Tag: Japan
S.Africa slams Japan newspaper column praising apartheid
South Africa has protested after a prominent columnist in leading right-wing newspaper in Japan praised racial segregation under apartheid as…
Japan set to end S.Korea currency swap pact
Japan was moving to end a 14-year-old, $10-billion currency swap accord with South Korea, as the neighbouring US allies fail…
IS claims beheading of second Japanese captive
The Islamic State group claimed in a video that it has beheaded a second Japanese hostage, drawing international condemnation and…
Jordan vows to do ‘everything’ to save life of IS-held pilot
Jordan vowed Sunday to do all it could to save an airman held by the Islamic State group after the…
Japanese hostage killing Abe’s fault – China paper
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to blame for the death of a hostage at the hands of the Islamic…
IS confirms execution of Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa
The Islamic State group confirmed Sunday its militants have executed Haruna Yukawa, one of two Japanese it has been holding…
We’ll not deal with terrorists, says Japan after IS kidnap citizens
The Japanese government said Tuesday it will not give in to “terrorism” after a video emerged in which Islamic militants…
Ex-AFP bureau chief in Nigeria passes on
Journalist Jacques Lhuillery, whose more than three decades with Agence France-Presse took him to three continents, died overnight aged 61,…
Japan’s Endo reaches 150 caps, says its insult on Lothar Matthaeus
Japan’s Yasuhito Endo reacted with mock horror after learning he had tied German superstar Lothar Matthaeus by winning his 150th…
University teacher, 55, left naked by student girlfriend
A 55-year-old Japanese university teacher stripped naked on campus in a bid to prove his love for a 21-year-old student,…
Honda, Okazaki star as Japan beat Palestine 4-0
Defending champions Japan thrashed Palestine 4-0 in their Asian Cup opener on Monday, giving them the perfect start in their…
Three dead after cargo ship sinks off Japanese coast
Japan’s coastguard said Friday that three foreign crew members had died among a group of 10 who were rescued after…
Citigroup selling its Japan retail bank business
Citigroup said Thursday it was selling its century-old Japanese retail banking operations to major lender Sumitomo Mitsui as part of…
Japan frees sex shop owner, vagina artist still in detention
A sex shop owner arrested along with a artist who makes objects shaped like her own vagina has been released…
Godzilla set to roar back in 2016
The original Godzilla is set to stomp through Tokyo again in 2016, a Japanese movie production company said Monday, in…
Xbox Japan chief resigns after poor sales
The head of Microsoft’s Xbox business in Japan has stepped down, but the firm said the move was not linked…
‘Black widow’ with seven dead partners arrested in Japan
A 67-year-old millionairess was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of poisoning her husband with cyanide as it emerged six former partners…
Japan’s lower house passes bill banning ‘revenge porn’
Japan’s lower house on Tuesday passed a bill criminalising “revenge porn”, as it seeks a legal remedy to a growing…
Fresh concerns as oil prices down in Asian trade
Oil prices extended their losses in Asia Tuesday after Japan’s economy slumped into recession, while prospects for an OPEC output…
China summit first step to improved ties, says Japan PM
A 30-minute summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was a “first step” on the road to improving relations between Asia’s…
Hello Kitty celebrates 40th birthday
Hello Kitty, Japan’s global icon of cute, marked her 40th anniversary on Saturday with a human-size version of the feline…
Church blaze kills four in Japan
Four members of one family, including two young children, died in a fire that broke out early Sunday at a…
Japan man jailed for making guns with 3D printer
A Japanese court on Monday jailed a man for two years for making guns with a 3D printer in what…
China ‘gravely concerned’ by Japanese MPs’ shrine visit
Beijing on Friday strongly condemned a visit by more than 100 Japanese lawmakers to a controversial war shrine in Tokyo,…
Japan confidence shredded by Neymar bashing
With their homeland battered by typhoons in recent weeks, Japan’s footballers face a crisis of confidence ahead of their Asian…
Robot cheerleaders, health T-shirts, mind-reading bar unveiled in Japan
Glasses that tell you how to get home, adverts that know where you are looking and a T-shirt that knows…
Dad hangs self after teen daughter decapitates friend
The father of a 16-year-old Japanese schoolgirl who confessed to decapitating a classmate earlier this year has killed himself, news…
US military officials feared dead in Japan typhoon
Strong typhoon Phanfone slammed into Japan Monday, packing gusting winds and huge waves that swept three US military officials out…
Moisturising newborns prevents allergies – Study
Applying moisturiser to a newborn baby’s skin could help prevent eczema and even food allergies in later life, possibly offering…
Japan unveils a chair that cuddles the user
There are times in everyone’s life when only a hug will do. Now one Japanese company has come up with…