Tag: western Japan

Headlines July 13, 2017

Japan executed two convicted murderers on Thursday, the justice ministry said, ignoring calls from international rights...

Headlines July 11, 2017

Just 16 and still afraid of the water, hot-shot Japanese surfer Minori Kawai has set her sights on Olympic gold after a...

Headlines June 25, 2017

Japan wants to hold informal free trade talks with Britain as it also works to sign a deal with the European Union, a...

Headlines June 9, 2017

A group of 19 plucky pigs caused a five-kilometre (three mile) traffic jam on a Japanese motorway after making a bold...

News May 1, 2017

Japan has dispatched its biggest warship, in the first such operation since it passed controversial laws expanding the...

Headlines April 20, 2017

Three masked robbers snatched a suitcase stuffed with millions of dollars in cash from a businessman who had just...

Headlines April 3, 2017

Ikutaro Kakehashi, founder of Japanese electronic musical instrument maker Roland which defined much of the sound of...

Headlines March 31, 2017

A Japanese whaling fleet returned to port on Friday after killing more than 300 mammals in an annual Antarctic hunt, as...

Headlines March 31, 2017

A Japanese whaling fleet returned to port Friday after an annual Antarctic hunt that killed more than 300 of the...

Headlines March 28, 2017

A Japanese appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a pair of nuclear reactors halted by a lower court order can be...

Headlines March 23, 2017

A controversial nationalist educator said under oath Thursday he had received a donation for his school from Japanese...

Headlines February 20, 2017

With only a skimpy loincloth to protect their modesty, thousands of men brave freezing temperatures to fight for lucky...