The hometown tax program, designed to help struggling rural communities, left 27 percent of all local governments in the red in fiscal 2021, a study by The Asahi Shimbun showed.
Miyazaki prefectural police have arrested a 22-year-old member of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly strangled his teenage ex-girlfriend on Sunday. According to police, Tomoya Birukawa, who is stationed at Camp Kokubu in Kagoshima Prefecture’s Kirishima City, was visiting his ex-girlfriend’s home in…
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Media OutReach - 16 November 2022 - Since the lifting of travel restrictions to allow independent travelers from countries listed under Japan s.