Four arrested for live-streaming lewd acts from Tokyo studio for stripchat pornographic website
On the website, which is based in Cyprus, viewers pay viewing fees and can also give gift money to support performers.
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China’s youth unemployment remains high at over 17% in July amid serious job market recession
The country’s prolonged real estate crisis has forced businesses to reduce their number of hires, though the number of university graduates has hit a record high.
20% of Japanese students don’t read books, harming their comprehension skills, study finds
Those who do not take notes or who read infrequently tended to score low on reading comprehension tests. The research team described this as a serious situation rooted in the…
Taiwan to fully lift import restrictions on Japanese foods for first time since 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident
The total lifting of the ban will be officially decided after a 60-day public comment period.
Tokyo’s origami hub draws global crowds with hand-dyed paper
Visitors enter a vibrant world in which paper transforms into art, and artists keep alive a centuries-old tradition with beautiful, hand-dyed papers.
Japan strengthens proposal for disaster prevention cooperation with ASEAN
As natural disasters occur more frequently worldwide, Japan aims to actively promote pre-disaster measures, an area where it has a strong track record.
Japanese automakers try to regain ground lost to Chinese car firms in Thailand with low-priced HVs
In Thailand, Japanese automakers’ share of new vehicle sales used to be more than 90% but may fall below 70% this year.
126 died over 5-year period during Japan’s assistance projects in developing countries
In the five-year period until fiscal 2023, 258 accidents occurred, wherein most cases, the cause of the fatalities was carelessness, mainly because awareness of safety measures…
Japan-India ties strengthened with PM Ishiba, Indian counterpart Modi visit to semiconductor factory
During their meeting on Friday, the two leaders had agreed to promote diversification of supply chains in key technology sectors such as semiconductors.
128 of Japan’s ruling party lawmakers, prefectural chapters support early party presidential election: survey
The party will have its Diet members who support an early election submit signed and sealed letters on Sept. 8 and then announce the results. If a majority of the total of 342 LDP…