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World Heritage site Bamiyan artifacts pillaged amid Afghan turmoil

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 14 01:40 PM

It is believed that miscreants took advantage of the confusion that followed the Taliban's takeover of area in the first half of August to loot the artifacts, according to local residents and Japanese archaeologists whose warehouse was also targeted. Read more »

Japan's centenarians hit record 86,500

Kyodo News
Updated as of Sep 14 04:53 PM

The number of centenarians as of Sept. 15 represents an increase of 6,060 from a year earlier for the 51th consecutive year of rise, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said prior to the Respect for the Aged Day holiday, which falls next Monday. Read more »

Kono tops opinion poll as most fit to become Japan's next PM

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 05 06:53 PM

Japan's administrative reform minister Taro Kono who is also in charge of COVID-19 vaccinations is the most popular pick to succeed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who has announced his intention to resign, according to the result of a Kyodo News poll released Sunday. Read more »

Golfer Yuka Saso to dedicate Tokyo Games performance to family

May Masangkay, Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 29 03:16 PM

The emerging golf talent, a dual citizen of the Philippines and Japan, heads into the Tokyo Olympics with a new mindset, undeterred by the pressure and embracing the support of her family and two home countries. Read more »

Olympics: Games organizers admit to wasting about 4,000 boxes of food

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 29 12:21 PM

Tokyo Games organizers on Wednesday admitted to throwing away approximately 4,000 of the 10,000 pre-ordered bento boxes full of food that was to be fed to volunteers on the day of the opening ceremony. Read more »

Jackie Chan eager to join Chinese Communist Party

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 13 09:31 AM

BEIJING - Hong Kong action movie superstar Jackie Chan, also known as a pro-Beijing politician, has expressed eagerness to join the Chinese Communist Party, its tabloid Global Times reported Monday. Read more »

Olympics: Japan emperor appears 'concerned' about COVID-19 spread by Games - Kyodo

Reuters
Posted at Jun 24 05:51 PM

TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Naruhito appears concerned about the possibility the Olympic Games could cause the coronavirus to spread as feared by many in the public, Kyodo News quoted an official at the Imperial Household Agency (IHA) as saying. Read more »

Some lodging houses in Japan now used as 'corpse hotels'

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 15 06:00 PM

OSAKA - In a quiet residential neighborhood of southern Osaka, the transition of a private house licensed to take in lodgers into a so-called "corpse hotel" has left locals up in arms. Read more »

Myanmar foreign minister visits Thailand, 1st visit abroad since coup

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 24 06:35 PM

Myanmar's military-appointed foreign minister visited Thailand on Wednesday, a Thai government source said, in the first visit abroad by a senior Myanmar official since the military seized power in a coup early this month.   Read more »

1st batch of COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Thailand

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 24 06:21 PM

The first batch of a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine arrived in Thailand on Wednesday morning ahead of a vaccination rollout next week. Read more »

Malaysian PM launches nationwide COVID-19 vaccine drive

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 24 06:20 PM

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin kicked off the country's largest COVID-19 immunization exercise on Wednesday by becoming the first to get the vaccine jab. Read more »

S. Korean former 'comfort woman' asks gov't to bring issue to International Court of Justice

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 16 05:51 PM

A South Korean woman who was forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels made an appeal to her government on Tuesday, urging it to bring the issue to the International Court of Justice so that the two countries could reach a "complete settlement" and improve ties. Read more »

Japan woman hid mom's frozen corpse for 10 years: reports

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 30 04:14 PM

A Japanese woman who said she hid her mother's corpse in a freezer in her apartment for a decade told police she feared eviction if the death was discovered, media reported Saturday. Read more »

Japan names new ambassadors to Philippines, New Zealand, 14 other countries

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 12:02 PM

TOKYO - The Japanese government on Friday named new ambassadors to the Philippines, New Zealand and 14 other countries. Read more »

Japan to start easing travel advisory in stages

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 29 01:03 AM

Japan plans to start easing a travel advisory currently in place for 159 countries and regions in October, starting with those where the pace of new coronavirus infections is slow including Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam, sources close to the matter said Monday. Read more »

Tokyo mother arrested over leaving 3-yr-old alone for week to die

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 08 09:38 AM

TOKYO - A Tokyo woman was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of leaving her 3-year-old daughter alone at their home for more than a week and letting her starve to death, police said. Read more »

Japan set to ease coronavirus emergency in Osaka, nearby areas

Kyodo News
Posted at May 21 12:07 PM

TOKYO - Japan is poised to lift a state of emergency declared over the novel coronavirus for the western prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo on Thursday as the number of new cases is on a clear downtrend. Read more »

Crowds still flocking to Tokyo's shopping arcades amid virus outbreak

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 20 01:08 PM

TOKYO - People are still flocking to shopping arcades in Tokyo and other densely populated cities despite the Japanese government announcing a state of emergency nationwide over the novel coronavirus outbreak. Read more »

Tokyo 2020 Committee says not at stage of deciding Olympics postponement -Kyodo

Reuters
Posted at Mar 21 07:04 PM

TOKYO - A senior official of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee said on Saturday it is not at the stage of deciding whether or not to postpone or cancel the event, Kyodo news agency reported. Read more »

Philippines to bring home Filipino crew from quarantined cruise ship in Japan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 05:01 PM

The Philippines will bring home hundreds of Filipino crew members of a quarantined cruise ship moored off Japan, the country's labor minister said Sunday. Read more »