カテゴリー: Japan
Cases emerge as Russia becomes latest country to tighten controls on travel from BritainSee all our coronavirus coverageFive cases of the new coronavirus variant spreading fast across the UK have been found in Japan, and Russia has become the latest co…
Allegations over dining expenses risk tarnishing Abe’s legacy and could weaken Yoshihide SugaProsecutors in Japan have questioned the former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, over a funding scandal that could harm the country’s current leader, Yoshihide Suga…
Shoko Arai says she was ‘punished’ for making accusation against mayorA former assembly member in Japan who alleges she was sexually assaulted by the mayor of the town she represented has spoken out, claiming residents were unduly pressured into voting…
Self-defence forces called out to provide food, blankets and fuel to motorists after sudden snowfallMore than 1,000 people in Japan were forced to spend the night in their cars on Thursday after record snowfall blanketed parts of the country.The first …
Support for Yoshihide Suga plunges as his travel policy is blamed in part for rise in infectionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageYoshihide Suga’s honeymoon period as Japan’s prime minister had barely begun when coronavirus in…
Shinji Aoba was arrested after attack in July 2019 in which 36 people diedJapanese prosecutors have charged a man with murder over the 2019 arson attack on Kyoto Animation in which 36 people died, the country’s national public broadcaster has reported,…
Tiny boat swept away in 2011 disaster may have reached the waters off the US west coastA fishing boat has reappeared on the shores of Japan almost a decade after it was swept out into the Pacific – and possibly as far as the west coast of the United St…
Released capsule entered atmosphere at 5.30pm GMT on Saturday before landing safelyA capsule containing pristine asteroid fragments that may unlock secrets about the formation of the universe has been recovered in the South Australian outback after lan…
Japanese craft collected dust from the asteroid Ryugu that scientists hope could shed light on the origins of lifeThe last time Hayabusa2 was seen with the naked eye, Barack Obama was president of the United States and Brexit was a distant Europhobe fa…
Two-minute film draws support as ‘amazing’ while others accused company of creating a false impression of Japan A video made by Nike Japan that explores bullying and racism using three schoolgirl footballers has sparked praise and outrage online, inclu…
Sanmitsu is known in English as the three Cs – confined spaces, crowded places and close-contact settings – situations the public are asked to avoidCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan’s approach to tackling the coronavirus…
Macron set to announce path out of lockdown, as Japan and South Korea react to rise in casesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFrance is preparing to ease its Covid-19 quarantine in the weeks leading up to Christmas with new da…
Group of language experts is taking local governments and organisations to task for their over-reliance on machine translationEncountering mangled English is a frequent source of mirth for many residents of Japan, but for one group of language professi…