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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 »

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 »

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 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »