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15 Dead in Japan,Sagamihara knife attack

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Tokyo- A 26-year-old man was arrested Tuesday morning after fatally stabbing 15 people and wounding 45 others at a facility for people with disabilities in Kanagawa Prefecture, NHK reported. The knife-wielding man carried out the attack at Tsukui Yamayuri- en, a facility for the disabled in Sagamihara, shortly after 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, local police were quoted as saying. Kanagawa police said they arrested a man identified as Satoshi Uematsu, 26, when he turned himself in at the Tsukui Police Station at around 3 a.m. and owned up to the attack. He is reportedly being held on initial suspicion of attempted murder. The suspect said he used to work at the facility, the police said. The number of casualties could rise, as Kyodo News reported 19 people were confirmed as having no signs of life, quoting local firefighters. Other media reports said at least 15 were killed and four others are showing no signs of life, while 24 others were wounded, including 20 in serious condition. The motive fo...
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21 things people miss after leaving Japan By Philip Kendall

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TOKYO — Sometimes, even when we love a place with every fibre of our being, we just can’t stay forever. Family anxiously awaiting our return; work commitments; financial constraints and more mean that, at some point or other, many of us have to wave goodbye to Japan and return to our respective homelands. Some of the things people miss about Japan will be immediately obvious, but others tend to sink in only a few weeks or months after returning home. Today, we’re taking a look at 21 of the little things, in no particular order, that Japan does so uniquely or so incredibly well that foreigners really start to pine for them once they finally say sayonara and head home. Pooling the responses from my fellow RocketNews24 writers and talking with a number of people who have recently moved back to their homeland after living in Japan for anything from six months to more than a decade, I came up with this list of things that people really start to miss after heading home. Make the most of thes...
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Japan Keeps This Defunct Train Station Running for Just One Passenger

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Situated in Japan’s north island of Hokkaido, the Kami-Shirataki train station has only two trains that stop by every day on a special timetable. It all started three years ago, when Japan Railways decided to shut down it's services in the remote location, as ridership had dramatically fallen. That is until they noticed a young girl still using it to get to school. When the company learned of their only passenger, they decided to keep the station running until she graduates. They even went the extra mile and re-scheduled the train's timetable according to the girl’s schedule, according to CCTV News. Since then, the train stops once to pick up the girl and only a second time to drop her off after school. The station is set to close March 2016 when the girl finally graduates. When news broke of the Japanese government's efforts for this young girl, people have been all praise. “ According to CITYLAB, Japan faces a number of crises, with record-low birthrates, aging population...
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10 things Japan gets awesomely right

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TOKYO —  Although Japan is not without its faults, it is nevertheless an incredibly efficient and easy-to-live-in country, and we’ve discovered that there are numerous things that the Japanese get not just right, but awesomely right. Here are 10 things Japan gets awesomely right 1. Vending machines If you’re looking for something to quench your thirst – whether hot or cold –  you rarely have to go more than a few hundred meters in any direction in the city. Canned (black, white, extra milk, iced, low sugar, no sugar, extra sugar, fat-reducing) coffee, tea, green tea, barley tea, sports drinks, hot chocolate, soda, beer, fruit juice, raspberry jelly, even bread and stew; if it can be packed into a can you can find it in a Japanese vending machine somewhere, and it’ll usually cost you no more than 120 yen for a big can of the stuff. Many vending machines in Japan even give customers additional incentives to use them, with LCD panels displaying a row of numbers after each purchas...
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10+ Reasons Why Kids Can’t Be Left Alone With Their Dads

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As Spiderman's Uncle Ben once famously said, "with great power comes great responsibility," and few responsibilities are greater than that of being a father. But as you can see from these hilarious pictures, some dads take that responsibility more seriously than others. Compiled by Bored Panda , this list of dad fails is sure to make you laugh regardless of whether you're a parent or not. But if you're a mom then, well, you might want to check to make sure your husband isn't drawing eyebrows on the baby or sizing it up for a watermelon helmet... Have any dad fails that are so bad they're good? Then feel free to share them below and don't forget to vote for your favorite!
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6 types of Japanese people you’ll meet while living in Japan

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TOKYO —  A while back, we had some fun talking about five of the more  noteworthy types of foreigners  you’ll meet in Japan, based upon observations drawn from our time spent working and living here in the Land of the Rising Sun. Whether you’re a Plastic Sensei, Hateimus Japanicus, Secret Ninja, Bubble Dweller or Kid in a Candy Store (or indeed, all of these at different times), we reckon there’s probably quite a lot foreign residents can find to nod their heads at when considering each of those five extreme types. But what about the flip side of the coin? Spend enough time as a foreigner in a country like Japan—a place that’s 98.5% ethnically Japanese — and you’ll be sure to notice that Japanese people will approach you, the foreigner, in a number of different ways. Today we’d like to share our thoughts on six kinds of Japanese people foreigners might meet during their time in Japan. See how many of them you’ve come across during your time traveling or living in the coun...
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Demonstrators protest My Number at rally in Shibuya

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Demonstrators protest My Number at rally in Shibuya BY TOMOHIRO OSHAKI  With the distribution of the controversial My Number identification code only a few weeks away, hundreds of protesters marched through Tokyo’s Shibuya district Saturday in a last-ditch effort to stop a program they say invades people’s privacy. Chanting “Stop My Number now!” and “No dangerous My Number card!” protesters called for postponement of the 12-digit number slated for mid-October. Organizers put the turnout at 400. The government will start sending all residents in Japan, including non-Japanese, an identification number it says is intended to spare them the hassle of doing paperwork to handle administrative procedures. Addressing a crowd before the rally, Yasuhiko Tajima, a professor of media law at Sophia University, charged that the My Number program is “unconstitutional,” citing its gross violation of privacy rights. The system was initially supposed to be used only for tax, social security and...
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5 safest cities for women in the world

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I'm Gaijin : Women are the ones who are most troubled by safety before going anywhere. Many news are heard where woman are raped, become the victim of violence, murder and kidnapping in the cities in day light. But there are some cities and countries in the world where there is full preparation of safety and female tourists can travel there relaxed without being scared. According to International Women Travel centre these are the 5 places where woman can travel freely even if it is day or night. 1.  Reykjavik, Iceland : In the list made by taking the sexual violence and misbehaviour on women a medium on world peace indicator, Reykjavik of European country Iceland is the safest place for women in the word. Female tourists can feel safe in the city and tour the place in a very fun way. The tour of here is fully entertaining and safe. 2.  Tokyo, Japan : The second safest place for female tourists is Tokyo. There is an additional facility except female security in Tokyo, i.e. cryi...
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