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[ad_1] KOFU, Yamanashi Pref. – The death sentence has been finalized for a 21-year-old man convicted of murders and arson he committed as a minor in 2021 after he withdrew an appeal, a Japanese court said Friday.The defense team for Yuki Endo filed the appeal at the deadline Thursday, but the defendant withdrew it later in the day, the Kofu District Court said.The ruling handed down last month became the […]

[ad_1] Taro Aso, a former prime minister and the current vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Friday retracted his sexist remarks regarding the appearance of the country's top diplomat.In a speech on Sunday, Aso, a heavyweight of the LDP headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, described Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa as an "obasan," which loosely translates as old lady and sometimes carries a negative connotation. At the […]

[ad_1] Japan Airlines expects a revenue loss of around ¥2 billion ($13.6 million) after last month’s crash at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. The incident — which occurred when a large Airbus A350 jet operated by JAL collided with a much smaller De Havilland Canada Dash 8 operated by the Japan Coast Guard, killing five of the six crew on the coast guard plane — shut a runway for several days, disrupting […]

[ad_1] When Tony Le set out with his wife to buy a new car last year, he looked at Tesla and other all-electric models.In the end, the 37-year-old Modesto, California, tech worker opted for a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid due to worries over getting stranded with a purely electric vehicle, a dead battery and no charging station in sight."Sometimes I want to play with the electric vehicles just based on the […]

[ad_1] The Japanese Grand Prix will stay at Honda-owned Suzuka until at least 2029 after signing a five-year contract extension, Formula One said on Friday. The race moves to a new April slot this year as round four between Australia and China as part of Formula One's efforts to have a more efficient flow of races and reduce its carbon footprint with shorter freight distances. "Suzuka is a special circuit […]

[ad_1] MANILA – The alliance between Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte disintegrated this week when they accused each other of using drugs — a rift that could threaten Marcos's reform agenda and risk fueling instability.The alliance between two of the Philippines' most influential families that swept Marcos and Duterte's daughter, Sara, into power in 2022, was always expected to collapse, but analysts are surprised by […]

[ad_1] Japan plans to begin issuing six-month visas for digital nomads with an annual income of ¥10 million ($68,300) or more, the Immigration Services Agency (ISA) announced Friday. The program is expected to start by the end of March.Digital nomads — which refers to people who work remotely while only staying in any one place for the short or midterm — from 49 countries and territories will be able to […]

[ad_1] SoftBank has announced it will take full ownership of WeWork Japan, shouldering the company’s business-related debts.The development comes just four months after the troubled coworking business — once valued at $47 billion — filed for bankruptcy in the U.S.WeWork Japan has filed a petition for civil rehabilitation at the Tokyo District Court and received approval, enabling Softbank to absorb the group entirely through a newly established subsidiary, SoftBank said […]

[ad_1] After a year that saw Japan significantly bolster its defense posture, Tokyo has hit the ground running in 2024, signing defense and security cooperation agreements at a pace without recent parallel as it reacts to an increasingly tense international security environment.In January alone, Tokyo signed cooperation deals with at least four countries, including Australia, Germany, the United Arab Emirates and the United States, strengthening and expanding its network of […]