within ranges of customer specifications and reduce the variance of data.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has recently said that Japan was in the severest security environment since the end of World War II.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2024
Japan's Kawasaki Heavy to make ventilators for underground shelters
The announcement comes a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that included a mutual defense pledge.
A person uses a tong with a camera and GPS system attached to pick up litter, part of an initiative to boost participation in collecting trash.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability / OUR PLANET
Jun 16, 2024
Japan’s gamified environment apps target a greener mindset
Government funding has helped drive a boom in environmental and social app development.
Police have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly creating malware using free generative AI tools.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 28, 2024
Kawasaki man arrested over malware made using generative AI
The suspect is thought to have failed to obtain a program needed to put the malware into practical use, so the police believe that it did not cause any damage.
Tama River in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, where a body of a man was discovered in a suitcase
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2024
Victim's ex-girlfriend and four others arrested over body found in Tama River
Prefectural police are investigating circumstances leading up to the incident.
The Air Self-Defense Force's T-4 jet trainers are expected to be replaced with a new trainer co-developed by Japan and the United States.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 22, 2024
Japan-made jet trainer plans dim after Kishida-Biden summit
Some lawmakers in Japan's ruling bloc have questioned the idea of joint development
A worker helps assemble the fuselage of a BK117 helicopter at Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Gifu plant in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture.
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Apr 1, 2024
Kawasaki Heavy’s Gifu plant produces helicopters for disaster aid
The company's BK117 aircraft has been adopted by Gifu Prefecture and many other municipalities for disaster aid.
Kawasaki midfielder Yuki Yamamoto goes on the attack during the first half of the team's loss to Shandong at Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki on Tuesday in the Asian Champions League.
SOCCER
Feb 21, 2024
Shandong eliminates Kawasaki from Asian Champions League
Brazilian Jadson hooked the ball home in added time to send the Chinese side into a last-eight showdown and eliminate the J. League powerhouse.
Kawasaki's Jesiel (top) competes for the ball with Shandong's Cryzan during the first leg of their AFC Champions League matchup on Tuesday in Jinan, China.
SOCCER
Feb 14, 2024
Kawasaki surrenders late goal but leads Asian Champions League matchup with Shandong
Brazilian defender Jadson scored a crucial second for Shandong five minutes from time to leave the matchup in the balance.
The severed trunk of a roadside tree in front of a Bigmotor dealership in the city of Saitama, in July. Police authorities have received 51 reports of damage apparently caused by the company's practices of felling and killing with herbicides trees on the streets in front of its stores.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 31, 2024
First Bigmotor employee arrested over alleged removal of roadside trees
Toshiyuki Kamohara, 51, is believed to have instructed staff at the company's Kawasaki outlet to cut down trees near the store.
A man was found dead in a suitcase along the Tamagawa River in Kawasaki, police have said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 31, 2023
Body found in suitcase along Tama River in Kawasaki
Police open murder probe after body of 46-year-old man is discovered.
Kawasaki's Kyohei Noborizato (left) fights for the ball with Pathum United's Danilo during their Asian Champions League match on Tuesday in Kawasaki.
SOCCER
Nov 8, 2023
Second-half goals see Kawasaki stay perfect in Asian Champions League
The win has Kawasaki Frontale a step closer to the Asian Champions League last 16.
Frontale's Bafetimbi Gomis contends for the ball with Tokyo's Henrique Trevisan during a J. League first-division game in Kawasaki on Friday.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 15, 2023
Frontale beats Tokyo to give Bafetimbi Gomis win in Japan debut
The win gave Toru Oniki's men a boost ahead of their Asian Champions League campaign, which kicks off on Tuesday in Malaysia.
Bayern defender Kim Min-jae (center) and Frontale forward Yusuke Segawa (right) contend for the ball during an international friendly at the National Stadium on Saturday.
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 29, 2023
Kim Min-jae makes Bayern debut in friendly win over Frontale
A second-half goal by defender Josip Stanisic was enough for the German champion to end its first visit to Japan since 2008 on a high note.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 12, 2023
Man arrested over daytime robbery in Kawasaki as second suspect remains at large
Two people entered the store located near Kawasaki Station at around 1.pm. on Sunday and smashed its display cases, before being intercepted by the store’s manager and fleeing.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / From the Spot
May 16, 2023
'Tamagawa Clasico' evolves into one of J. League's biggest derbies
The rivalry between FC Tokyo and Kawasaki Frontale has been boosted by the clubs' 2007 decision to jointly promote the matchup.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / From the Spot
Apr 12, 2023
Frontale fans' protest shows league's 'superclub' push carries risks
Supporters of the four-time J1 champion raised alarms over what they see as weakening ties between the club and the community that has supported it for more than 25 years.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
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