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[ad_1] Nagoya – An explosion occurred Wednesday at a thermal power plant in Aichi Prefecture, according to police and other sources. The blast took place at around 3 p.m. at the Taketoyo plant run by Jera, a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings and Chubu Electric Power. Black smoke was coming from the thermal power plant's boiler facility, and the coal conveyor next to it was also on […]

[ad_1] Mitsuko Tottori's appointment as Japan Airlines' next president makes her something of a rarity in Japan — a female head of a well-known company.While Japanese firms have rapidly lifted the number of female board members in recent years, most are outside directors. Change from within is slower in coming.Under pressure from the government, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and foreign investors, firms have been scrambling to improve diversity, including […]

[ad_1] Doha – Japan booked its place in the Asian Cup quarterfinals in Qatar with a 3-1 win over Bahrain on Wednesday.World Cup standout Ritsu Doan and Real Sociedad star Takefusa Kubo scored for the Samurai Blue before a mix-up between goalkeeper Zion Suzuki and striker Ayase Ueda led to an own goal that momentarily gave life to Bahrain.But golden boot candidate Ueda made amends with his fourth goal of […]

[ad_1] Yokohama – Police have arrested an employee of used car dealer Bigmotor for his alleged involvement in cutting down roadside trees in front of a Bigmotor store in Kanagawa Prefecture. Employee Toshiyuki Kamohara, 51, was detained on Tuesday on suspicion of damaging property by cutting down the trees in front of the outlet in the city of Kawasaki, which neighbors the prefectural capital of Yokohama. Kamohara is the first […]

[ad_1] London – Japan defender Daiki Hashioka has joined Luton Town in the English Premier League from Belgian outfit Sint-Truiden for an undisclosed fee, both clubs announced Tuesday.The 24-year-old, predominantly a right-back, joined Sint-Truiden from Urawa Reds in 2021 and played at the Tokyo Olympics. Hashioka has seven senior caps for Japan but did not make the Samurai Blue squad for the ongoing Asian Cup in Qatar."It's always been a […]

[ad_1] A coastline-hugging hiking trail in northeastern Japan has been gaining acclaim with overseas adventurers, raising hopes it will bring a tourism boom to an area that is still recovering from the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] China overtook Japan as the world's biggest vehicle exporter last year, data from the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) shows.The Chinese auto sector has boomed in recent years largely because of massive investments in electric cars, an area where Japanese firms have been more cautious.Japan shipped 4.42 million vehicles in 2023, according to the JAMA figures released Wednesday. That compared with 4.91 million exported by China, as reported by […]

[ad_1] JENIN, West Bank – Israeli commandos disguised as medical workers and Muslim women burst into a hospital in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and killed three Palestinian militants, one of them lying paralyzed in bed, witnesses and authorities have said.The Israeli military said the three militants were killed in a joint undercover operation by the army, Shin Bet security service and border police in the Ibn Sina hospital […]

[ad_1] Feb. 3 is Setsubun, which means the end of winter (yay!), the chance to pelt people with roasted soybeans (yay!) and the silent consumption of a thickly stuffed sushi roll while facing a specific direction (yay?).The holiday marking the beginning of spring and the banishment of evil spirits from the previous year dates back to classical Japanese history and China before that. But over the past 25 years or […]