Tag: Japan
More than 95,000 Japanese aged over 100, most of them women
As of September 1, Japan had 95,119 centenarians, up 2,980 year-on-year, with 83,958 of them women and 11,161 men, the health ministry said in a statement.
Japan shows first commercial fin whale catch in 48 years
Japan, one of three countries to hunt whales commercially with Norway and Iceland, this year added the fin whale to a catch list that already includes minke, Bryde's and sei whales.
Powerful Typhoon Shanshan slams into southern Japan
The typhoon, Japan's most powerful this year and one of the strongest at landfall in recent decades, hit Japan's main southern island of Kyushu early Thursday, packing gusts late morning up to 198 kilometres (123 miles) per hour.
Nintendo museum to open in Japan on October 2
The museum in Kyoto's Uji city is located inside a renovated old factory built in 1969, where the gaming giant began life making Western-style and Japanese playing cards and later repaired consoles.
Japanese urged to avoid panic-buying as megaquake fears spread
Authorities in Japan urged people to avoid hoarding as anxiety over a possible megaquake triggered a spike Saturday in demand for disaster kits and daily necessities.
PM meets, shakes hand with Dr Mahathir in Tokyo
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri met former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad during a dinner at the Nikkei’s 27th International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo, Japan last night
Kane Tanaka: Oldest person in the world dies aged 119
Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman officially certified as the world's oldest person has died aged 119.
Japan to lift COVID entry ban for 106 countries, but not...
Japan plans to ease COVID 19-related border restrictions by lifting its entry ban for foreign nationals from 106 countries including the United States, Britain and France on Friday, the government said
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan
North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, Japanese and US officials say - the first such test since Joe Biden became US president
Hafizh Syahrin duduki podium di Jepun
Ini merupakan podium kedua dalam tiga perlumbaan terakhir buat penunggang dari pasukan Petronas Raceline.
