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[ad_1] On a spring day in 1975, Yukiko Mishima was walking to a friend’s house in her native Osaka when a man she didn’t know dragged her into a car park and sexually assaulted her. She was 6 years old at the time. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] バレンタイン (Barentain, Valentine’s Day) in Japan is a distinctive celebration that continues to evolve. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Japanese companies’ strategic stance toward the domestic, U.S. and Chinese markets became clearer in 2023 amid growing uncertainty over the U.S.-China rivalry and Japan’s enactment of the Economic Security Promotion Act. Japanese firms have shown a clear “return” of emphasis on bilateral Japan-U.S. relations and a strong desire for stable and predictable political leadership on both sides of the Pacific.This trend became apparent in a survey on economic security […]
[ad_1] Kaga, Ishikawa Pref. – The major New Year's Day earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture has been putting a strain on the dining industry in the region, which had just begun to overcome a slump brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.Ishikawa's Noto Peninsula bore the brunt of the damage from the quake. However, other areas in the prefecture that were less affected by the 7.6 magnitude temblor are seeing a plunge in the number of visitors, at rates similar to those […]
[ad_1] COPENHAGEN – Icelanders are working round-the-clock to build dykes the size of three-storey buildings to protect a vital power plant and homes from lava flows, since volcanoes near the capital Reykjavik that were dormant for nearly 800 years became active.The six volcanic systems, which experts forecast will be active for up to three centuries, stretch under Iceland's southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, home to 30,000 people, nearly 8% of the country's […]
[ad_1] Prosecutors on Thursday sought a 23-year jail term for Yoshikazu Okubo, 45, a doctor accused of the consensual killing of a woman with a fatal neurological disease.Okubo is accused of conspiring with former doctor Naoki Yamamoto, 46, in administering a fatal dose of a sedative drug through a gastric feeding tube to Yuri Hayashi, then 51, at her request in her apartment in Kyoto on Nov. 30, 2019. The […]
[ad_1] The Liberal Democratic Party's largest political faction formally met Thursday for what was likely to be the final time, as the group, previously headed by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, announced it was bringing down the curtain on its 45-year run.But with questions still swirling about the involvement of Abe faction members, especially faction leaders, in an LDP political slush funds scandal, the decision to dissolve the faction — […]
[ad_1] The wing tips of two passenger jets "scratched" each other at a Japanese airport Thursday, an airport operator said, in the latest in a string of aviation recent mishaps in the country. Reports said no one was injured in the incident involving the two All Nippon Airways aircraft at Osaka's Itami airport for domestic flights. "We've been told wing tips of two ANA planes scratched each other" shortly after […]
[ad_1] Donations to quake-hit Ishikawa have reached around ¥17 billion ($116 million), prefectural officials said Thursday. According to the officials, 223,365 donations totaling ¥16,925 million had been made as of Tuesday. A committee made up of members of related organizations will decide how to allocate the funds, which will be distributed to those affected by the quake via local municipalities. Satofull, a Tokyo-based operator of a website for the central […]
