A prominent Nigerian asylum seeker and activist is being held in solitary at a Tokyo detention center, a case that has highlighted a growing crackdown on foreigners living in Japan without visas and prompted demands for her release. Elizabeth Aruoriwo Obueza was detained two weeks ago after authorities turned down[…]
Japan will lease additional land next year to expand a military base in Djibouti, eastern Africa, as a counterweight to what it sees as growing Chinese influence in the region, three Japanese government sources said. China is seeking closer ties with African nations that could help it gain access to[…]
A powerful typhoon has battered the Greater Tokyo area in Japan, leaving at least one person dead and dozens injured, according to media reports. Typhoon Mindulle made landfall at noon on Monday, moving upwards from the Japanese capital to the northern Tohoku region, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Bringing[…]
Japanese police have searched the home of the suspect in a mass stabbing spree at a facility for the mentally disabled in a neighbourhood west of Tokyo. At his house in Sagamihara on Wednesday, police took in cardboard boxes to carry out any evidence. Parts of the property were sealed[…]
A knife-wielding former employee has killed at least 19 people and injured 25 at a care centre for the mentally disabled in Japan, in the country’s worst mass killing in decades. The 26-year-old man, who reportedly threatened to kill hundreds of disabled people earlier this year, later turned himself in[…]
The Standard Banking Group has suffered a gross loss estimated at R300 million following a sophisticated co-ordinated credit card scam involving 1 000 ATMs and 14 000 convenience stores. The banking group’s media spokesman, Ross Linstrom, said on Monday morning the scam involved the withdrawal of cash using a number[…]
After a series of deadly earthquakes in Japan, a “small-scale” eruption of Mount Aso has been recorded by the Japan Meteorological Agency. However, it decided to keep the alert level at 2, as it was not immediately clear whether the natural disasters were related. Plumes of smoke rose some 100[…]
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit southern Japan on Friday – the second powerful temblor in less than 24 hours – with reports of people being trapped in fallen buildings and houses. The quake struck Kumamoto prefecture at a depth of 40km, shaking the region as a series of aftershocks followed[…]
Japan has launched new security laws that allow its military to engage in conflicts abroad for reasons other than self-defence, a move critics see as a major deviation from the country’s pacifist constitution. For the first time since World War II, Japan will be able to participate more in international[…]
The radioactive rubble has been cleared. Poured concrete has covered the toxic dust. And many workers have traded hazmat suits for surgical masks. Five years ago, a massive earthquake spawned a tsunami that flooded the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, prompting the world’s worst nuclear disaster in a quarter century. Near[…]
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