Super Nintendo World opens in Japan
Super Nintendo World – which cost about $0.5bn ($0.36bn) to build – was meant to open last summer...
Court finds same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
by Dave Sale
A district court in Japan has in a landmark decision ruled that the country’s failure to recognise same-sex...
Government invites women to ‘look not talk’
by Dave Sale
Days after Japan’s Olympics chief was forced to resign over sexist comments, the ruling party has decided to...
Woman ‘kept mother’s body in freezer for 10 years’
by Dave Sale
Police in Japan have arrested a woman after the body of her dead mother was discovered in a...
Bar girl fails to measure up
by Dave Sale
Bar girl fails to measure up A young woman is in shock after discovering her Japanese husband secretly...
Closed Japan to ban all foreign arrivals
by Dave Sale
Japan will ban entry from all countries effective from Monday to prevent the spread of the more contagious...
‘Twitter killer’ sentenced to death for nine murders
by Dave Sale
A Japanese man dubbed the “Twitter killer” was sentenced to death by a Tokyo court Tuesday for murdering...
Japan enacts law to make vaccines free to residents
by Dave Sale
Japan’s parliament enacted a law Wednesday to cover the costs for residents to be vaccinated against the novel...
‘Okegawa pop-out guy’ is first in Japan charged under road rage law
by Dave Sale
Narushima, a part-time labourer, is accused of contravening an updated section of the Road Traffic Act stating that operating...
Strong typhoon churns towards Japan
by Dave Sale
Tokyo – A powerful typhoon was churning towards Japan on Wednesday, prompting the weather agency to warn of...
