About a month ago Japan put out an emergency survey that would intrun put 170 kids into protection programs. This survey came after and incident of a fatal abuse of a ten-year-old girl in January just outside of Tokyo. Her parents were arrested and it opened the government’s eyes that there’s more kids out their in risk of being abused… Read more »
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States and China said they made progress in trade talks that concluded on Friday in Beijing that Washington called “candid and constructive” as the world’s two largest economies try to resolve a bitter, nearly nine-month trade war. “The two parties continued to make progress during candid and constructive discussions on the negotiations and important next… Read more »
Creepy, uncomfortable and downright weird are just some things an advertisement starring Tom Hiddleston has been called, but none of that will matter as it’s found success with its intended audience – Chinese women, as the BBC’s Yvette Tan explains. Imagine waking up in the morning, walking down to your stylish kitchen and finding actor Tom Hiddleston making breakfast for… Read more »
Japan’s government says its emergency survey on child abuse across the country has led to placing 170 children under protective custody nationwide by separating them from their guardians. This was reported to a meeting of a government taskforce on child abuse on Thursday. The welfare ministry carried out a month-long survey until March 8, covering about 37,800 children and their… Read more »
The Japanese government has released guidelines on how local authorities and businesses should act when an alert is issued for a massive earthquake along the Nankai Trough off the country’s Pacific coast. The alert program was introduced by the Meteorological Agency in November 2017 to replace one that had been based on the premise that a quake is predictable. The… Read more »
North Korea has criticized Japan for raising the issue of abductions of Japanese nationals at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council. A Japanese delegate called for the swift resolution of the issue during discussions on human rights in North Korea in Geneva on Monday. Japan’s government says at least 17 citizens were abducted by North Korea. Five returned… Read more »
A special follow-up day to Valentine’s sees men gifting women. But what might a dip in its popularity tell us about modern Japan? For many in the West, the red-and-pink heart-filled celebrations of Valentine’s Day are already a month old. But in Japan, shops and consumers are have been gearing up for more commercialised romance, round two: a follow-up holiday… Read more »
Japan’s government has lodged a protest through diplomatic channels against Russia’s military drills on the islands of Etorofu and Kunashiri. The two islands are among the Northern Territories. Russia controls the four islands. Japan claims them. The Japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of Japan’s territory. It says the islands were illegally occupied after World War Two…. Read more »
South Korea’s parliament has passed emergency measures aimed at tackling serious air pollution. It comes as the country is being choked by record levels of fine dust. The government has called the current situation a “social disaster.” The emergency designation allows it to use special reserve funds to respond to the issue. This gives lawmakers access to more than 2.6… Read more »