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More than 95,000 Japanese aged over 100; most of them women
The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has hit a record high of more than 95,000 -- almost 90 percent of them women -- government data showed Tuesday. The figures further highlight the slow-burning demographic crisis gripping the world's fourth-biggest economy as its population ages and shrinks.… Read
Lowered adult age sees rise in young Japanese struggling with debt
One feared consequence of Japan's lowering of the age of adulthood to 18 in 2022 appears to have come true -- a rise in young people getting into difficulties with debt. With personal bankruptcy occurring as early as 19, government agencies are doubling efforts to raise public awareness about the… Read
Asian shares mixed as Wall Street gears up for an interest rate cut
Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday as world markets geared up for the Federal Reserve’s most anticipated meeting in years. Tokyo’s Nikkei index fell 1% to 36,203.22 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong advanced 1.3% to 17,654.79. Markets in mainland China and South Korea were closed. Australia's S&P/ASX… Read
Yamaha Motor president injured allegedly by knife-wielding daughter
The president of Yamaha Motor Co sustained an arm injury Monday after his adult daughter allegedly attacked him with a kitchen knife at their house in central Japan, local police said. The police arrested Hana Hidaka on suspicion of attempted murder of her father Yoshihiro, 61, by assaulting him with… Read
Man arrested after throwing bottle from 8th floor at man picking up trash below
Police in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, have arrested a 54-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of attempted murder after he threw a glass bottle from his 8th floor apartment balcony at an 81-year-old man picking up trash below at a prefectural housing complex. The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon, TV Asahi reported. Police… Read
U.S. strategy for anti-ship weapons to counter China: plentiful, mobile, deadly
The United States is amassing an arsenal of abundant and easily made anti-ship weapons as part of American efforts to deter China in the Indo-Pacific region and gear up U.S. forces there. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed U.S. thinking toward a new philosophy - "affordable mass," as one missile… Read
Myanmar flooding death toll jumps to 226
The death toll from massive flooding in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has doubled to 226, state media reported Tuesday, as the U.N. warned as many as 630,000 people could need help. Yagi swept across northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar more than a week ago with powerful… Read
Imanaga strikes out 11 and Swanson homers with 4 RBIs to lead Cubs over A's 9-2
Shota Imanaga struck out a career-high 11 in winning his fifth straight start, Dansby Swanson homered while tying his season high with four RBIs and Chicago Cubs defeated the Oakland Athletics 9-2 on Monday night. Chicago (77-73) remained five games behind the New York Mets (82-68) for the final NL… Read
Musk deletes post about Harris and Biden assassination after widespread criticism
Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate” President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump while he was playing golf. Musk,… Read
Takaichi tops Kyodo poll of LDP supporters as most fit to be Japan PM
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi is viewed by 27.7 percent of Liberal Democratic Party supporters as most suitable to be Japan's next prime minister, a Kyodo News poll showed Monday, two weeks ahead of the party's presidential election. Takaichi is running in the Sept 27 LDP race to choose… Read
