Tag: NHK
Right now: Shinzo Abe has passed away
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died. According to the Japanese public service company NHK, Abe is said to have been shot twice from behind during a campaign speech. Hear Ekot’s China correspondent Björn Djurberg comment on the incident.
Prohibition of same-sex marriage is not unconstitutional: Japanese court
Osaka [Japan]June 21 (ANI): A court in Osaka on Monday rejected a lawsuit, which claimed that the government’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The court ruling, which states that the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is not unconstitutional, makes Japan the only G7 nation that does not recognize homosexual marriages. Three same-sex couples –…
10 million Ukrainians were forced to flee their homes due to the Russian attack
According to the UNHCR office, the number of Ukrainians who fled abroad on Saturday was more than 3.38 million. It added that nearly two-thirds of the refugees, about 2.05 million, had been evacuated to Poland and about 180,000 were sheltered in Russia, NHK World reported. Meanwhile, the International Organization for Migration said the number of…
Many Japanese skip holidays and die of work
The first fact takes place after dawn. If you’ve been to Tokyo’s bar districts on a weekday evening, you may have wondered how cheerful companies of suit-wearing Japanese order one round of beer or sake after another, even though they’re probably going to work the next day. – It is considered perfectly okay to get…
Santa’s annual visit to East Asia interrupted the virus concern
In recent decades, the Finnish Santa Claus has visited East Asia every year, met fans and distributed gifts in Japan, China and South Korea. But this year’s events have been canceled for the first time, and organizers mentioned the risk of a coronavirus infection. “Normally we have a lot of big events before Christmas in…