Month: January 2024

[ad_1] Rapid growth in the number of post-pandemic tourists has left many local authorities in Japan confronting the challenge of overtourism and its negative impact on residents and the environment.Issues such as overcrowding on public transportation systems and problems related to garbage disposal have emerged in various parts of the country.The challenge has caught the attention of the central government, which is aiming to support local efforts at overcoming these […]

[ad_1] At a time of languishing approval ratings and soul-searching for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made "power" the key leitmotif of his policy speech in parliament on Tuesday.He emphasized the "power of bonds" on full display in the country’s response to the earthquake that devastated the Noto Peninsula on New Year’s Day and how it became a "new power" for the future, as well as […]

[ad_1] Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa appeared unfazed Tuesday following remarks by Liberal Democratic Party veteran Taro Aso, who called her an obasan (old lady) and said she’s “not that good looking.”When asked about Aso’s comments at a post-Cabinet news conference on Tuesday, Kamikawa said she was aware of “a variety of opinions and voices out there.”“I am grateful for all of them,” she said. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] The Supreme Court has rejected a 10th and likely final retrial request to review the 1961 murders of five women with poisoned wine in the city of Nabari.In a decision dated Monday, the top court rejected a special appeal for reopening the case involving Masaru Okunishi, who died at age 89 of pneumonia while on death row in 2015, some 43 years after his death sentence for killing the […]

[ad_1] Japan's agricultural, fisheries and forestry product exports rose 2.9% in 2023 to a record ¥1.45 trillion ($9.9 billion), with increased shipment to the United States and Hong Kong making up for a decline in sales to mainland China, government data showed Tuesday. Despite rising for the 11th consecutive year, growth was heavily blunted compared to 2022's rise of 14.2%, hampered by China's import ban on Japanese marine products over […]