TOKYO (Reuters) -A fire ripped through more than 170 buildings and killed one person in a southern Japanese coastal city on Wednesday, with military and firefighting helicopters scrambling to extinguish the country's largest urban blaze in almost half a century. Aerial footage from broadcasters showed houses reduced to rubble and thick plumes of smoke rising from...
TOKYO: Less than a year ago, Yuichiro Tamaki (pic) was fighting to retain the leadership of his own opposition party amid reports of an extramarital affair. Now, the 56-year-old athletics fan is in the running to lead the nation, with the identity of the next administration largely in his grasp. The collapse of the ruling coalition...
TOKYO: A Japanese man was sentenced to death for the murder of four people, including two police officers, in a rare shooting and stabbing rampage two years ago, a court said Tuesday (Oct 14). Japan has one of the world's lowest murder rates and some of the toughest gun laws, and there are few instances of...
OITA, Japan: Japan's oldest person, Miyoko Hiroyasu, a 114-year-old woman in Nakatsu in Oita Prefecture, south-western Japan, has died, the government said on Wednesday (July 30). According to Kyodo News Agency, Shigeko Kagawa, also a 114-year-old woman in Yamatokoriyama in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, is now the country's new titleholder following Tuesday's death in Nakatsu. Nakatsu Mayor...
PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles shuttlers Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie lived up to expectations set by coach Teo Kok Siang by booking their spot in the quarter-finals of the Japan Open on Thursday (July 17). In their second-round match at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, the sixth seeds delivered a solid performance to overcome Singapore’s Terry Hee-Jin...
TOKYO: Japan said Tuesday (June 10) that two Chinese aircraft carriers had been seen operating in the Pacific for the first time as Beijing boosts its military capability in far-flung areas. On Monday (June 9), China's Shandong carrier and four other vessels, including a missile destroyer, sailed inside the Japanese economic waters surrounding the remote Pacific...
WAKO, Japan: Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife. While scientists have long experimented with biodegradable plastics, researchers from the Riken Center for Emergent Matter Science and the University of Tokyo say their new material breaks...
