Japan

[ad_1] Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan called for another change of government in the country during his retirement news conference on Tuesday. Kan, 77, a member of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, will not run in the upcoming general election for the House of Representatives. "I hope a change of government will be realized again," he said. "It is desirable for a democracy to have a change […]

[ad_1] Paris – Japanese game designer Katsura Hashino, who made his name with the high school role-play Persona series, is in a reflective mood days before Friday's launch of his latest game, Metaphor: ReFantazio."I can't even count how many games I've worked on," Hashino, who has worked for Sega-owned publisher Atlus since the mid-1990s, says.For his newest title, he has shifted the monster-slaying action of Persona from Tokyo to a […]

[ad_1] A third-grade elementary school boy in Sapporo was sexually assaulted several times by a junior high school boy in 2021, a Sapporo education board third-party panel said in an investigative report on Tuesday.Due to the magnitude of the incident, the report categorized the case as a “serious incident,” legally requiring the school to report the case in detail to the mayor.According to the report, the offending student previously went […]

[ad_1] Paris – The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded on Monday to two U.S. scientists for discovering microRNA, a previously unknown type of genetic switch that could pave the way for new medical breakthroughs.But while several treatments and tests are under development using microRNAs against cancer, heart disease, viruses and other illnesses, none have actually yet reached patients.And the world paid little attention when the new Nobel laureates Victor […]

[ad_1] A fugitive wanted in connection with a string of violent robberies in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture has been arrested by Saitama Prefectural Police in Niigata Prefecture, local authorities announced on Monday.Rikiya Morita, 24, whose address and occupation are unknown, was apprehended and taken into custody for charges including armed robbery resulting in injury. According to police, Morita has admitted to the allegations.Morita was taken into custody on Monday evening […]

[ad_1] Los Angeles – The Kansas City Royals jolted the New York Yankees's Major League Baseball playoff hopes with a series-leveling 4-2 win in the Bronx on Monday as the Detroit Tigers bounced back to stun the Cleveland Guardians.The Royals, pipped 6-5 by the Yankees in a game one thriller on Saturday, produced a four-run fourth inning blast to set up a victory at Yankee Stadium.The result leaves the best-of-five […]

[ad_1] The Israel Defense Forces said it intercepted most of a barrage of rockets Hamas and other Iran-backed groups fired toward Tel Aviv, as fighting escalated Monday on multiple fronts after a year of war.Sirens sounded across central Israel, and two people were injured, according to Israeli health officials.The military had earlier warned of what it called an "immediate” threat of rocket fire from Hamas to mark the militant group’s […]

[ad_1] Starbucks Corp. is removing the Princi brand of Italian baked goods from many of its higher-end cafes, stepping back from an initiative championed by longtime leader Howard Schultz. The chain’s eight Roastery and Reserve locations in the U.S. and China will phase out the label, according to an internal memo seen by Bloomberg News, which didn’t outline the timeline for the removal. The stores’ food assortment — which includes […]

[ad_1] ISLAMABAD – Two Chinese nationals were killed in an explosion near the international airport of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Sunday night, the Chinese embassy in the country said, describing it as a "terrorist attack."In a statement emailed to journalists, separatist militant group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed the explosion was an attack carried out by them using a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device targeting Chinese nationals, including […]