The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

Japan to revise handling of administrative documents

August 27, 2017

TOKYO- Hit by a series of controversies involving administrative documents, the Japanese government will later this month launch a full-fledged debate on revising the management of such documents. The focus of the debate will be on how much the government

READ MORE

6 arrested over illegal umbilical blood administration

August 27, 2017

TOKYO- Police on Sunday arrested six people, including a doctor, for their alleged involvement in illegal administration of umbilical cord blood to patients in Tokyo and elsewhere. A joint investigative team set up by Ehime and other police suspect the

READ MORE

North Korea fires 3 short-range missiles

August 26, 2017

SEOUL/WASHINGTON- North Korea fired what are believed to be short-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan from Kangwon Province, eastern North Korea, early Saturday morning Asia time, the South Korean military said. The missiles, launched from around 6:49 a.m. (9:49

READ MORE

Work progressing for barrier-free public transport

August 26, 2017

TOKYO- Japanese companies including railway operators and airlines are ramping up work to make stations, airports and other facilities barrier-free ahead of the opening of the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 25, 2020. Barrier-free facilities will not only help make Paralympic

READ MORE

Accurate Nankai Trough quakes prediction impossible: panel

August 26, 2017

TOKYO- A Japanese government advisory panel on disaster management said in a report on Friday that it is impossible to predict with high accuracy massive earthquakes occurring along the Nankai Trough in the Pacific Ocean off central to southwestern Japan.

READ MORE

Heavy rain hits northern Japan, killing one

August 26, 2017

TOKYO- Torrential rain lashed Japan’s central to northern regions of Tohoku, Hokuriku and Hokkaido on Friday, leaving one dead and three others missing. The heavy rain was caused by a low pressure system with a front stretching from the Sea

READ MORE

Japan to conduct tests to develop autonomous ships

August 26, 2017

TOKYO- Japan’s transport ministry plans to conduct demonstration tests to accelerate the development of autonomous ships utilizing Internet of Things technologies, informed sources told Jiji Press Saturday. The ministry is preparing to include expenses for the tests, in which ships

READ MORE

Panel withholds decision on Kake school plan for now

August 26, 2017

TOKYO- A Japanese government panel on Friday withheld for now its decision on whether to approve a plan to open a veterinary medicine faculty by Kake Educational Institution at the center of a favoritism scandal. The Council for University Chartering

READ MORE