Recent News Headlines : Nagano Prefecture
JAPANESE PM SHINZO ABE ARRIVES IN SYDNEY
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has described Saturday's planned discussions as a very important agenda, and says the two countries have great relations and collaboration... READ MORE›
DEFINITIONS OF 'COMFORT WOMEN' REVEAL JAPAN-S. KOREA DIVIDE
The South Korean government uses the phrase comfort women of the Japanese military to reflect the victims' preferences... READ MORE›
CHINA CAN'T HAVE ACCESS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLES
China Can't Have Access to South China Sea Isles, Says Tillerson... READ MORE›
JAPAN, S KOREA SCRAMBLE JETS AFTER CHINA FLIES BOMBERS
Japan and South Korea say Chinese military planes flew over East China Sea and the Sea of Japan for hours on Monday... READ MORE›
CHINA ADDS SIX YEARS TO SINO-JAPANESE WAR IN HISTORY BOOKS
The move is to realize the central government's will, said an Education Ministry official... READ MORE›
JAPAN TO RECALL ENVOY FROM SOUTH KOREA OVER "COMFORT WOMEN" STATUE
Japanese ambassador to South Korea is recalled over a statue commemorating Korean women forced to work in Japanese military brothels in World War Two... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S TRAINS ARE IN A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. JAPAN'S SUBCULTURE OF TRAIN FANATICS IS NO DIFFERENT.
TOKYO -- Just as Japan's trains are in a league of their own, so too are its trainspotters... READ MORE›
JAPAN RECALLS SOUTH KOREA ENVOY OVER 'COMFORT WOMEN'
READ MORE Former South Korean sex slaves sue government over payout South Korea criticised Japan, saying Friday's decision was highly regrettable ... READ MORE›
CONSERVATIONISTS GET THEIR TALONS OUT FOR JAPAN'S OWL CAFES
According to the website Where in Tokyo, the Japanese capital has 48 animal cafes featuring a range of inhabitants, from cats and dogs to birds and snakes... READ MORE›
JAPAN WANTS ITS OVERWORKED CITIZENS TO START WEEKENDS EARLY
That may provide some boost to private consumption, which is about 60 percent of the economy... READ MORE›
CHINA, S KOREA DECRY TOMOMI INADA'S YASUKUNI VISIT
Japan's defence minister has prayed at a controversial war shrine in the capital, Tokyo, drawing condemnation from China and South Korea... READ MORE›
TOSHIBA SAYS NUCLEAR WRITEDOWN MAY REACH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
The Tokyo-based company booked a loss of 460 billion yen last year... READ MORE›
JAPAN INC COULD CLAIM EDGE IN OVERSEAS DEALS AS CHINA FACES RESTRAINTS
Japanese companies may also gain an edge over their Chinese rivals because of Trump's anti-China rhetoric, lawyers said... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S DEFENCE MINISTER VISITS YASUKUNI SHRINE AFTER PEARL HARBOR TRIP
Kyodo via REUTERS 2 8 left right Visitors pray at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, December 29, 2016... READ MORE›
WITHOUT OBAMA ABES APPROACH TO US-JAPAN TIES MAY BE TESTED
But the alliance with the United States remains the bedrock of Japan's security, and none of its leaders are currently considering any other significant alternative... READ MORE›
OBAMA TO JOIN JAPANESE PM IN HISTORIC PEARL HARBOR VISIT
As Abe arrived in Hawaii, Beijing dismissed as wishful thinking the notion that Japan could liquidate the history of World War II by visiting Pearl Harbor... READ MORE›
ABES PEARL HARBOR VISIT ISNT SO UNPRECEDENTED AFTER ALL
The Americans also had strategic reasons to treat the early Japanese visits to Pearl Harbor with delicacy... READ MORE›
FORGET THE TURKEY: WHEN IT COMES TO CHRISTMAS, 'WE JAPANESE THINK OF KFC CHICKEN'
So when it comes to Christmas, we Japanese think of KFC chicken, said Yoko Ogata... READ MORE›
CHINAA??S FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER HEADS FOR WESTERN PACIFIC
BEIJING -- China's first aircraft carrier has set off for the Western Pacific for an open-sea training exercise, the Defense Ministry said... READ MORE›
CAROLINE KENNEDY GOES VIRAL IN JAPAN EMBASSY STAFF'S GOOFY CHRISTMAS VIDEO
Wow, this is great, one person wrote in Japanese on YouTube... READ MORE›
BIRD FLU FORCES CULL OF 22 MILLION POULTRY
Previous cases In 2014, South Korea had culled 14 million birds amid a bird flu outbreak... READ MORE›
APPLE'S SEARCH FOR BETTER IPHONE SCREENS LEADS TO JAPAN'S RICE FIELDS
Canon Tokki's years of experience working with display makers give it a headstart against rivals like Ulvac Inc... READ MORE›
ASIAN SHARE MARKETS TAKE A KNOCK FROM WALL STREET DECLINE
Markets in Tokyo will be closed on Friday for the Japanese Emperor's birthday... READ MORE›
UK CAR PRODUCTION SPEEDS TO A 17-YR HIGH
The European Union is still the key market for the UK auto industry... READ MORE›
JAPAN IN RECORD MILITARY SPENDING AMID CHINESE TENSIONS
Rising tension with China over disputed islands in the East China Sea has led to Japan's coastguard budget being raised to 210bn yen 1.8bn next year... READ MORE›
INVESTORS ARE THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD ACTUALLY GO RIGHT IN 2017
Everyone was worshiping at the secular stagnation church with its belief in scant economic growth... READ MORE›
IRRATIONAL DESPONDENCY NOW PASSE AS WORLD ECONOMY RISKS TILT UP
Everyone was worshiping at the secular stagnation church with its belief in scant economic growth... READ MORE›
ABE PUTIN DISCUSS ISLANDS ROW
Along with the West, Japan imposed sanctions on Russia, which Putin has criticized for creating a major barrier toward progress in negotiations on a peace treaty... READ MORE›
ABE HOSTS PUTIN TO TRY TO SOLVE JAPAN-RUSSIA ISLANDS ROW
The Russian president was met by Japan's foreign minister Fumio Kishida, before talks began with Shinzo Abe at Nagato in the prime minister's home constituency... READ MORE›
JAPAN LEGALIZES CASINOS, PAVING WAY FOR INVESTMENT IN RESORTS
To us, the opportunity is thoroughly Japanese and thoroughly delicious, Wynn Resorts Chief Executive Officer Steve Wynn said in a statement... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Nagano Prefecture
EARTHQUAKE JOLTS NEW ZEALAND; TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED
New Zealand emergency services warned that a tsunami was possible and told people near the coast of the South Island to move to higher ground... READ MORE›
THE SINGULAR LIFE OF A SYRIAN REFUGEE IN JAPAN
As of 2015, Japan has granted refugee status to six Syrians. Will that change?... READ MORE›
JAPAN HAS A WORRYING NUMBER OF VIRGINS GOVERNMENT FINDS
Japan has a worrying number of virgins government finds... READ MORE›
SHINZO ABE TO BECOME FIRST JAPANESE LEADER TO VISIT PEARL HARBOR
Politicians there still pay homage to the heroes of Pearl Harbor -- meaning the Japanese aviators and others who died in the attack... READ MORE›
1 DEAD AFTER EXPLOSIONS HIT JAPANESE CITY
Japanese media say the reported blasts occurred before noon Sunday at a public park and a nearby pay-parking lot... READ MORE›
JAPANS LOWER HOUSE PASSES BILLS TO GIVE MILITARY FREER HAND TO FIGHT
It complements guidelines in a bilateral agreement governing how Japanese and United States forces work together, which was signed by the two nations this year... READ MORE›
JAPAN TESTS INNOVATIVE MAGNETIC TETHER FOR SLOWING SPACE JUNK
Japan launches a cargo ship carrying a space junk collector designed to gather debris in space... READ MORE›
FIRST PASSENGERS ON JAPANESE MAGLEV TRAIN TRAVEL AT SPEEDS OF 311 MPH
Japan's reputation for high-speed rail started in 1964 with the unveiling of its first bullet train coinciding with the Summer Olympics... READ MORE›
JAPAN KNIFE ATTACK: AT LEAST 19 DEAD
Former employee of Japanese facility for disabled people turns himself in after killing 19 people in a stabbing spree at Tsukui Yamayurien facility in Sagamihara, officials say... READ MORE›
'LET THE DOLPHIN GAMES BEGIN': GRUESOME JAPANESE COVE HUNT SPILLS FIRST BLOOD
'Let the dolphin games begin' Gruesome Japanese cove hunt spills first blood -- RT News... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 40 PER CENT OF JAPAN'S ADULT SINGLES ARE VIRGINS, SAYS STUDY
Japan already suffers from the world's oldest population and a shrinking birthrate, with the government struggling to incentivise marriage and parenthood... READ MORE›
JAPAN PLEADS WITH WHALING WATCHDOG TO ALLOW 'CULTURAL' HUNTS
All whaling other than for aboriginal subsistence or for scientific research is banned under an IWC moratorium introduced 30 years ago... READ MORE›
ALL TSUNAMI ALERTS LIFTED AFTER 7.4 QUAKE ROCKS NORTHERN JAPAN
Japan lifted all tsunami alerts after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake off the coast of Fukushima, home to the nuclear power plant crippled in the March 2011 triple disaster... READ MORE›
FORGET KOBE BEEF: THESE ARE THE CULT STEAKS EVERYBODY WANTS RIGHT NOW
Once upon a time, it was enough to impress people with your fancy steaks just by saying Kobe and Wagyu... READ MORE›
2. IT MIRRORS THE BOY-GIRL SWAPS FOUND IN OLD JAPANESE TALES
This aspect of the film, Shinkai says, was influenced by a famous Japanese poem titled Yume to Shiriseba... READ MORE›
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE: POWERFUL NEW TREMOR IN KUMAMOTO
Japan is regularly hit by earthquakes but stringent building codes mean that they rarely cause significant damage... READ MORE›
QUEEN TO LEAD 70TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIONS
In Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe marked the date by expressing profound grief at his country's actions in WW2... READ MORE›
JAPANESE WHISKY NAMED WORLD'S BEST IN SOUR DRAM FOR SCOTLAND
World Whisky Bible gives highest mark to Yamazaki single malt while spiritual homelanda??s ranking is dramatically watered down... READ MORE›
IS CHINA REPEATING JAPAN'S MISSTEPS?
China and Japan may seem to inhabit alternative economic universes... READ MORE›
WORLD'S FIRST LAUNDRY-FOLDING ROBOT UNVEILED IN JAPAN
Japan is at the forefront of robotics technology with an increasingly number of robots appearing in daily life from humanoid museum staff to emotion-simulating robotic companions... READ MORE›
THE JAPANESE ART OF MAKING SCHOOL LUNCH (AND NOT A PB&J IN SIGHT)
Maruo offers kyara-ben lessons at her home through her company, Obento4kids, and also has a YouTube channel... READ MORE›
QUALITY OF LIFE AROUND THE WORLD REVEALED AND BRITAIN DOESN'T EVEN MAKE THE TOP 10, SAYS NEW INDEX
The index placed Saudi Arabia and Turkmenistan above the UK in terms of quality of life as the country placed 9th in Europe... READ MORE›
ABE ECHOES JAPANS PAST WAR APOLOGIES BUT ADDS NONE
But in a potentially contentious break with previous expressions of contrition by Japanese leaders Mr. Abe did not offer a new personal apology of his own... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S FUKUSHIMA REGION ROCKED BY 7.4-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE
The earthquakes were felt in Tokyo, 160 miles south of the epicenter... READ MORE›
JAPANESE POLITICIAN IN SEXISM ROW AFTER CALL FOR WOMEN TO HAVE MORE BABIES
The Japanese government's top spokesman has rebutted charges of sexism after he called on women to contribute to their country's wellbeing by having more babies... READ MORE›
SUPERCARRIER FORD TO JOIN NAVY FLEET IN SEPTEMBER
Hide Caption 23 of 29 29 photos U.S. aircraft carriers The Essex-class USS Franklin burns after being hit by a Japanese dive bomber in 1945... READ MORE›
CHINA AIR FORCE HOLDS DRILLS NEAR JAPANESE ISLANDS
Patrols launched to monitor foreign military aircraft flying over the East China Sea air defence identification zone... READ MORE›
THESE ARE THE AMAZING THINGS YOU CAN DO IN JAPAN ON CAT DAY
The event began in 1987 after an Executive Cat Day Committee polled cat-lovers across Japan and decided that February 22 should be Cat Day... READ MORE›
ABE COULD PLAY PEACEMAKER ROLE AFTER PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT STIRS ANGER VOICES REGRET FOR OBAMA INSULT
Heydarian noted that Japan has close ties with the Philippines, which have only grown amid China's bellicose moves in the South China and East China seas... READ MORE›
JAPANA??S CABINET ROCKED BY NEW CLAIMS OF LINKS TO NEO-NAZIS WHO TARGET THE ETHNIC KOREAN POPULATION
Please read our Japan's government is weathering accusations of links to far-right groups that promote racism and hate speech... READ MORE›
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TYPHOON KILLS 9 IN JAPAN'S OLD PEOPLE'S HOME AS TOLL HITS 11[1]
The town issued evacuation preparation information on Tuesday morning, which is to inform elderly or disabled people who take time to evacuate... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 15 KILLED, DOZENS INJURED IN KNIFING NEAR TOKYO
Japan's national broadcaster NHK reported the suspect, 26, is a former employee at the facility, Tsukui Yamayuri-en... READ MORE›
DEADLY KNIFE ATTACK STRIKES HEALTH FACILITY IN JAPAN
Police in Sagamihara, in Kanagawa prefecture, have arrested a suspect, local news outlet Kyodo reported... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 19 DEAD IN KNIFE ATTACK OUTSIDE TOKYO[1]
At least 15 people were killed and many others injured in a knife attack in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture early Tuesday, Kyodo news agency reported... READ MORE›
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: THE KUMAMOTO EARTHQUAKES
Here are some questions and answers on seismic activity in Japan What type of earthquakes struck Kumamoto?... READ MORE›
SOME SLEEP IN CARS AFTER 2 NIGHTS OF QUAKES KILL 41 IN JAPAN
Police in Kumamoto prefecture said that at least 32 people had died from Saturday morning's earthquake... READ MORE›
MORE POWERFUL MAGNITUDE-7.3 QUAKE ROCKS KUMAMOTO, KILLS DOZENS
Another strong earthquake rocked Kumamoto Prefecture early Saturday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds more, bringing the combined death toll since Thursday to at least 41... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO QUAKE INFO: WHERE TO GO, HOW TO HELP
Starting with a magnitude-6.5 quake on April 14, a series of major earthquakes have hit the central Kumamoto area of Japan, causing deaths, injury and wide... READ MORE›
TWO STRONG QUAKES KILL 41 IN SW JAPAN, HEAVY RAIN PREDICTED IN QUAKE-HIT REGION[1]
At least 32 people were confirmed dead after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan's southwestern Kumamoto Prefecture in the early hours of Saturday... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO RESIDENTS PICK UP THE PIECES FOLLOWING KYUSHU'S STRONGEST QUAKE
It was just like the Great Hanshin Earthquake or the Great East Japan Earthquake... READ MORE›
JAPAN QUAKES KILL AT LEAST 32, RESCUERS RUSH TO FREE TRAPPED
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that 1,500 people had been injured in the quakes... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES AS SECOND MASSIVE QUAKE HITS JAPAN
The earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture for a second time following a 6.4 earthquake on April 14, 2016, that killed nine people... READ MORE›