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[ad_1] Manila – The Philippines has taken steps to ensure that foreign nationals detained in its main immigration facility in Manila cannot conduct criminal activities the country's justice secretary has said. The move is in response to the "Luffy"-led Japanese crime ring, which organized burglaries while incarcerated there until they were caught a year ago.Regarding immigration detention, Philippine justice secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said in an interview on Thursday that […]

[ad_1] Six times a year, a 36-year-old Chinese actress makes her way to Japan, not for the glitz of film industry events, but with a different purpose in mind: to take advantage of Japan's renowned advanced medical beauty treatments.The Beijing-based actress has long been an admirer of Japan's aesthetic medical techniques, including treatments like Botox to smooth wrinkles and innovative procedures using stem-cell injections to help achieve a youthful appearance."The […]

[ad_1] Kanazawa – All elementary and junior high schools in the hardest hit areas of the Noto Peninsula resumed classes as of Monday, just over three weeks after a New Year's Day earthquake pummeled the area, in a sign that some aspects of life were returning to normal.In Ishikawa Prefecture, the final two schools in the city of Suzu and all nine schools in the town of Noto resumed classes, […]

[ad_1] SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Olympic champion Miho Takagi added the women's 1,000 meters to her gold medal haul at the Four Continents Speed Skating Championships on Sunday. The 29-year-old, who won gold over the distance at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, clocked 1 minute, 12.35 seconds to finish 0.30 ahead of Kimi Goetz of the United States. South Korea's Kim Min-sun was 1.49 seconds off the pace in […]

[ad_1] SHANGHAI/BEIJING – For Chinese businessman Han Changming, disruptions to Red Sea freight are threatening the survival of his trading company in the eastern province of Fujian.Han, who exports Chinese-made cars to Africa and imports off-road vehicles from Europe, said the cost of shipping a container to Europe had surged to roughly $7,000 from $3,000 in December, when Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement escalated attacks on shipping."The disruptions have wiped out […]

[ad_1] In late November, the Hiroshima High Court dismissed a suit for damages filed by a woman in her 40s against her father, who had sexually abused her since childhood. What stood in the way of her claim was the limitation period under the Civil Code, which prescribes the maximum time after a crime within which legal proceedings may be initiated — in this case 20 years."I feel like I […]

[ad_1] Japan’s successful touchdown on the lunar surface not only made it the fifth country to soft land a spacecraft on the moon but may have also demonstrated critical technologies for future space missions.Dubbed “Moon Sniper,” the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) spacecraft tested a new system that allows moon missions to land within 100 meters of a target area, a capability that — if confirmed over the coming weeks […]

[ad_1] The Kansas City Chiefs reached the AFC championship game for the sixth straight year, while the Detroit Lions will play in their first NFC title game in 33 years after their victories in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs on Sunday.Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes to Travis Kelce, and the Chiefs outlasted the Buffalo Bills in a 27-24 road win in Orchard Park, New York.Isiah Pacheco ran […]

[ad_1] Producers of kamaboko steamed fish cakes, a long-loved seafood product eaten throughout the year that also forms part of New Year feasts, are struggling to stay in business.In December, employees of Wakamatsuya, a producer of processed marine products in Ise, Mie Prefecture, worked round the clock at the company’s factory.Using special knives and molding equipment, surimi (fish paste) is made into half-cylindrical shapes, which are then steamed and cooled […]