The arrest of Lower House member Yoshitaka Ikeda was an “emergency measure” to prevent the lawmaker from further destroying evidence in a funding scandal that has rocked the Japanese political world, investigative sources said.
A new political organization in Japan that opposes immigration, gender equality and the pacifist Constitution is gaining traction, particularly on social media, but its ultimate intentions remain unclear.
NAGOYA City officials apologized on June 14 for failing to stop discriminatory remarks against a wheelchair-user who asked at a public forum for an elevator to be installed in Nagoya Castle.
OSAKA A major hospital here suspended routine medical services after a ransomware cyberattack shut down the facility’s electronic medical record system, officials said on Oct. 31.