. . TOKYO – Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported early on Thursday, citing an unnamed Japanese government official saying that North Korea may be preparing to...
. . NAGANO – Fourteen people have been killed and 27 were injured when a packed bus on an overnight journey crashed in the early hours...
. . TOKYO – A Chinese coastguard vessel with what appeared to be gun turrets entered territorial waters claimed by Japan in the East China Sea,...
, . SAMUT SAKHON– Once again Thailand is in the spotlight over it’s controversial use of foreign labor in it’s seafood industry, the world’s largest canned...
. . BANGKOK – Thailand’s deputy prime minister Somkid Jatusripitak on Friday said, Thailand is “highly likely” to seek membership of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) but would...
. . TOKYO – A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Saturday off the coast of southwest Japan, triggering a small tsunami. There were no immediate reports of...
. . YOKOSUKA – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday became the first sitting Japanese leader to set foot on a U.S. aircraft carrier when...
. . JAPAN – Okinawa’s Governor, Takeshi Onaga, has revoked permission for construction work to take place at the site planned for the facility. The decision,...
. . TOKYO – SoftBank the company behind a chatty Japanese humanoid robot named Pepper has felt the need to remind customers who purchase the robots...
. . TOKYO – China reacted with concern after Japan’s ruling coalition, led by nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushed a bill through the country’s upper...
, . TOKYO – Researchers at the University of Tokyo have reported that daytime drowsiness and taking long naps during the day was associated with an...
. . TOKYO – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition was poised to enact contentious security laws late Friday in the Upper House after shrugging...
. . KYUSHU – Japan’s Mount Aso, a volcano on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, has erupted, sending huge plumes of black and then white...
. . TOKYO – Former “Flipper” trainer Ric O’Barry was arrested for not carrying his passport while in Japan to protest a dolphin hunt due to...
. . MANILA – Typhoon Goni has toppled electricity transmission lines and trees as it triggered landslides and floods that left at least nine people dead...
Bored vs. Boring Many English language learners get confused about how to use the words ‘bored’ and ‘boring’ correctly. It is important that you know and...
. . TOKYO – Japanese police have arrested Ikki Kodukai, a 24-year-old Tokyo graduate student, accused of bursting into a lawyer’s office and cutting off his...
. . SEOUL – At a rally, held in front of the Japanese Embassy and attended by hundreds of people, was staged days before the 70th...
. . TOKYO – Kyushu Electric Power Co. the power plant operator in southern Japan restarted it’s nuclear reactor, the first to begin operating under new...
MANILA – Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario has said, Japan and the Philippines have the right to work together on security issues that mutually affect...