投稿者: Justin McCurry in Osaka
Hinata Goto reportedly fell as he was trying to get off the 30-metre-long walkwayA five-year-old boy has died after becoming trapped in a moving travelator at a ski resort in northern Japan, local media have said.The victim, Hinata Goto, died on Sunday…
Kim Ju-ae’s arrival in Beijing ahead of China’s victory day military parade show she is her father’s preferred successor, experts sayThe appearance of Kim Jong-un’s daughter in China ahead of Xi Jinping’s “victory day” parade in Beijing has added to sp…
As soon as 2060, global heating may send temperatures high enough to stop children in most parts of country from taking part in outdoor summer sports, study showsThe tens of thousands of fans filing into Koshien baseball stadium near Osaka are more gra…
Japanese negotiators have just days before the end of Trump’s 90-day pause on punishing tariffs to pull off a breakthroughIt all seemed to be going so well. In April, Japan’s chief trade negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, sat opposite Donald Trump in the Oval…
Photographs of leader with soldiers’ coffins were displayed at a gala concert marking anniversary of military treaty with RussiaKim Jong-un has paid tribute to North Korean soldiers killed during Russia’s war with Ukraine, resting his hands on their re…
Fifty-five years since Osaka last hosted, rocks from Mars, domestic androids and artificial hearts are part of showcase on ‘unloved’ islandAs clunky as it sounds, “designing a future society for our lives” isn’t a bad ambition for the world in these tr…
Japan unveils first plan to evacuate 100,000 civilians from islands near Taiwan in event of conflict
Prospect of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan has forced Japan to step up measures to protect islands in Okinawa prefecture Japan has for the first time released plans to evacuate more than 100,000 civilians from some of its remote islands near Taiwan in th…
Yoon Suk Yeoul has vowed to ‘fight to the end’ as he resists attempts to hold him accountable amid political crisisSouth Korean anti-corruption officials attempting to arrest the country’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, must know by now what he me…
Removal of acting president Han Duck-soo is part of a rancorous battle for the country’s constitutional futureFor the fourth time this month, South Korea’s parliament has become the arena for a rancorous battle for the country’s political future.Safegu…
Assembly approves motion days after parliament stripped President Yoon Suk Yeol of his powers over martial law orderSouth Korea votes to impeach acting president: live updatesSouth Korea’s parliament has voted to impeach the acting president, Han Duck-…
Authorities relax laws to make it easier for hunters to carry out ‘emergency shootings’ when bears are spotted in populated areasJapan is to relax its strict hunting laws to make it easier to shoot bears, amid a rise in dangerous encounters with the an…
Parents and campaigners have called on education and health authorities to end the practice of requiring children to strip off for school health checks“My chest was completely exposed and I felt embarrassed,” writes a Japanese girl after undergoing an …
South Korea’s intelligence service says it has ‘detected signs’ Kim Jong-un ordered executions of 20-30 officialsNorth Korea may have executed multiple officials over damage from devastating floods in July that wrecked thousands of homes and left up to…
Japan’s supreme court rules that practice under now-defunct eugenics law was unconstitutionalJapan’s supreme court has ordered the government to pay damages to dozens of people who were forcibly sterilised under a now-defunct eugenics law, saying the p…
Change to civil code will bring Japan into line with other G7 countries, amid concerns existing law inflicts psychological harm on childrenDivorced couples in Japan will for the first time be able to negotiate joint custody of their children after parl…