USA Figure skating Four Continents
February 9, 2019
Rika Kihira (C) of Japan takes the gold medal, Elizabeth Tursynbaeva (L) of Kazakhstan gets the silver medal and Man Mihara (R) of Japan wins the bronze medal in the Women’s Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at the Honda Center
Work to slaughter pigs completed at swine fever-hit Aichi farms
February 9, 2019
Nagoya–The work to slaughter pigs has been completed at two swine fever-affected farms in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, the prefectural government said Saturday. Aichi is one of the five prefectures where outbreaks of the disease, also known as hog cholera,
Swine fever affecting furusato nozei return gifts
February 9, 2019
Tokyo–The recent outbreaks of swine fever in Japan are affecting some local municipalities that send pork products as return gifts under the country’s “furusato nozei” donation system. The disease, also known as hog cholera, has been confirmed in five prefectures–Aichi,
China tops list of nations on awareness of Japan’s imperial succession
February 9, 2019
Tokyo–The proportion of people outside Japan who know about Japan’s planned Imperial succession was highest in China among six surveyed countries, the Japan Press Research Institute, a private think tank, said Saturday. The share in China came to 37.9 pct,
2020 Tokyo games committee likely to secure enough metals for medals
February 8, 2019
Tokyo–The organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics said Friday that it is likely to secure enough recycled metals to create medals for the quadrennial games. The committee started to collect metals from end-of-life mobile phones and small
Tokyo eyeing arbitration over wartime labor issues with Seoul
February 8, 2019
Tokyo–The Japanese government is expected to ask the South Korean government to set up an arbitration committee on wartime labor issues based on a 1965 bilateral agreement. Tokyo is likely to take the step because Seoul had made no response
Ex-policeman gets 22 years for killing superior in Japan
February 8, 2019
Otsu, Shiga Pref., Feb. 8 (Jiji Press)–Otsu District Court sentenced a former policeman to a 22-year prison term on Friday for shooting dead a higher-ranking officer in a police box in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, last year. Presiding Judge Hiroki
Number of flu patients fall in Japan
February 8, 2019
Tokyo–The number of influenza patients per medical institution in Japan in the week through Sunday dropped from the previous week in all of the nation’s 47 prefectures, the health ministry said Friday. The average number of flu patients at some
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