Japan eyes 1st survey on middle-aged social recluses
January 7, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese government plans to conduct in fiscal 2018 its first nationwide survey on middle-agers who are shutting themselves in their homes. The survey will cover randomly picked 5,000 households with members aged between 40 and 59 to estimate
Lawmaker group eyes law to protect manga, anime
January 7, 2018
Tokyo- A group of suprapartisan lawmakers in Japan plans to introduce a bill to the upcoming ordinary session of the Diet to set up a national media art center to collect and store original manga copies and anime cels in
Chinese govt ships enter Japanese waters off Senkakus
January 7, 2018
Naha, Okinawa Pref.- Four Chinese coast guard ships entered Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday, the Japan Coast Guard said. This was the first intrusion by a Chinese government ship into Japan’s territorial waters off
Uruma mayor protests U.S. chopper crash-landing
January 7, 2018
Uruma, Okinawa Pref.- Toshio Shimabukuro, mayor of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, lodged Sunday a protest with the Defense Ministry against a U.S. helicopter’s crash-landing on an island in his city the previous day. Meeting with Koichiro Nakajima, chief of the ministry’s
Abe to decide whether to run in LDP race after end of Diet session
January 7, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, told a television program aired Sunday that he will decide whether to run in the LDP leadership election this autumn after the ordinary session of the
Toyota to showcase next-generation self-driving vehicle at CES
January 6, 2018
Nagoya- Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it will showcase a next-generation automated driving research vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show set to open in Las Vegas on Tuesday. The Japanese automaker said the research vehicle has a significantly improved recognition
China, S. Korea see improved ties with N. Korea helpful
January 6, 2018
Seoul- Top Chinese and South Korean negotiators in the six-way talks on North Korea’s nuclear program have shared the view that an improvement in North-South relations will lead to the resumption of dialogue toward denuclearizing the reclusive Asian nation. At
Japan Met agency admits error in issuing quake warning
January 6, 2018
Tokyo- The Japan Meteorological Agency said Friday that there was a miscalculation behind its emergency warning on the day of a strong earthquake off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture, which was followed by no major quake. A quake measuring up
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