A US Marine in Japan's Okinawa was referred to prosecutors on suspicion of sexually assaulting and injuring a woman in June, the third case of its type to surface on the island this year, local media reported.
China forward Wu Lei enjoyed less support at the Chinese national team than he boasted at his club Shanghai Port, says Meizhou Hakka FC defender Wang Wei.
The devastation caused by Typhoon Shanshan underscores the increasing severity of natural disasters in the context of climate change.
The number of babies born in Japan in the first half of 2024 shrank to a record low, totaling 350,074, government data showed Friday.
A landslide in Gamagori city of the prefecture of Aichi, caused by the warm, moist air from the typhoon on Tuesday, left three people dead and two injured, according to local media reports.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will deliver a commemorative speech followed by addresses from other high-level delegates.
Some 20,000 police officers have been reportedly being deployed for the security at the event being held at the Nippon Budokan arena in central Tokyo which is estimated to cost taxpayers $1.65 billion yen ($11 million).
Japan has imposed tight security measures in the capital city Tokyo as it prepares to host foreign dignitaries for the state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which will be attended by several foreign dignitaries.
The country’s border control measures, considered the strictest among the Group of Seven industrialized nations, have prompted many calls from the business community to relax them, claiming that the country is in a “state of seclusion.”
Furthermore, the analysis confirms the assumption that Ryugu originated from a parent asteroid which formed in the outer solar nebula.
