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(Eagle News) — Japan has eased requirements for multiple-entry visas for Filipinos. In a statement, the Japanese Embassy said beginning Aug. 1, apart from the scope of applicants eligible for multiple entry visas being “expanded,” the visa validity period will be extended from five years to a maximum of ten years. The embassy said the move aims to promote “people-to-people exchanges between Japan and the Republic of the Philippines.” “(It is also) expected to contribute to […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is expected to discuss the North Korea crisis with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his visit to Japan next week, a UN spokeswoman said Tuesday. Guterres will be in Tokyo for talks with Abe on August 8, before traveling to Nagasaki to attend the annual peace ceremony the following day. The meeting comes amid reports that Abe is seeking a meeting with North Korean […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Sony on Tuesday revised upward its full-year profit and sales forecast, reporting first quarter profits nearly tripled from a year earlier, as it extends a roaring recovery under its new CEO. The electronics and entertainment giant now forecasts 500 billion yen ($4.5 billion) in net profit for the fiscal year to March 2019, up from its earlier estimate of 480 billion yen. Annual sales are now projected to rise slightly, with […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP)–Nintendo said Tuesday its quarterly net profit jumped 43.9 percent year-on-year to $275 million, driven by the global popularity of its Switch console and game titles. The Kyoto-based game giant reported net profit for the three months to June of 30.6 billion yen ($275 million), with operating profit soaring 88.4 percent to 30.5 billion yen. It said sales were up 9.1 percent to 168.16 billion yen, and it expects strong demand for the […]
by Jim Slater Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)–Japan’s Kei Nishikori, back on form after a torn right wrist tendon, returns to the scene of his most recent outdoor title hoping to launch another strong US Open run. The 28-year-old seventh seed enters the 50th Washington Open with confidence after his first Wimbledon quarter-final appearance, where he lost to eventual winner Novak Djokovic. “After coming back from injury, I’m enjoying the challenge this year,” Nishikori […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful storm slammed into central Japan on Sunday, bringing heavy rains as it churned across western areas already devastated by floods and landslides. Typhoon Jongdari, packing winds of up to 180 kilometres (110 miles) an hour, made landfall at Ise in the Mie prefecture at around 1 am (1600 GMT Saturday), according to the nation’s meteorological agency. It weakened after making landfall and was downgraded to a tropical storm, […]
by Harumi OZAWA Agence France Presse SAKUHO, Japan (AFP) — Kaori Shibo bent her head down and peered through a magnifying glass in a forest in central Japan, emitting a delighted gasp. The object of her adoration? Moss. “Oh, this baby’s sporophyte is breaking out! I’ve never seen this before,” an enchanted Shibo, 41, shouted, her head nearly close enough to kiss a fallen tree log in the forest in Yatsugatake. She was out on […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful typhoon is on track to batter parts of western Japan that were hit earlier this month by devastating flooding and landslides, Japanese officials warned on Friday. Typhoon Jongdari is currently packing winds of nearly 200 kilometres (125 miles) an hour, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said, and local media reported the system would hit the country’s main island on Saturday night. Authorities are warning of heavy rain, landslides, strong winds and […]
by Kyoko Hasegawa Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — An “unprecedented” heatwave in Japan has killed at least 65 people in one week, government officials said Tuesday, with the weather agency now classifying the record-breaking weather as a “natural disaster.” In the week to Sunday at least 65 people died of heat stroke while 22,647 people were hospitalized, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said in a statement. Both figures are “the worst-ever […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Japanese officials issued new warnings Monday as a deadly heatwave blankets the country, producing record high temperatures in Tokyo just two years before the city hosts the 2020 Summer Olympics. Officials said last week that the heatwave had killed at least 15 people and forced the hospitalisation of over 12,000 others in the first two weeks of July. But the death toll may be more than double that, with Kyodo News […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan has reopened three beaches in regions devastated by the 2011 tsunami and resulting Fukushima nuclear disaster after years of reconstruction efforts, officials said Monday. Local officials in Fukushima said they hoped the opening of the Haragamaobama beach would help change perceptions of the region, which has become inextricably linked with the 2011 disaster. One of the reopened waterfronts is Haragamaobama beach in Fukushima prefecture, about 40 kilometres north of the […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets largely rose on Wednesday, tracking a Wall Street rally after the Federal Reserve chief expressed confidence in the US economy despite fears of a global trade war. Jerome Powell offered a positive outlook, citing a strong job market and inflation figures in line with Fed targets, sending US stocks higher. “Powell’s testimony was music to investors’ ears as the Dow gained for the 4th consecutive day while the […]
