New bird species
Researchers say they have found a new seabird species indigenous to the Ogasawara Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage site some 1,000 kilometers south of Japan's main island. The scientists, i…
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Articles from www3.nhk.or.jp — page 7
Browse articles from www3.nhk.or.jp in the Akihabara archive.
Police launch probe into cryptocurrency exchange
Tokyo police have launched an investigation into a digital exchange that lost cryptocurrency worth more than half a billion dollars to hacking. Sources close to the investigation told NHK the po…
Record Number of Foreign Workers
Government figures show the number of foreign workers in Japan hit a record high of more than 1.27 million last year. The labor ministry said on Friday that 1,278,670 foreigners worked at Japane…
Winter festival on icy lake
People on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido are making the most of the frigid weather by taking part in a fun event on a frozen lake. The annual winter festival on Lake Shikaribetsu in th…
Volcano, avalanche injure 17 in Gunma
Weather officials say a volcano in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, erupted on Tuesday morning. At almost the same time, an avalanche nearby left one member of Japan's Self-Defense Fo…
Snow 2018!
Tokyo gets at most one round of heavy snow every winter, and there is one today!
Onsen Time!
A group of monkeys at a zoo in Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, has been taking refuge from the chilly winter conditions in a hot bath. Staff at the Fukuoka City Zoological Garden filled a poo…
Wage Increase?
Japan's business and labor leaders are kicking off their annual wage negotiations, with the focus this year on whether managers will agree to a bigger pay hike amid robust corporate earnings.…
NHK's False Alert
NHK is apologizing after issuing a false alert that said North Korea had probably launched a missile and warned people in Japan to take cover. The false message was sent in Japanese shortly befo…
Godzilla elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Former Japanese baseball star Hideki Matsui has become the youngest inductee into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. The 43-year-old Matsui, nicknamed "Godzilla," was electe…