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Three Japanese ministers resign over kickbacks scandal
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» TOKYO - Three Japanese government ministers tendered their resignations on Thursday over a major corruption scandal in the ruling party.
World's oldest beauty adviser sitting pretty
AFP, Published on 21/11/2023
» FUKUSHIMA (JAPAN) - Tomoko Horino's neighbours gossiped when she first went out to work in patriarchal 1960s Japan, but now, at age 100, the world's oldest beauty adviser is having the last laugh.
Japan's ever-faithful dog turns 100
AFP, Published on 09/11/2023
» TOKYO - In the hurly-burly outside one of Tokyo's main train stations stands a statue of a dog whose true story of loyalty has made him a beloved mascot for generations.
'It hurts my heart': Japan's Kanto massacre, 100 years on
AFP, Published on 31/08/2023
» TOKYO - This week Japan marks 100 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake that killed 105,000 people. Less well known is the subsequent massacre of thousands of ethnic Koreans that haunts the community to this day.
Two killed in shooting at Japan army training range
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» TOKYO - Two soldiers were killed and a third wounded when a fellow recruit opened fire at a training range in central Japan on Wednesday, the military said.
Three killed, including two police, in Japan gun and knife attack
AFP, Published on 25/05/2023
» TOKYO - A woman and two male police officers were killed in a shooting and stabbing attack at a farm in central Japan on Thursday, media reported.
Bank of Japan maintains monetary easing but plans review
AFP, Published on 28/04/2023
» TOKYO - The Bank of Japan announced a review of its longstanding monetary easing measures on Friday, but said it would maintain them for the time being in the first policy decision under new governor Kazuo Ueda.
Japan PM urges better security after blast targets speech
AFP, Published on 16/04/2023
» TOKYO: Japan needs to increase security as Group of Seven officials visit, the country's prime minister said Sunday, a day after an explosive was thrown at him during a campaign event.
Disaster to destination: Fukushima woos tourists with snow
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» BANDAI (JAPAN) - Tourist Benjamin Tuffy's family spent their winter holidays in Japan's picture-perfect snow. But they weren't at the country's famed ski resorts in Hokkaido or Nagano -- they picked Fukushima.
Kazuo Ueda nominated next Bank of Japan governor
AFP, Published on 14/02/2023
» TOKYO - Economics professor Kazuo Ueda was nominated Tuesday as the Bank of Japan's next governor, tasked with navigating a way forward after a decade of extraordinary monetary easing.