06.01.2016 15:46:26 (GMT+12)
BAN ON SHOWING TEXTBOOKS TO TEACHERS BEFORE SELECTION TO BE EASED
Following a scandal involving publishing houses, the education ministry is planning to set up official opportunities to allow teachers to see textbooks while their boards ...
JAPAN’S PUBLIC BATHS HOPE FOREIGN TOURISTS WILL HELP KEEP THE TAPS RUNNING
Japan’s public baths, known as sento, represent an institution with hundreds of years of history. They provided an important public service in the days before ...
DRIVERLESS TAXI IS SOUTH KOREAN ENTRY IN RACE TO DEVELOP HANDS-FREE AUTO
A South Korean university is testing a sedan that can pick up and transport passengers without a driver, giving a glimpse into the future of ...
BRITON SUSPECTED OF BEING MASKED MAN IN ISLAMIC STATE EXECUTION VIDEO
Investigations into the identity of an English-speaking man who featured in an Islamic State group video are focusing on a Briton, Siddhartha Dhar, the BBC ...
BLUEFIN FETCHES ¥14 MILLION AS TSUKIJI FISH MARKET HOLDS LAST START-OF-YEAR AUCTION
It’s among the biggest of Japan’s many New Year’s holiday rituals: Early on Tuesday, a huge, glistening tuna was auctioned for about ¥14 million at ...
SAUDI TRAJECTORY QUESTIONED AS EXECUTION IGNITES REGIONAL TENSIONS
By executing a senior Shiite cleric, Saudi Arabia effectively lit a match to set off regional sectarian tensions and its rivalry with Iran, threatening to ...
SUGA RULES OUT TAIWAN TALKS, SAYS JAPAN’S ‘COMFORT WOMEN’ DEAL APPLIES ONLY TO SOUTH KOREA
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga indicates the government does not intend to launch new negotiations on the "comfort women" issue with other countries after sealing ...
FROM LONGER HOURS TO ALL-YOU-CAN DRINK OFFERS, JAPAN’S RESTAURANTS EVOLVE IN BATTLE FOR CUSTOMERS
Change is in the air — you can smell it. Whether it’s hamburger joints offering all-you-can-drink glasses of wine, kaiten (conveyor belt) sushi spots luring ...
JAPAN’S ¥2.9 TRILLION NUCLEAR RECYCLING QUEST COMING UP ON THREE DECADES
The Rokkasho facility is designed to recycle spent uranium has been under construction for nearly three decades. The amount of fuel successfully reprocessed for commercial ...
FOR MANY YOUNG JAPANESE, MARRIAGE — AND SEX — ARE LOW PRIORITIES
This is the fourth in a five-part series on Japan’s population woes caused by its graying society and low birthrate. Nakamura, an 18-year-old university student, ...
Following a scandal involving publishing houses, the education ministry is planning to set up official opportunities to allow teachers to see textbooks while their boards ...
JAPAN’S PUBLIC BATHS HOPE FOREIGN TOURISTS WILL HELP KEEP THE TAPS RUNNING
Japan’s public baths, known as sento, represent an institution with hundreds of years of history. They provided an important public service in the days before ...
DRIVERLESS TAXI IS SOUTH KOREAN ENTRY IN RACE TO DEVELOP HANDS-FREE AUTO
A South Korean university is testing a sedan that can pick up and transport passengers without a driver, giving a glimpse into the future of ...
BRITON SUSPECTED OF BEING MASKED MAN IN ISLAMIC STATE EXECUTION VIDEO
Investigations into the identity of an English-speaking man who featured in an Islamic State group video are focusing on a Briton, Siddhartha Dhar, the BBC ...
BLUEFIN FETCHES ¥14 MILLION AS TSUKIJI FISH MARKET HOLDS LAST START-OF-YEAR AUCTION
It’s among the biggest of Japan’s many New Year’s holiday rituals: Early on Tuesday, a huge, glistening tuna was auctioned for about ¥14 million at ...
SAUDI TRAJECTORY QUESTIONED AS EXECUTION IGNITES REGIONAL TENSIONS
By executing a senior Shiite cleric, Saudi Arabia effectively lit a match to set off regional sectarian tensions and its rivalry with Iran, threatening to ...
SUGA RULES OUT TAIWAN TALKS, SAYS JAPAN’S ‘COMFORT WOMEN’ DEAL APPLIES ONLY TO SOUTH KOREA
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga indicates the government does not intend to launch new negotiations on the "comfort women" issue with other countries after sealing ...
FROM LONGER HOURS TO ALL-YOU-CAN DRINK OFFERS, JAPAN’S RESTAURANTS EVOLVE IN BATTLE FOR CUSTOMERS
Change is in the air — you can smell it. Whether it’s hamburger joints offering all-you-can-drink glasses of wine, kaiten (conveyor belt) sushi spots luring ...
JAPAN’S ¥2.9 TRILLION NUCLEAR RECYCLING QUEST COMING UP ON THREE DECADES
The Rokkasho facility is designed to recycle spent uranium has been under construction for nearly three decades. The amount of fuel successfully reprocessed for commercial ...
FOR MANY YOUNG JAPANESE, MARRIAGE — AND SEX — ARE LOW PRIORITIES
This is the fourth in a five-part series on Japan’s population woes caused by its graying society and low birthrate. Nakamura, an 18-year-old university student, ...