Tag: Japan

Loo roll 2.0. Wipe your phone while on the toilet

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Toilet rolls for wiping smartphones are the newest feature in Japan’s famously high-tech bathrooms, often equipped with bidets and heated seats. Japanese mobile phone company, NTT Docomo, has installed small rolls of screen-wiping sheets inside 86 toilet cubicles in Tokyo’s Narita International Airport for people to wipe their phones while they relieve themselves. The company cited a recent study carried out by “SPA!” a Japanese weekly magazine, revealing that smartphones were […]

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Japan, Philippines sign several agreements to enhance bilateral ties

  MANILA, Jan. 13 – President Rodrigo Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday, January 12  witnessed the signing of several agreements aimed at enhancing cooperation between the two countries. First is the exchange of notes for the grant of economic and social development program. This note involves the grant of 600 million yen for high-speed boats and other counter terrorism equipment for the Philippine Coast Guard. A Memorandum of Cooperation on the low […]

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“Historic visit” Japan’s Abe becomes first state leader to visit PHL under Duterte admin

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed in Malacanang on Thursday (January 12) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who is in the Philippines for a two-day official visit, becoming the first state leader to visit the country since the Philippine leader took office last year. “I am pleased to welcome Prime Minister Abe to Manila. As you all must and should be aware, he is the very first head of government to officially visit […]

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26 N. Koreans rescued as cargo ship sinks off Japan

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan rescued 26 North Koreans after they abandoned their sinking cargo vessel in the East China Sea, the coast guard said Thursday. Japan Coast Guard patrol boats plucked the ship’s entire crew out of the water in the early hours of the morning after they had abandoned the vessel and taken to life boats. A distress signal was received Wednesday from the 6,558-tonne Chong Gen which began sinking about 60 kilometres […]

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Japanese PM Abe, bibisita sa Phl, Australia, Indonesia at Vietnam

  MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News)– Bibisita si Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sa Pilipinas, Australia, Indonesia at Vietnam sa anim na araw na biyahe simula ngayong Huwebes (Enero 12, 2017). Ayon kay Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, nilalayon ng mga biyahe ng Prime Minister na palakasin ang relasyon at bigyang-diin ang koordinasyon ng Japan sa Asia-Pacific. Ito ay para sa isang malaya at bukas (open) na world order na sang-ayon sa batas. Unang bibisita si Prime […]

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Japan plans to have new emperor in 2019: media

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan is planning for Emperor Akihito to retire and be replaced by his eldest son on January 1, 2019, reports said Wednesday, as the country works on a legal framework for its first abdication in 200 years. Akihito, 83, expressed a desire in August to abdicate after nearly three decades on the Chrysanthemum Throne, citing his advancing age and weakening health. Major national newspapers — the Yomiuri, Asahi, Mainichi and Nikkei […]

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US Marines send F-35 stealth fighter squadron to Japan

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Marine Corps said Tuesday it has sent a squadron of F-35B fighter jets to Japan, marking the first operational overseas deployment for the controversial aircraft that is under scrutiny from President-elect Donald Trump. The deployment of the 10 planes to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni on Honshu Island marks a major milestone for the F-35, which has been bedeviled by technical glitches and soaring cost overruns. With a […]

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Japan’s ‘Tuna King’ wins annual auction for $636,000

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s self-styled “Tuna King” has done it again — paying more than $600,000 for a single fish. Sushi entrepreneur Kiyoshi Kimura paid top price at the first auction of the new year at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market on Thursday, bagging a prized bluefin tuna for an eye-watering 74.2 million yen ($636,000). The head of the Sushizanmai chain is now the proud — if temporary — owner of a 212-kilogram(467-pound) fish. At […]

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5.5-magnitude quake strikes near Japan’s east coast: USGS

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit near Japan’s east coast on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said. The moderate quake hit at a shallow depth of 11 kilometers (6.8 miles), 244 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, just after 5:00 am (2000 GMT). Japan sits at the junction of four tectonic plates and experiences a number of relatively violent quakes every year. But rigid building codes and strict enforcement mean even strong tremors often do […]

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Japan ad agency head to quit after employee suicide

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The president of Japan’s biggest advertising agency said he plans to step down, a year after an employee suicide linked to allegations of extreme overwork at the company. The announcement came as Japanese authorities referred Dentsu and one of its executives to prosecutors on suspicion of violating Japan’s labour law by forcing the 24-year-old employee to work illegally long hours. Matsuri Takahashi, a graduate of the prestigious University of Tokyo, committed […]

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