Citing lack of opportunities, young women in Japan are not returning to rural areas
The government also stressed in its 2025 white paper on gender equality the need to eliminate the “fixed sense of gender roles” in rural communities....
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‘I got up and ran’: How one man survived the plane crash that killed 241
“Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise,” Ramesh Vishwaskumar said. “There were dead bodies around me. I got scared. I got up and...
In the forecast for June — a lot of talk about the weather
From “tsuyu” to “amayadori,” the current season has no shortage of vocabulary for downpours, floods and wet weather....
Many killed in Air India crash near India’s Ahmedabad airport, minister says
Flight AI171 was headed to Gatwick airport in the U.K., Air India said. Police officers said it crashed on a doctor’s hostel in a civilian...
Aichi police make two more arrests over Nagoya hotel robbery-murder
Investigators believe the suspects conspired to extort the victim by threatening to report him to the police for alleged sexual misconduct....
Chinese fighter jets in close encounters with MSDF patrol plane over Pacific
Chinese J-15 fighters conducted “abnormal approaches” to MSDF patrol aircraft over the Pacific Ocean in recent days that risked collisions, the Defense Ministry said....
Eased language requirement proposed for non-Japanese bus and taxi drivers
Currently, foreign nationals wanting to work as bus or taxi drivers are required to have the N3 level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test....
DPP withdraws election candidacy of scandal-hit Shiori Yamao
The move came in the wake of backlash aimed at the party for fielding Yamao, who has been mired in a series of scandals....
Japan enacts law to gradually boost teachers’ pay
The revision also requires all prefectural and municipal boards of education to draw up and publish plans to manage teachers’ workloads....
U.S., China say agreed to ‘framework’ after London trade talks
Officials on both sides expressed optimism but the framework must now be approved by leaders in Washington and Beijing....