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☆ Japan has millions of cheap abandoned homes. Here's what to know before you buy one.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

With the population in Japan shrinking and Japanese buyers vastly preferring new over used homes, older homes are often abandoned when owners die or younger generations refuse to inherit them. The Japanese government estimated in 2018 that there were nearly 8.5 million abandoned homes in the country. Jaya Thursfield and his wife, Chihiro, moved from London to Japan after buying an abandoned Japanese farmhouse in Ibaraki, a Japanese prefecture about an hour's drive northeast from Tokyo. With many Japanese buyers preferring newly built houses, some homes are demolished after only 20-30 years. And while houses in the US typically appreciate in value, houses in Japan tend to gradually depreciate in value over time.

Persons: Jaya Thursfield, Chihiro, Richard Koo, Koo, Bethany Nakamura, Nakamura, it's Organizations: Service, Privacy, Japan, Japan's Ministry of Land, Transport, Tourism, YouTube, Law, Nomura Research Institute Locations: Wall, Silicon, Japan, Infrastructure, London, Ibaraki, Tokyo, Jaya, America

☆ Typhoon Khanun shuts markets, grounds flights in Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A tree lies uprooted on a street as typhoon Khanun batters the area in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo on August 2, 2023. TAIPEI, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Northern Taiwan on Thursday shut businesses and schools while airlines cancelled dozens of flights as the slow-moving Typhoon Khanun skirted past the island's northeast amid warnings of floods and high winds. Typhoon Khanun, categorised by Taiwan's weather bureau as the second-strongest typhoon level, slowly headed towards its northeastern coast with maximum winds of 198 kph (123 mph). Northern cities including the capital Taipei shut businesses and schools. Typhoon Khanun comes just a week after Typhoon Doksuri brought heavy rains and strong winds to the Taiwan's south.

Persons: Khanun, Doksuri, Yimou Lee, Sonali Paul Organizations: Kyodo, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Naha, Okinawa Prefecture Japan, TAIPEI, Northern Taiwan, Taipei, East China, Taiwan, Taipei . Northern, Okinawa

☆ Taiwan to shut markets, schools as strong typhoon approaches
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A view shows flooded road following typhoon Khanun in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan August 2, 2023 in this screengrab taken from a social media video. Instagram/ @taku.triple_marine/via REUTERSTAIPEI, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Taiwan will shut markets and schools in northern parts of the island including the capital Taipei on Thursday as slow-moving Typhoon Khanun was expected to brush past amid warnings of floods and high winds. Typhoon Khanun, categorised by Taiwan's weather bureau as the second-strongest typhoon level, slowly headed towards its northeastern coasts with maximum winds of 209 km (130 miles) per hour. Northern cities including New Taipei, Keelung, Yilan and the capital Taipei will shut businesses and schools on Thursday. Nearly 30 domestic and international flights have been cancelled, and all domestic ferry lines will be suspended on Thursday.

Persons: Khanun, Typhoon Khanun, Yimou Lee, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, REUTERS TAIPEI, Taiwan, Taipei, Okinawa, Northern, New Taipei, Keelung, Yilan, Typhoon

☆ 'Long way to go': Bank of Japan douses hopes that policy tweak marks the end of easy policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

watch nowThe Bank of Japan has pushed back on speculation its recent policy adjustment marked the start of a tightening cycle. On Friday, the BOJ unexpectedly loosened its yield curve control, a move some market watchers said marked the start of the end of the Japanese central bank's ultra-easy monetary policy position. The BOJ's yield curve control is part of its ultra-easy monetary policy, which also includes keeping short-term interest rates at -0.1%. It is aimed at reflating growth in the world's third-largest economy and sustainably achieve its 2% inflation target after years of deflation. There is no free lunch for any policy," Ichida said.

Persons: Shinichi Ichida, Ichida, Bank of Japan Ichida Organizations: Bank of, Bank of Japan Locations: Bank, Bank of Japan, Chiba prefecture

☆ Typhoon Khanun kills one man, knocks out power to one-third of Japan's Okinawa homes
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Kantaro Komiya | Thomson Reuters | Kantaro Writes About Everything Japan'S Economic Indicators To North Korea'S Missiles To Global Regulation On Ai Companies. His Previous Stories Have Been Published In The Associated Press | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

TOKYO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - High winds hit power lines in Japan's popular tourist destination Okinawa, knocking out electricity to more than 200,000 households on Wednesday morning, as powerful and slow-moving typhoon Khanun neared the country's southwestern islands. A man was crushed under a collapsed garage and went into cardiac arrest, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. A man was crushed under a collapsed garage and went into cardiac arrest, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Local utility Okinawa Electric Power (9511.T) said 212,530 households, or 34% of all houses covered, were experiencing power outages as of 10:55 a.m. Japan time (0155 GMT), according to its website. Kyushu Electric Power (9508.T) said power supply was down for 10,030 houses in Amami islands in Kagoshima prefecture, north of Okinawa.

Persons: Co's, Khanun, Kantaro Komiya, Sonali Paul Organizations: Disaster Management Agency, Japan Meteorological Agency, Local, Okinawa Electric, Kyushu Electric Power, Mobile, SoftBank Corp, Kadena Air Base, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, Okinawa, Japan's, Tokyo, Japan, Amami, Kagoshima prefecture, Naha, Okinawa's, U.S, East China, Zhejiang, Taiwan, Kyushu, China, Philippines

CNN —Severe flooding in Beijing was caused by the heaviest rainfall in 140 years, according to local meteorologists, and there’s little reprieve for the region as Typhoon Khanun lashes Japan with wind and rain. Meanwhile, Typhoon Khanun packed winds of 220 kilometers per hour (137 mph) – the equivalent of a Category 4 Atlantic hurricane – as it made its nearest pass to Japan’s southwestern Okinawa islands early Wednesday. In the past 24 hours, many locations in Okinawa have received 175 to 220 millimeters (6 to 8 inches) of rainfall, according to CNN Weather on Wednesday morning. People evacuate Tazhao village in Zhuozhou city, Hebei province of China on August 1, 2023. Zhai Yujia/China News Service/VCG/Getty ImagesOn Tuesday, more than 300 people were stranded in a residential building in Hebei’s Zhuozhou city, state-run outlet The Paper said.

Persons: Khanun, Zhai Yujia, Xi Jinping Organizations: CNN, Beijing Meteorological Service, CNN Weather, Okinawa Electric Power Company, Beijing Daily, CCTV, Xinhua, People, China News Service Locations: Beijing, Japan, Okinawa, Khanun, East, Ryukyu Islands, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Hebei, Tazhao, Zhuozhou city, China, Hebei’s Zhuozhou, Zhuozhou, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia

☆ Flights cancelled, thousands told to evacuate as typhoon nears Japan's Okinawa
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TOKYO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Flights were cancelled and tens of thousands of people were advised to evacuate their homes on Tuesday as powerful typhoon Khanun approached Japan's southern Okinawa island chain, threatening torrential rains and high winds through Thursday. In Okinawa's capital Naha, the airport was closed and all flights - amounting to about 900 - cancelled, TV Asahi said. Wind and rain were picking up on Tuesday evening, with the storm expected to escalate by Wednesday. Okinawa is frequently hit by typhoons, but usually later in the year. Reporting by Elaine Lies; Editing by Stephen Coates and Miral FahmyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Elaine Lies, Stephen Coates, Miral Organizations: Asahi, NHK, Kadena Air Base, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, Japan's, Okinawa, Tokyo, Naha, China, U.S, Japan

A powerful tropical cyclone was approaching islands in southern Japan on Tuesday, days after another one slammed into mainland China and the Philippines and left dozens of people dead or injured across the region. The new storm, Typhoon Khanun, was less than 200 miles southeast of a major United States military base in southern Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture on Tuesday, according to the United States military’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii. (Tropical cyclones are called hurricanes in the Atlantic and typhoons in the northwestern Pacific.) Japan’s official forecast showed the storm heading northwest toward mainland China later in the week. But the meteorological authorities in China said that it might turn further north and head for Japan’s major islands instead.

Persons: Khanun Organizations: United Locations: Japan, China, Philippines, United States, Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, Hawaii, Atlantic, Pacific

☆ Paris 2024: The war in Ukraine shows no sign of ending. That leaves a dark cloud over the Olympic Games
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Matt Foster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Kharlan’s disqualification threw into sharp relief the political and organizational jeopardy that France and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is facing ahead of the Games. So far, no decision has been taken on Russian and Belarusian athletes’ participation at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The opening ceremony is already uniquely French in nature with the Games set to be centered around the Seine, the river running through the city. Organizers also say that the Paris Games “finance themselves,” claiming that 96% of the budget comes from private investment. Next year’s Olympic Games are set to start on July 26 and run until August 11.

Persons: Olga Kharlan, Anna Smirnova, Kharlan’s, Thomas Bach, Russia’s, Smirnova, Russian Anna Smirnova, Ukraine's Olga Kharlan, Tibor Illyes, ” Bach, “, ” Edwin Moses, Nawal El Moutawakel, CNN’s Amanda Davies, Jimmy Carter, ”, Moses, AP El, Emmanuel Macron, Geoffroy Van Der, Tony Estanguet, CNN’s Melissa Bell, “ It’s, Denis the, aren’t, Jimmy Gressier, Tullio M, Estanguet, Shelly, Ann Fraser, Pryce, ” Fraser, Fabrice Coffrini, Katie Ledecky, Ariarne Titmus, Summer McIntosh Organizations: CNN, International Olympic Committee, IOC, Belarusian Olympic, Olympic, US Olympic, USA, US State Department, United, AP, AP El Moutawakel, Games, Eastern Bloc, Getty, Paris, FIFA, Stade de France, UEFA, League, Stade de France –, de Police, BFMTV, RMC Sport, CNN Sport, Paris Games, Paralympic, Paralympic Games Locations: Paris, Ukrainian, France, Ukraine, Belarusian, Russia, Milan, Russian, Soviet, Afghanistan, Morocco, United States, Soviet Union, Los Angeles , California, –, Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, AFP, Saint, Puglia, Lausanne, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, Seine

A Japanese city learned the hard way this week how very wrong they were, after prompting national outrage over flyers that tried to do just that. Onomichi city, in Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture, conducted a public survey in 2017 that was used to create flyers for pregnant women later distributed to local residents, according to the city government’s website. “There are differences in the way men and women feel and think,” one flyer reads. “One of the reasons for this is the structural difference in the brains of men and women. Meanwhile, structural issues still prevent many working men and women from balancing careers with family life, with mothers often sacrificing their jobs to care for their children.

Persons: –, “, Yuko Yamada, Yukihiro Hiratani, don’t, … You’d, ”, Fumio Kishida Organizations: Tokyo CNN, Twitter, Getty, Authorities Locations: Onomichi, Japan’s Hiroshima, ”, Japan, ” Japan, United States, Sweden

☆ Silkworm sashimi, cricket curry on menu as bugs make a comeback in Japan
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Almond tofu with beetle larvae is pictured at Take-Noko cafe in Tokyo, Japan, July 21, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonTOKYO, July 26 (Reuters) - On a recent vacation in Tokyo, Takumi Yamamoto opted for a special lunch of cricket curry and silkworm sashimi, washed down with a water bug cider. In particular, the water bug cider was quite refreshing and delicious, like a green apple." While some consumers think eating insects is just gross, Japan has a rich culinary history of insects as food. The delicate "sashimi" is the left-over casing of silkworms, and the cider is infused with water bug extract and topped with a whole insect, said to taste like shrimp.

Persons: Kim Kyung, Hoon, Takumi Yamamoto, Yamamoto, Entomophagy, Michiko Miura, Miura, Takeo Saito, Saito, Rocky Swift, Tom Bateman, Miral Organizations: REUTERS, United, Grasshoppers, Nippon Telegraph, Telephone, Takeo, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, Hoon TOKYO, Hyogo, United Nations, silkworms, Pasco

☆ Japan's population falls while foreign residents rise to record
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TOKYO, July 26 (Reuters) - The population of Japanese citizens decreased at the fastest pace ever while the number of foreign residents rose to a record at nearly 3 million people, government data showed on Wednesday. The data underscores that foreign nationals are playing an even bigger role in Japanese society to make up for a shrinking population. For the first time, the number of Japanese residents fell in all 47 prefectures, the data showed. Japan's population peaked in 2008 and has declined since then because of its low birth rate, which hit a record low last year. Tokyo was the home to the largest share of foreign residents with 4.2% of the population, or 581,112 people.

Persons: Fumio Kishida, Satoshi Sugiyama, Christian Schmollinger Organizations: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, Japan, Tokyo

☆ She traveled to Japan more than 50 times. Here are 3 life habits she learned from the country
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Cheesie's love for Japan was evident even before her big move to Tokyo — the Malaysian had traveled to Japan at least 56 times and covered all 47 prefectures. The 39-year-old blogger's love for Japan was evident even before her big move to Tokyo — the Malaysian had traveled to Japan at least 56 times and covered all 47 prefectures. Cheesie Blogger"I love Japan very much and very [intensely]. Cheesie's love for Japan goes beyond its delicious food and the more tangible aspects of its rich culture. "These are the small things or gestures that I find really fascinating, and it makes appreciating things a lot easier in life," Cheesie said.

Persons: Cheesie, it's Organizations: Malaysian, Malaysia, CNBC, Okinawa — Locations: Japan, Tokyo, Dewa Sanzan, Yamagata Prefecture, Singapore, Malaysia, Osaka, Okinawa

☆ 4 people were wounded in a spree of rare dolphin attacks off a beach in Japan, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Dolphins wounded four people in attacks off the Japanese coast this weekend, according to local media. Experts say dolphins can become aggressive, but attacks are rare. Local authorities say they have so far recorded six dolphin attacks on humans this year, Asahi Shinbun reported. And last year authorities installed ultrasonic transmitters in Koshino Beach, Fukui Prefecture, after a series of dolphin attacks, according to reports. It's unclear from the reports what kind of dolphin is believed to be responsible for these recent attacks.

Persons: Asahi Shinbun Organizations: Dolphins, Service, Asahi Shinbun, Tsuruga, BBC, Asahi Locations: Mihama, Fukui prefecture, Wall, Silicon, Japan, Fukui Prefecture, Koshino Beach

☆ Soaring temperatures to record rainfall: flooding ravages East Asia as climate crisis takes hold
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Record temperatures also led to a rise in heat-related illnesses, particularly among vulnerable communities such as the elderly. In response to the loss of life, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called for an overhaul of the country’s approach to extreme weather. “This kind of extreme weather event will become commonplace — we must accept climate change is happening, and deal with it,” Yoon said Monday. A vulnerable regionScientists have warned the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events will continue to increase as the human-caused climate crisis accelerates. “Floods, droughts and other devastating climate events are “all showing us very clearly what will the future be,” she added.

Persons: Yoon Suk, ” Yoon, ”, John Kerry, Reuters Heatwaves, Shehbaz Sharif, Manish Swarup, —, “, Sunita Narain Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, CNN, Japan’s Meteorological Agency, Reuters, World Meteorological Organization, ”, United Nations General Assembly, Disaster, World Bank, Centre for Science Locations: Hong Kong, Japan, China, South Korea, India, South Korean, Cheongju, Philippines, Cambodia, Manila, Phnom Penh, Delhi, Beijing, Washington, Chongqing, Kiryu, Gunma Prefecture, Kyoto, Tokyo, Hatoyama, Saitama Prefecture, Asia, Pakistan, New Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, “

☆ Why US Treasury Secretary Yellen’s visit to a Beijing restaurant set off a wild mushroom craze
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Maggie Wong | Maggie Hiufu Wong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Among the dishes the food blogger claimed to have spotted were grilled fish with herbs, stir-fried pickled Yunnan wild greens with potato slices and cold rice noodles. She ordered four portions of jian shou qing (a Yunnan wild mushroom species). But the most heated discussions were focused on the multiple orders of the mushroom dish – jian shou qing. Jian shou qing, Yunnan’s mysterious mushroomsBaskets of jian shou qing mushrooms, foraged from a Yunnan forest. Chieu Luu/CNNThe fact that Yellen and her team visited a Yunnan restaurant shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN — It’s, Janet Yellen, jian shou qing, Yi Zuo Yi Wang, ”, Pan Pan Mao, ” Pan Pan Mao, Yellen, Mark Schiefelbein, Yellen’s, Jian shou qing, Colin Domnauer Jian shou qing, “, Peter Mortimer, Mortimer, Jun Xu, they’re, Luu, Dian Cai –, Ng Mung Lam, Ng, Yellen's, Leisa Tyler, LightRocket Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Weibo, CNN, Kunming Institute of Botany, African, Getty, Botanical Society of, Xinhua, CNN Travel Locations: Hong Kong, Beijing, China, Yunnan, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Weibo, India, Yunnan Province, Botanical Society of Yunnan, China’s, Shenzhen, Chuxiong prefecture, pu’er

☆ WAF Awards 2023: World’s best new buildings unveiled
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

2023 World Architecture FestivalUAE-based firm Dabbagh Architects was shortlisted in the religious buildings category for its Mosque of Light in Dubai. 2023 World Architecture FestivalBangkok-based architecture practice All(zone) was shortlisted for its temporary MPavilion. 2023 World Architecture FestivalOsamu Morishita Architect and Associates was nominated for this hydrogen station in Tokushima prefecture, Japan. 2023 World Architecture FestivalThe timber Turrell Pavilion, in the Maldives, was one of two shortlisted projects by Brazilian firm Studio MK27. 2023 World Architecture FestivalThe curvaceous E-sports center by Central-South Architectural Design Institute in Hangzhou, China.

Persons: 3XN, Paul Finch, Cox, Dabbagh Organizations: CNN, Newark Liberty International, Cox Architecture, Ages, Chat, Shanghai United Design Group, Chengdu Research Base, Dabbagh Architects, Associates, Design Locations: Dubai, Singapore, Chengdu, China, Melbourne, Cambodia, Senegal, Netherlands, Danish, Oman, Nizwa, UAE, Light, Bangkok, Australia, Tokushima prefecture, Japan, Maldives, Central, Hangzhou

☆ Hong Kong plans widespread ban of Japanese sea products
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

HONG KONG, July 11 (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader John Lee on Tuesday said the city will ban seafood products from a large number of Japanese prefectures if Tokyo goes ahead with a plan to discharge treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima plant into the ocean. Hong Kong is Japan's second-largest market for agricultural and fisheries exports. Hong Kong's current ban on shipments from one prefecture would "definitely" be expanded, said Lee, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, at a media briefing. In 2022, Japan exported 75.5 billion yen ($536 million) in fishery products to Hong Kong, according to Japanese government statistics. ($1 = 140.8500 yen)Reporting by Farah Master, Jessie Pang and Twinnie Siu in Hong Kong, and Kantaro Komiya in Tokyo; Editing by Tom HogueOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: John Lee, Lee, we'll, Hong, Farah Master, Jessie Pang, Twinnie Siu, Kantaro, Tom Hogue Organizations: International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Hong, Administrative, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, Kong, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Mainland China, China, Japan, South Korea, Fukushima

Japan’s Kyushu region has been experiencing heavy rainfall since the beginning of the month and Monday saw record-breaking levels, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Harumi Ozawa/AFP/Getty ImagesResidents maneuver through a flooded street in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, on July 10, 2023. JIJI Press/AFP/Getty ImagesJapan is not the only country currently grappling with intense rainfall. While heavy rainfall events will always happen, scientists say that climate change means they are becoming more severe. A warmer atmosphere is able to store more water, leading to more intense rainfall when it falls.

Persons: Harumi Ozawa, Kazuhiro Nogi, JIJI Press, ”, Richard Allan, Stefan Uhlenbrook, It’s, Uhlenbrook, they’re, ” Uhlenbrook Organizations: CNN, Disaster Management Agency, Japan Meteorological Agency, Getty, Reuters, JIJI, Japan, UK’s University of Reading, World Meteorological Organization Locations: Japan, Japan’s Kyushu, Chugoku, Kyushu, Karatsu, AFP, Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, Fukuoka, Oita prefectures, Tanushimarumachi, India, Delhi, New York, New York , Vermont , Massachusetts, Maine

☆ Heavy rain in southern Japan leaves up to six dead, 3 missing
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Photo taken from a helicopter shows the site of a mudslide following heavy rain in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan July 10, 2023, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERSTOKYO, July 11 (Reuters) - Torrential rain over Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu triggered floods and landslides that left up to six people dead and rescuers searching for three missing, officials said on Tuesday. The Japan Meteorological Agency downgraded the special warnings for heavy rains, issued on Monday for northern parts of the island, to lower-level warnings and advisories, but urged residents to stay alert for further landslides. Japan is the latest country to be hit by unusually heavy rain in various parts of the world in recent days that has raised new fears of the pace of climate change. The rain forced tire maker Bridgestone (5108.T) to suspend operations at four factories on Kyushu on Monday, but the plants resumed operation by Tuesday morning, a company spokesperson said.

Persons: Hirokazu Matsuno, Kiyoshi Takenaka, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Kyodo, REUTERS, Japan Meteorological Agency, Bridgestone, Thomson Locations: Saga Prefecture, Japan, REUTERS TOKYO, Kyushu

☆ One killed as heavy rain triggers landslides in Japan
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TOKYO, July 10 (Reuters) - Torrential rain triggered landslides that killed at least one person and prompted authorities to order tens of thousands of people to leave their homes on Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu on Monday. One woman in her 70s was killed when a landslide hit her house in Fukuoka prefecture, public broadcaster NHK said. Another three people were missing after a landslide hit two homes in Saga prefecture, NHK said. The highest-level warning for heavy rain was issued in parts of Fukuoka and Oita prefectures. "The rain is becoming so heavy unlike anything seen before," the official said.

Persons: Satoshi Sugimoto, Daniel Leussink, Satoshi Sugiyama, Stephen Coates Organizations: NHK, Japan Meteorological Agency, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, Kyushu, Fukuoka prefecture, Saga, Fukuoka, Oita, Hiroshima, Hakata

Public prosecutors in Japan have not released information regarding the case and did not respond to CNN’s request for comment. Rina Gonoi, a former member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, checks old photos on her phone. “That makes it hard for people to speak out.”Rina Gonoi says she endured physical and verbal sexual abuse while she served in Japan's Self-Defense Forces. In 1992, Japan’s National Defense Academy finally began accepting women, which made it possible for them to become senior officers. “We are aware that the perpetrators of sexual harassment cases are scheduled to be punished severely.

Persons: Tokyo CNN — Rina Gonoi, Gonoi, “, ”, Rina Gonoi Gonoi’s, Staff Yoshihide Yoshida, dishonorably, Rina Gonoi, Philip Fong, Japan’s, Fumika Sato, ” Sato, Sato, ” Rina Gonoi, Rina, Shinzo Abe, Richard A, Brooks, –, ” Gonoi, Gonoi’s, I’d, Yasukazu Hamada, Fumio Kishida, hasn’t, you’ve, “ I’m Organizations: Tokyo CNN, Defense Force, Japan’s Ministry of Defense, Staff, Defense Forces, NHK, Public, Getty, Hitotsubashi University, Defense Ministry, CNN, National Press Club, Japan’s National Defense Academy, Defense, Japan’s, Self - Defense Force, Ministry of Defense, ”, “, SDF Locations: Japan’s, Japan, AFP, Japan's, North Korea, China, Tokyo, Higashi, Miyagi, Fukushima

☆ Fact Check-2020 video of French police tossing handcuffs falsely linked to 2023 protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Footage from a June 2020 police demonstration in France in which officers threw their handcuffs to the ground has been miscaptioned in social media posts. It does not depict police surrendering amid the June and July 2023 riots in the country, contrary to social media claims. “07/04/2023 Cops in France surrender,” reads a superimposed text in the video that has amassed over 132,600 likes on TikTok (here). Reuters has previously addressed other miscaptioned footage from the same June 2020 police demonstrations (here), (here)VERDICTMiscaptioned. This video is from a June 2020 police demonstration in France.

Persons: ”, Clément Lanot, Lanot, Christophe Castaner, Read Organizations: Twitter, Reuters Locations: France, North, Parisian, Bobigny

☆ CNBC Daily Open: A new dawn for Japan
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this article 9983.T-JPBRK.ABRK.B Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTA general view shows the skyline of Tokyo as pictured from the I-link Town observatory in Ichikawa city, Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo on July 2, 2023. Philip Fong | Afp | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? What you need to know todayThe bottom line

Persons: Philip Fong Organizations: Afp, Getty, CNBC Locations: Tokyo, Ichikawa city, Chiba prefecture

☆ South Korea to issue soon response to Japan's Fukushima discharge plan
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A discharge outlet being constructed to release Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) treated water into the sea stands in the water, at the disabled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, March 8, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File PhotoSEOUL, July 5 (Reuters) - South Korea will issue its own response as soon as possible after the U.N. nuclear watchdog approved Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima plant into the ocean, a government official said on Wednesday. Seoul would give its assessment of IAEA's examination of Japan's wastewater discharge plan when it announces its own review, Park said. South Korea's Agriculture Minister Chung Hwang-keun said on Tuesday the country will not lift a ban on Japanese food products from the area around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant until public concern over contamination ease. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi, now in Japan, will visit South Korea from July 7 to 9 to explain the organisation's findings on Japan's planned discharge of water.

Persons: Kim Kyung, Japan's, Chung Hwang, keun, Rafael Grossi, Soo, Choi, Ed Davies Organizations: Processing, REUTERS, International Atomic Energy Agency, South Korea's, IAEA, Korea's Agriculture, Thomson Locations: Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, SEOUL, South Korea, Seoul, Tokyo

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