Tag: Japan
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Kishida’s cautious course sets up potential long-term rule
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida did not look like he’d last long when he took office eight months ago. He was seen as nice, but indecisive ... -
Star poet Tanikawa, it’s fun, not work, at 90
Shuntaro Tanikawa used to think poems descended like an inspiration from the heavens. As he grew older — he is now 90 — Tanikawa sees poems ... -
Tokyo complains over Seoul marine survey in disputed waters
Japan lodged a complaint yesterday over a South Korean ship that was conducting a marine survey in waters near Japanese-claimed islands controlled by Seoul. Government spokesperson ... -
Okinawa marks 50 years of end to US rule amid protests
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki yesterday urged Japan’s central government to do more to reduce the U.S. military presence in the southern island group as it marked ... -
Japan’s #FreeAgnes campaign shows support for detained Hong Kong activist
While the world focuses on the detention of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, it’s the plight of 23-year-old activist Agnes Chow that has made the ... -
Hiroshima survivors worry that world will forget
HIROSHIMA — The atomic bomb that exploded over Hiroshima 75 years ago didn’t just kill and maim. The survivors have also lived for decades with lingering ... -
Urgency to bear witness grows for last Hiroshima victims
HIROSHIMA — For nearly 70 years, until he turned 85, Lee Jong-keun hid his past as an atomic bomb survivor, fearful of the widespread discrimination against ... -
Powerful earthquake hits southern Japan, tsunami advisory
A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 has struck southern Japan, barely 24 hours after a deadly quake hit the same region. The quake ... -
Researcher: Children’s cancer linked to Fukushima radiation
TOKYO (AP) — A new study says children living near the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer at a rate 20 to 50 ... -
Japan | Islamic State extends hostage deadline until sundown
Japan said it was putting its trust in Jordan to help gain the release of a Japanese journalist held by Islamic State militants, after the latest ... -
Japan | Hostage Mom’s plea to Abe: Please save Kenji
The mother of a Japanese hostage held by Islamic State group extremists appealed publicly to Japan’s leader to save her son yesterday after his captors purportedly ... -
Japan | People turn to ‘I am Kenji’ Facebook page on hostage crisis
The plight of freelance journalist Kenji Goto, taken captive by Islamic State group militants, has gripped Japan, and the people’s hopes for his safety are ... -
Japan | Video claims death of 1 of 2 IS hostages
From prime minister to ordinary people, Japanese responded with shock yesterday at a video purportedly showing one of two Japanese hostages of the extremist Islamic ... -
Japan | Gov’t agonizes over ways to free Islamic State hostages
Lacking strong clout and diplomatic reach in the Middle East, Japan scrambled yesterday for ways to secure the release of two hostages held by the Islamic State group, ... -
Japan | Cabinet OKs record military budget with eye on China
Japan’s Cabinet approved the country’s largest ever defense budget yesterday, including plans to buy surveillance aircraft, drones and F-35 fighter jets to help counter China’s rising assertiveness ... -
Japan | Secrecy law takes effect as Abe seeks fair vote coverage
An unpopular law granting Japan’s government wider powers to declare state secrets came into effect yesterday as the country’s election campaign draws to a close, potentially ... -
Japan | Trade, justice ministers quit amid scandals
Japan’s trade and justice ministers resigned yesterday after allegations they misused campaign funds in the biggest setback so far for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s conservative administration. The ... -
TWIN STORMS | India lashed by strong cyclone; typhoon hits Japan
Heavy rain and wind gusts ripped through a large swath of India’s eastern seaboard, uprooting trees and snapping power cables as a powerful cyclone swept through the Bay ... -
SEVERE WEATHER | Japan flight cancellations mount as typhoon disrupts travel
ANA Holdings Inc. and Japan Airlines Co., the nation’s two largest carriers, canceled more flights yesterday as typhoon winds disrupted travel for a second week. Typhoon ... -
JAPAN | More than 30 believed dead at erupting volcano
Rescue workers have found 30 or more people unconscious and believed to be dead near the peak of an erupting volcano in central Japan, local government and ... -
JAPAN | New bio says Emperor Hirohito condemned WW2 involvement
Japan’s Imperial Household Agency has compiled a 61-volume biography of former Emperor Hirohito that portrays him as being distressed that he could not stop his country ... -
JAPAN | Tokyo and Delhi pledge to strengthen ties as Beijing rises
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged an upgrade of economic and security ties with India, saying Japan would double investment and expand defense cooperation amid concerns about ... -
JAPAN | Modi visit draws pledges of support from Tokyo
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi courted Japan’s government and business leaders yesterday, winning pledges of help for his effort to revitalize the lagging Indian economy. Modi ...
