Bangkok – At first, only thick smoke billowed out of the front entrance of the bar in northern Bangkok. It was around midnight.Within seconds, an intense horizontal plume of fire…
AKB48 member Miu Shitao has joined talent agency Ohta Production. In a statement, Shitao confirmed that she will continue her activities with AKB48 while taking on new opportunities under the…
The Fair Trade Commission raided three companies Tuesday over suspected bid-rigging in contracts to supply refrigeration equipment to Seven-Eleven Japan stores, informed sources said.The FTC searched the offices of Fuji…
MIYAVI has announced his nationwide 'MIYAVI JAPAN LIVE Circuit 2026 'SAMURAI45' - Back to BASICS -' tour, which will kick off on November 12 at DIAMOND HALL in Aichi. The four-city…
KYOTO – A district court on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit seeking an injunction to suspend operations at the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power’s Oi nuclear…
U.S. President Donald Trump has reinstated the American blockade of Iranian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and demanded a 20% reimbursement for all other cargo shipped through the waterway.Trump’s…
Beijing – China has expelled Ma Xingrui, a former Politburo member, from the ruling Communist Party on corruption charges, making him the third sitting member of the elite decision-making body…
Rising interest rates are leading to higher interest rates on loan-type scholarships for university students in Japan.Higher rates on such scholarships may cause some people’s repayment balances to increase by…
Measures against heatstroke and extreme cold at evacuation centers are set to be enhanced under a revision to the central government’s basic disaster management plan. The revised plan, adopted on Tuesday, calls…
Measures against heatstroke and extreme cold at evacuation centers are set to be enhanced under a revision to the central government’s basic disaster management plan. The revised plan, adopted on Tuesday, calls…