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One dead as Typhoon Hagibis prompts emergency warning in Japan
World
October 12, 2019
One dead as Typhoon Hagibis prompts emergency warning in Japan
Powerful Typhoon Hagibis on Saturday claimed its first victim even before making landfall, as Japanese weather authorities issued a top-level…
Japan braces for powerful Typhoon Hagibis
World
October 11, 2019
Japan braces for powerful Typhoon Hagibis
Japan braced on Friday for a powerful typhoon barreling towards Tokyo that has already forced the cancellation of two Rugby…
Japan roboticists predict rise of the machines
Science
September 23, 2019
Japan roboticists predict rise of the machines
Set in 2019, cult 80s movie “Blade Runner” envisaged a neon-stained landscape of bionic “replicants” genetically engineered to look just…
Japan foreign minister expresses concern over global economy from attacks on Saudi
Middle East
September 16, 2019
Japan foreign minister expresses concern over global economy from attacks on Saudi
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday that he agreed with US Secretary of State Mike…
Japan’s Abe shakes up cabinet, brings in rising star
World
September 11, 2019
Japan’s Abe shakes up cabinet, brings in rising star
Japan’s Shinzo Abe Wednesday appointed new foreign and defence ministers and promoted a popular rising political star, in a cabinet…
‘Protecting rapists’: Protesters accuse Japan of failing women
World
September 11, 2019
‘Protecting rapists’: Protesters accuse Japan of failing women
Women’s rights protesters are taking to the streets for the sixth time in as many months as anger mounts in…
Two dead, travel chaos, after powerful typhoon pummels Tokyo
World
September 9, 2019
Two dead, travel chaos, after powerful typhoon pummels Tokyo
A powerful typhoon that battered Tokyo overnight with record winds killed two people, police said Monday, as cancelled trains caused…
Crisis-hit Nissan CEO set to resign as board meets
World
September 9, 2019
Crisis-hit Nissan CEO set to resign as board meets
The CEO of crisis-hit Japanese automaker Nissan plans to resign, reports said Monday, as the firm’s board meets to discuss…
Letter threatening to hunt Koreans sent to South Korean embassy in Japan: media
World
September 3, 2019
Letter threatening to hunt Koreans sent to South Korean embassy in Japan: media
TOKYO (Reuters) – A letter threatening to hunt Koreans and containing what appeared to be a bullet has been sent…
Ghosn’s lawyer says Tokyo prosecutor lacks impartiality
World
September 1, 2019
Ghosn’s lawyer says Tokyo prosecutor lacks impartiality
The French lawyer of former auto titan Carlos Ghosn, currently under house arrest in Tokyo, has attacked Japanese prosecutors for…