Chubu Electric chief apologizes to mayor over nuclear plant data fraud
Thu Jan 15 2:26 am
It was the first time for Chubu Electric's president to offer an apology to the Hamaoka plant host municipality in Shizuoka Prefecture since the scandal came to light.
‘Silent crisis’: The generation of Salvadorans deprived of a father
Thu Jan 15 2:25 am
Around 91,000 people, mostly young men, have been thrown into prison since 2022 on suspicions that they are gang members, some simply because they had tattoos.
Price hike eyed for Tokyo taxis
Thu Jan 15 2:12 am
The transportation ministry plans to shorten the distance that passengers can ride taxis with the ¥500 base fare.
Uganda votes in fear amid internet blackout and police crackdown
Thu Jan 15 1:42 am
President Yoweri Museveni, a former bush fighter steeped in the ideology of revolutionary violence, is expected to extend his 40-year rule.
10 years on, rescuer recalls being speechless seeing Karuizawa tour bus crash
Thu Jan 15 1:33 am
Akinori Takahashi still remembers the cries for help echoing across the mountain after arriving at the scene of where a ski tour bus had plunged off a cliff.
Five-year cancer survival rates released using national registry data
Thu Jan 15 1:32 am
According to the data on some 990,000 people diagnosed with cancer in 2016 across the country, prostate cancer logged the highest net survival rate.
Japan and the Philippines sign new security pacts as regional tensions rise
Thu Jan 15 1:27 am
The defense pacts included a deal allowing their forces to exchange supplies and services.
European trailblazer Detlef Schrempf lauds NBA's evolution into global game
Thu Jan 15 1:15 am
A three-time NBA All-Star, Schrempf is considered the first true European star in the NBA, popularizing the game in his native Germany and in Europe.
LDP and JIP won’t coordinate candidates in upcoming snap vote, officials say
Thu Jan 15 1:13 am
The decision is highly unusual and potentially risky for the ruling coalition partners as they seek to expand their parliamentary numbers.
Another crane collapses in Thailand as minister says same firm involved
Thu Jan 15 12:42 am
Thursday's crane collapse killed two people near Bangkok, with a Thai minister saying the building firm was also involved in a crane failure the day before.
CDP and Komeito on the verge of forming new centrist party
Thu Jan 15 12:24 am
The formation of a new party ahead of snap polls likely to take place in February would mark a stunning development that changes Japan’s political landscape.
Cedar pollen season to start in early February; above-average levels expected
Thu Jan 15 12:10 am
Nationwide pollen volumes are forecast to be 18% higher than last year’s levels and 28% higher than the long-term average.
