Soccer for Life league in Tokyo has about 40 players, enough for three teams, playing 30-minute matchesThere are mops of silver hair, Bobby Charlton combovers and a fair number of creaking knees. But the Red Star and Blue Hawaii football teams can be f…
続きを読むMachines in coastal city of Ako, are located in an area that experts say is vulnerable to a future powerful earthquakeJapan has extended its natural disaster preparations to vending machines, which will offer free food and drink in the event of a major…
続きを読むCalls grow for marriage equality as another court rules ban is unconstitutionalPressure is building on Japan’s government to legalise same-sex unions after a court ruled that a ban on them was unconstitutional.Rights advocates said the ruling on Tuesda…
続きを読むEnnosuke Ichikawa taken to hospital but mother and father died after taking overdoseThe world of Japanese kabuki, a classical form of Japanese theatre that combines highly stylised movement and unusual vocalisation, has been rocked after the popular ac…
続きを読むJohnny Kitagawa’s niece issues apology to men who have made abuse claims while not commenting on veracity of allegationsThe president of one of Japan’s most powerful talent agencies has apologised over allegations that the firm’s late founder and pop i…
続きを読むThe ranks of hikikomori, people who shun social life and stay at home, have swollen to almost 1.5 million of working ageVosot Ikeida traces the start of his life of isolation to a time when most people are beginning to spread their wings.Ikeida (not hi…
続きを読むBreaching the 10-minute time limit and playing too loudly among reasons officials in Kakogawa cited for removing the instrumentAuthorities in a Japanese city have removed a street piano, saying some took tinkling the ivories too far by playing for long…
続きを読むPrime minister Fumio Kishida says diversity in listed companies is key to ‘achieving new capitalism and an inclusive society’Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has said he wants almost a third of executive positions at the country’s top companies t…
続きを読むJapan’s criminal syndicates have increasingly targeted the marine animal which is considered an expensive delicacyPolice in Japan have arrested several people for allegedly poaching a huge haul of sea cucumbers – an unsightly but expensive delicacy tha…
続きを読むExclusive: Conservation group Action for Dolphins has lodged a complaint with police, demanding the meat be removed from saleMarine conservation campaigners have lodged a complaint with police demanding that “toxic” dolphin meat be removed from sale in…
続きを読むCasino complex to be built in Osaka after ban was lifted despite fears about gambling addictionJapan has approved a controversial plan to build the country’s first casino, after decades of debate fuelled by fears that an increase in tourist spending co…
続きを読むKauan Okamoto says Kitagawa evaded justice because victims knew speaking out would end their careersJohnny Kitagawa, one of the most powerful figures in Japanese entertainment, sexually abused multiple boys but evaded justice because his victims knew s…
続きを読むSupport for the Liberal Democratic party had plunged last year as media uncovered its links to the Unification church after the killing of Shinzo AbeJapan’s ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) has won key local elections in the first big electoral te…
続きを読むFemale candidates in the local elections across the country this weekend face one of the world’s toughest glass ceilingsAi Ishimori was teaching Japanese cookery classes in France when she was gripped by an urge to return to her home country.“Shinzo Ab…
続きを読むCalls for PM Fumio Kishida to eliminate ‘national disease’ as pollen from cedar and cypress trees makes life miserable for 40% of populationJapan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has vowed to fight the scourge of hay fever, calling the pollen allergy a…
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