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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 »

Hundreds finish 1st phase of Japanese language program in Philippines

Kyodo News
Posted at May 22 12:30 PM

More than 300 Filipino nurse and care worker candidates finished on Tuesday a preparatory language program sponsored by the Japanese and Philippine governments. Read more »

Lone Wolf and Cub manga creator Kazuo Koike dies at 82

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 20 07:57 AM

TOKYO - Manga writer Kazuo Koike, known as the author of the Lone Wolf and Cub samurai story adapted into many films and a television series, died Wednesday of pneumonia in Tokyo, a person close to him said Friday. He was 82. Read more »

Japanese professor allegedly made students produce ecstasy

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 17 05:12 AM

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A pharmaceutical science professor at a university in western Japan was referred to prosecutors Tuesday for allegedly having his students produce the synthetic drug MDMA without a permit, investigative sources said. Read more »

Japan to make unauthorized downloads of all copyrighted work illegal

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 13 04:56 PM

TOKYO - Japan will make it illegal to download without permission of copyright holders all works including manga, computer games and literary writings, as a government panel adopted the policy on Wednesday. Read more »

Japanese business chamber official warns against TRABAHO tax bill

Kyodo News
Updated as of Sep 11 09:45 AM

"They do not want to expand operations here. It's the first step for them," Nobuo Fujii, vice president of the organization with 650 companies as members, told Kyodo News. Read more »

Japan eyes accepting more caregivers from Philippines, 2 Asian nations

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 20 08:55 AM

TOKYO - Japan is planning to accept a greater number of caregivers from the Philippines and 2 Southeastern Asian countries having bilateral free trade agreements with Tokyo as part of efforts to address a labor shortage in the country, sources familiar with the matter said Sunday. Read more »

Panghimagas sa 'sapatos' inihain sa Japanese PM

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 04:04 PM

Tila hindi nagustuhan ng maraming Hapon ang inihaing panghimagas ni Netanyahu kay Abe: mga tsokolateng nakalagay sa isang metal container na tila sapatos ang hulma.    Read more »

Tokyo man switched at birth seeks out parents, answers

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 23 05:57 PM

TOKYO - Being told by friends and neighbors that he looked nothing like his parents was a source of hurt growing up to a Tokyo man whose own suspicions that he might not be his parents' biological son proved true many years later. Read more »

Opisyal sa Japan na hubo't hubad nagtatapon ng basura, dinampot

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 04:10 PM

Ilang buwan na palang inirereklamo ang ginoo ng mga kapitbahay, na naeeskandalo dahil madalas siyang makitang hubad tuwing alas-6 ng umaga. Read more »

Babies' bodies found in bottles in house in Japan - media

Reuters
Posted at Mar 13 10:23 AM

TOKYO - Termite exterminators working on a house renovation in the Japanese capital uncovered the bodies of several babies preserved in bottles, some with umbilical cords still attached, Kyodo news agency said on Monday. Read more »