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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito said Wednesday he is “delighted” to finally be able to visit Britain after the trip was delayed by several years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The royal said he looks forward to rekindling his friendship with the British royal family and exploring Oxford, where he studied about 40 years ago.
Japan is the only country among the world’s wealthiest democracies that has not legalized same-sex unions. Few celebrities are openly gay. Conservative groups oppose legislative efforts to protect the L.G.B.T.Q. community.
In the first design change in 20 years, the 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 1,000 yen bills will have bigger face value numbers printed on them than the current versions, so all people, regardless of age and nationality, can recognise them easily.
When the People’s Republic of China wants something that belongs to someone else, it is persistent and pushes to get what it wants. And it’s willing to use force if necessary. Japan knows the feeling, when it comes to its Senkaku Islands at the southern end of the Ryukyu chain. They are closer to Shanghai than to Tokyo. The PRC claims the islands as its own – referring to them as the Diaoyu Islands.
TOKYO -- Fourteen additional retail investors in Credit Suisse bonds that had their value wiped out sued Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities on Friday, bringing the total number of plaintiffs in similar cases to over 100.
TOKYO -- Japan's two leading airlines, All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL), announced on Friday that they have set up a joint policyto protect their workers from verbal or physical violence inflicted by customers as airline employees have been victims in many cases.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency said Friday its planned launch this weekend of a satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket will be postponed until Monday due to expected bad weather.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government protested Friday to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa which were only recently made public.
TOKYO -- Japan's health ministry said on Friday that Kobayashi Pharmaceutical had informed the ministry of 76 more deaths, which could be linked to its red yeast rice supplement product.