NAHA, Dec 15 (News On Japan) –
People who have been separated from their Japanese fathers through the Pacific War and subsequently lived with out citizenship within the Philippines have arrived in Japan to assemble details about their households, as they search to revive their Japanese nationality.
Samuel Akahiji, an 81-year-old second-generation Filipino of Japanese descent, and others have been welcomed on Thursday by about ten folks claiming to be family in Okinawa, their father’s birthplace.
Under the pre-war nationality legislation, kids whose fathers have been Japanese nationals additionally turned Japanese nationals.
Due to the dying of fathers within the battle or pressured repatriation, many of those second-generation people turned stateless.
They will stay within the nation till Dec 19, gathering proof equivalent to household testimony and household timber to regain their nationality.
News On Japan – Dec 15
People who have been separated from their Japanese fathers through the Pacific War and subsequently lived with out citizenship within the Philippines have arrived in Japan to assemble details about their households, as they search to revive their Japanese nationality.
News On Japan – Dec 15
A 22-year-old autistic man has been despatched to jail for 23 years for stabbing and killing a feminine worker of an grownup leisure store in Tokyo two years in the past, when he was solely 19.
News On Japan – Dec 15
As the New Year’s vacation approaches, many individuals discover themselves glued to their cellphones, resulting in a phenomenon often called the ‘smartphone face.’
News On Japan – Dec 14
An aged man who was hit by a automotive whereas crossing a highway within the early hours of Sunday morning, and whose physique was subsequently deserted within the mountains some 40 kilometers away, froze to dying, in accordance with an post-mortem.
NHK – Dec 14
Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is coping with the fallout from a political cash scandal. It includes a celebration faction as soon as led by one among Kishida’s predecessors, the late Abe Shinzo. Kishida is looking for a manner forward, and as a part of that, he has changed 4 members of his cupboard.
News On Japan – Dec 14
Steel flying curler coaster “The Flying Dinosaur” at Universal Studios Japan (USJ) in Osaka, got here to an emergency cease on Tuesday morning at about 10:45, leaving passengers stranded for as much as 45 minutes. There have been no stories of accidents or well being considerations.
News On Japan – Dec 14
A buyer has suffered throat accidents requiring surgical procedure from a donut containing a metallic fragment bought at a restaurant in “Ibaraki Flower Park”.
News On Japan – Dec 14
A person in his 30s from Saitama Prefecture, with no abroad journey historical past, has change into the primary in Japan to fatally succumb to “mpox,” beforehand often called monkeypox.
rugby.com.au – Dec 14
Eddie Jones was named by Japan as their new head coach on Wednesday, six weeks after the Australian give up the Wallabies following their exit on the Rugby World Cup.
aviationweek.com – Dec 13
Japan Airlines (JAL) will debut its Airbus A350-1000 plane in January 2024 on flights between Tokyo and New York.
NHK – Dec 13
The Chinese character that means “tax” has been chosen because the kanji that finest describes this 12 months in Japan.
Japan Times – Dec 13
Fusa Tatsumi, a 116-year-old acknowledged as Japan’s oldest individual, died of outdated age Tuesday, in accordance with a metropolis official of Kashiwara in Osaka Prefecture the place she lived.
News On Japan – Dec 13
Heavy equipment has been deployed to gather large quantities of sardines that washed ashore on the seashores of northern Japan.
NHK – Dec 12
A Japanese court docket has discovered three male former Ground Self-Defense Force members responsible on expenses of indecent assault of a feminine subordinate.
The Guardian – Dec 12
A Japanese zoo has launched an investigation after apparently killing 31 of its 40 squirrels by mistake with remedies meant to kill parasites, officers mentioned.
News On Japan – Dec 12
A 32-year-old male driver has been arrested in reference to the abandonment of a physique, bearing proof of being hit by a automotive, of an 85-year-old man within the mountains of Nagano Prefecture.