39 injured as tour bus overturns in Hokkaido
August 19, 2017
SHIMIZU, HOKKAIDO- A large sightseeing bus carrying a total of 49 people veered off a national road, overturned and fell into the grass several meters below in the town of Shimizu in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido on Friday.
Landslide on expressway injures six in central Japan
August 19, 2017
GIFU- A 60-meter-wide landslide hit seven vehicles traveling on the Chuo Expressway in the city of Mizunami, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, Friday night, injuring six people on board, authorities said Saturday. The injuries were serious for two and minor for
USTR shows concerns about Japan safeguard against beef imports
August 18, 2017
WASHINGTON- Meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono in Washington Thursday, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer voiced concerns about Japan’s emergency measure to curb beef imports chiefly from the United States to protect its domestic cattle farmers. Kono, now visiting
Universities to conduct survey on longevity in northern Kyoto
August 18, 2017
KYOTO- Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and Hirosaki University will launch a health survey in the Tango district in northern Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, to study the longevity of residents there. The two universities will compare the survey results with
Quake-hit railway in Kumamoto striving to win back passengers
August 18, 2017
MINAMIASO, KUMAMOTO PREF.- A local railway operator in Kumamoto Prefecture is working hard to win back passengers by taking various new steps about 16 months after the series of powerful earthquakes that hit the southwestern Japan prefecture. Minami-aso Railway Co.,
Growth in Japan FY 2017 minimum hourly wages to tie record
August 18, 2017
TOKYO- The average minimum hourly wage in Japan will rise 25 yen from the previous year to 848 yen for fiscal 2017, tying its record increase, set in the previous year, on the back of labor shortages across the country,
Record number of suggestions received for panda cub’s name
August 18, 2017
TOKYO- The Tokyo metropolitan government said Thursday it has received a record 322,581 suggestions from the public for the name of the female giant panda cub that was born at Ueno Zoo in the Japanese capital in June. The previous
Warning drill for N. Korea missile conducted in western Japan
August 18, 2017
TOKYO- The Japanese government on Friday conducted a drill using the nationwide J-Alert warning system for nine western Japan prefectures, including three that North Korean ballistic missiles may fly over during a possible strike on areas around Guam. The Internal
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