Tag: Japan
Outrage as Trump compares Iran strikes to Japan atomic bombing
Japan condemned US President Donald Trump for comparing recent US strikes on Iran to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended World...
Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered nine
Japan has executed a man who murdered nine people in 2017, the first time since 2022 that the country has enacted capital punishment.The...
US marine jailed for seven years for sexual assault in Japan
A court in Japan has sentenced a US marine to seven years in prison after finding him guilty of sexually assaulting a woman...
The Last Survivors of the Emperor’s Army Tell Their Tales
As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, few of Japan’s aging war veterans are left. When they go,...
Japan is obsessed with rice. And prices have gone ballistic
A little more than a century ago, in July 1918, the wives of fishermen in Toyama began to protest against the export of...
Japan plane diverted after man tried opening door mid-air
A Japanese plane headed from Tokyo to Texas had to make an emergency landing after a passenger tried to open one of its...
