カテゴリー: Japan
Unexpected blast at Miyazaki airport makes crater in taxiway and leads to grounding of 80 flights but no injuriesA US bomb from the second world war that had been buried at a Japanese airport has exploded, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the ca…
The 67-year-old will seek an early public mandate after seeing off a rightwing challenge to become the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic partyJapan’s incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba is poised to call a snap election for the end of the mont…
Over just a few days in 1964, the launch of the shinkansen and the Tokyo Olympics trumpeted the emergence of a new economic and democratic powerAt 6am on 1 October 1964, two trains set off in opposite directions in a daring experiment that would…
For decades nori-wrapped rice dish was mainly a snack eaten at home or in a bento, but now it has come into its ownIt is barely 10am and the queue outside Onigiri Bongo already stretches around the block. Some of the 30 or so early-bird diners sit on s…
Moderate faces challenges over cost-of-living crisis, public trust and threats to regional stability from China and North KoreaShigeru Ishiba’s determination to lead Japan has never been in question, and now the veteran MP is poised to achieve that go…
Former defence chief elected leader of Liberal Democrats and vows to end ‘widespread distrust’ in partyShigeru Ishiba, a veteran moderate, will next week be installed as Japan’s prime minister after he was elected leader of the governing Liberal Democr…
Iwao Hakamada found not guilty of 1966 murder of his boss and his family after a retrial was ordered a decade agoA Japanese man who spent almost half a century on death row has been found not guilty of multiple murders, in a closely watched trial that …
The ICBM, carrying a dummy warhead, was launched into ‘high seas’ of the Pacific OceanChina has announced the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile into the “high seas” of the Pacific Ocean, flying over the northern point of the Philippines i…
Defence minister says ‘strong protest’ lodged with Moscow amid growing concerns about Russian and Chinese military cooperation in the regionJapan said its fighter jets used flares for the first time to warn a Russian reconnaissance aircraft to leave it…
One person dead and several missing after deluge in Noto, still recovering from 1 January earthquakeHeavy rain pounded Japan’s north-central region of Noto, triggering landslides and floods and leaving one person dead and several missing, officials sai…
It is unclear if the suspect targeted the boy because he was Japanese, but there is concern that the incident could trigger a further deterioration in tiesJapan’s foreign minister, Yoko Kamikawa, has described as “despicable” the alleged killing in Chi…
Fewer than 1% of chief executive officers at the 1,643 firms listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange are women, survey findsJapan’s long campaign to appoint more women to senior roles in business and industry has suffered a blow after a survey found that ju…
Polls show Shigeru Ishiba, Shinji Koizumi and Sanae Takaichi are best placed to replace PM Fumio Kishida later this month With just 10 days to go before Japan’s governing party elects a new leader – who will automatically become prime minister – the co…
More than one in five prisoners in Fuchū jail is 65 or over – and younger inmates get care qualifications to look after themWith its glass frontage and portico, Fuchū prison could be mistaken for a local government office. Inside, visitors enter an air…
President of Peru who at first oversaw economic growth in the country, but was later jailed for human rights crimesFew people in Peru had heard of Alberto Fujimori, an agricultural engineer and university rector, when he stood for the presidency in 198…