Bracing for double storms
The country grappled with transport disruptions while bracing for more torrential rain and risks from two approaching tropical storms that spurred authorities to issue high-level landslide warnings and order the evacuation of one million people
Schools in Tokyo suburb to get bear sprays
A Tokyo suburb has announced an emergency spending plan to buy 700 anti-bear sprays for schools and community organisations, the local government said, as the animals increasingly encroach into built-up areas around Japan
PM heckled by anti-war protesters at memorial
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was heckled at a World War II memorial event by protesters angry about Tokyo's further shift away from its decades-long pacifist stance, television footage showed.
Man arrested over links to large scam ring
Police have arrested a 44-year-old man suspected of being a top executive of Prince Group, a multinational network accused of running vast scam centre operations, local media reported, citing police sources.
Foreign talent recruited to tackle driver shortage
"Check left and right. Check behind. All clear." In mid-May, three Vietnamese men in their 20s and 30s were undergoing training to become truck drivers at a base of Tokyo-based logistics company Nakano Shokai in Atsugi, Kanagawa prefecture.
Bullet train services resume after fatal accident
Services on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train resumed after being temporarily halted for about three hours following an incident in which a person entered the tracks at Hamamatsu station in Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, and was fatally hit, the operator and local police said.
Man arrested for putting girl in garbage bin
A 35-year-old man in Matsusaka was arrested on June 18 after he allegedly put his partner's five-year-old daughter inside a garbage bin and closed the lid, police said.
Govt enacts changes to bolster support for elderly without kin
THE parliament enacted legislative revisions to expand support for elderly people without relatives or reliable family support, as familial ties in the ageing nation weaken amid a rise in single-person households, Kyodo News reported.
‘Rice prices fall for the first time in three and a half years’
Rice prices in the country finally fell in May for the first time in three and half years, a government official said, following sharp rises for the staple that put the government under huge pressure.
Japanese men told to clean at home, not just the World Cup
Images of Samurai Blue fans cleaning up World Cup stadiums have garnered them widespread praise, but back in Japan, a post has gone viral complaining men rarely do so at home.
