ANA, JAL cancel more flights as heavy snowfall continues in Japan
ANA announced that as of 7 p.m. Thursday, 30 of its domestic flights were to be canceled on Friday, including planes on the Haneda-Toyama and Fukuoka-Komatsu routes.
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Myanmar pro-democracy rebels condemn junta’s airstrikes; In Tokyo, NUG officials decry civilian deaths
They called on Japan and other countries to provide more support, especially for vulnerable people such as women and children.
Nissan intends to terminate merger talks with Honda
Nissan likely found Honda’s conditions for a merger to be unacceptable. One such unacceptable condition, which was suggested by Honda, was for Nissan to become a subsidiary.
Burglaries targeting vacant houses in Japan on the rise
Vacant houses are targeted because they are less noticed by other people, easier to ransack after breaking in, and it takes longer to discover the robbery.
Ex-lawmaker in Japan gets suspended jail term for raping 12-year-old girl, stirring public fury
According to Kyodo News, the 58-year-old Tamotsu Shiiki's sentence will be suspended for five years, meaning he does not go to jail unless he commits another crime within the…
Japan PM Ishiba eyes boosting Japan-U.S. cooperation on AI
With an eye to countering China’s accelerating AI development, Japan and the United States aim to deepen cooperation in promoting private investment and sharing knowledge.
Japan-donated patrol boats to be deployed in Indonesia’s future capital Nusantara
The two Japanese-made patrol boats, which are to be deployed to secure "choke points," were donated in a deal agreed last month by President Prabowo and Prime Minister Ishiba.
Ashes of late actress Barbie Hsu have returned to Taiwan from Japan
Hsu’s family members, including her mother Huang Chun-lan; her younger sister, Taiwanese TV host Dee Hsu; and her husband, South Korean musician DJ Koo, were believed to have…
Boys Over Flowers author Yoko Kamio, Meteor Garden’s Jerry Yan pay tribute to Barbie Hsu
Kamio, who reshared a post on the news of Hsu’s death on social media platform X on Feb 3, wrote on February 4 that Hsu’s lovely smile in the series left a deep impression on…
6 arrested for involvement in tourist-targeted prostitution business in Japan
Sixty to seventy percent of the two brothels’ customers were foreigners, and they did business in currencies from 16 countries and regions, including U.S. dollars, Chinese yuan,…