Kathleen Benoza

Meiji Seika Pharma, has filed a lawsuit against Kazuhiro Haraguchi, a House of Representatives member from the Constitutional Democratic Party, saying his comments on the firm’s new COVID-19 vaccine have greatly damaged its reputation. The pharmaceutical company, which manufactures a […]

China Coast Guard vessels have been spotted near the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands for a record 353 days this year, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) said Sunday, as Beijing continues to ramp up its activities near the tiny islets that it

Chisako Kakehi, a woman sentenced to death for the murders of three elderly men using cyanide compounds, has died, local media reported Thursday. The 78-year-old death row inmate was convicted of murdering the men — with the intent of inheriting

Children who attend private schools from kindergarten through high school face total education costs, including tuition and cram school fees, of approximately ¥19.76 million, the highest level on record, according to a report by the education ministry. The fiscal 2023

A collision between a Japan Coast Guard (JCG) aircraft and a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger plane at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport at the start of 2024 was caused by a series of human errors, a transport safety body said in an

In a diplomatic reshuffle, the outspoken and charismatic Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan, Sergiy Korsunsky, is set to be replaced. Korsunsky played a key role in galvanizing Tokyo’s support for Kyiv amid Russia’s ongoing invasion. The announcement by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Tsuneo Watanabe, the representative director and editor-in-chief of the Yomiuri Shimbun Group, died on Thursday at a hospital in Tokyo, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun. Watanabe, who was 98, had pneumonia, the daily said. Watanabe was an influential figure in

Tokyo-based startup Space One’s bid to become the first private Japanese company to place a satellite into orbit failed for a second time Wednesday, in a setback for Japan’s space development aspirations. The 18-meter, 23-ton solid-fuel Kairos No. 2 rocket

Three Cambodian women in their 20s have filed a lawsuit against their former employer over allegations he raped one of the women over a five-month period, with local media reporting the other two women said the man also touched their

The CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s main banking arm, MUFG Bank, apologized Monday over the theft, allegedly by a managerial employee, of valuables worth over ¥1 billion ($6.5 million) from the safe deposit boxes of multiple clients over a