Visa please fall on deaf ears as justice ministry insists on executing deportation orders.
The list named six different East Asian countries and scored them based on eight categories such as religion, fondness for Japan and Japanese language capability.
The gold-colored golf driver was manufactured by Tokyo-based Honma Golf Co., which went bankrupt in 2005 is now owned by a Chinese company.
Related sports organizations have expressed concern that a separate athletes village would have to be set up outside of Tokyo.
The Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced a Japanese Red Army member accused of attempted murder and other charges to 12 years in prison over a 1986 mortar attack on the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta. Tsutomu Shirosaki, 68, was one of six inmates who ...
Wilbur Ross, the billionaire investor considered the “king of bankruptcy” for buying beaten-down companies with the potential to deliver profits, is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for commerce secretary, a senior transition official said. The official isn’t authorized to publicly discuss the matter and requested ...
It sounds like a great idea: Instead of passwords, lock your phone or computer with your fingerprint. But this convenient form of security may not be as safe as you might think. In their rush to do away with the problem of passwords, Apple, ...
Reigning Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu will essentially be competing against himself at this weekend’s NHK Trophy. After setting three world records in two nights a year ago at this event, the final leg of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, the fans ...
"Being a single parent and main role model for my daughter, I have often wondered: What am I showing my daughter by what I do with my life?" says Angela Ortiz.
While working on the island of Guam in the early 1970s, I had regular business dealings with the expat Japanese business community — basically a good-natured crowd who were used to hearing locals mangle their language on a daily basis. One day, while visiting ...
Rene Redzepi is having his moment — and it’s a long one. It began in 2010 when his Copenhagen restaurant, Noma, was deemed by Restaurant Magazine to be the best on the planet. Noma has now been voted to the No. 1 slot on ...
Yokohama school officials and the municipal board of education deserve censure for their failure to stop the bullying of a schoolboy evacuee from Fukushima.
Japan needs to demonstrate that it is serious about combating climate change by taking concrete action and coming up with more ambitious long-term plans.
A constitutional amendment can solve the U.S.' illegal immigration woes better than a wall on the border with Mexico.
Will Donald Trump's election trigger a surge of support for right-wing politicians worldwide, including in Japan?
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