New law to require workaholic Japanese to take days off
College-educated and gainfully employed 36-year-old Eriko Sekiguchi should be a sought after friend or date, planning nights on the town and faraway resort vacations. But she works in Japan, a nation where workaholic habits die hard.
Jordan, shaken by Islamic State killing, executes 2
Jordan executed two al-Qaida prisoners before dawn today, just hours after an online video purported to show Islamic State group militants burning a captured Jordanian pilot to death in a cage.
Slain hostage’s 4-year-old tweet embraced on social media
Kenji Goto’s words, now more than four years old, have taken on a new poignancy.
Japan’s leader defends handling of crisis
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe defended his policy toward terrorism, as the flag at his official residence flew at half-staff Monday in a mark of mourning for two hostages killed by the Islamic State group.
The world’s problems enter Japan’s psyche, again
The Japanese, who inhabit one of the safest countries in the world, have been brutally reminded that the world is a dangerous place.
Islamic State group beheads Japanese journalist
An online video released Saturday night purported to show an Islamic State group militant behead Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, ending days of negotiations by diplomats to save the man.
Jordan ready to swap inmate for pilot held by Islamic State
Jordan said today it is willing to swap an Iraqi woman held on death row in Jordan for a Jordanian pilot captured in December by extremists from the Islamic State group.
Japan: Hopeful about release of hostage, pilot
A Japanese envoy in Jordan expressed hope that both Japanese hostage Kenji Goto and a Jordanian pilot held by Islamic militants will return home.
Japan: Still working to free hostages after unverified video
A visibly shaken Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said early today that Japan was working to free two hostages held by the extremist Islamic State group.
Militants begin countdown for Japan’s hostages
Militants affiliated with the Islamic State group have posted an online warning that the “countdown has begun” for the group to kill a pair of Japanese hostages.
Japan agonizes over ways to free Islamic State hostages
Lacking strong clout and diplomatic reach in the Middle East, Japan scrambled today for ways to secure the release of two hostages held by the Islamic State group.
Japan’s Abe ‘fighting against time’
Japan is doing all it can to free two hostages the Islamic State group is threatening to kill unless it receives $200 million.
Islamic State group threatens to kill 2 Japanese hostages
The Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages Tuesday unless they receive $200 million in 72 hours.
McDonald’s in Japan limits orders of fries
Only small fries with that?
‘Unbroken’ strikes nerve in Japan
Angelina Jolie’s new movie “Unbroken” has not been released in Japan yet, but it has already struck a nerve in a country still fighting over its wartime past.
Our View: Mississippi and Japan, the merging of two cultures
In his role as Consul General for Japan, Motohiko Kato is responsible for representing his county’s interests in five Southern states — Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Columbus students say ‘konnichiwa’ to Japanese culture
Students at Cook Elementary are embarking on a tour of Japanese culture — and they don’t even have to leave Columbus.
Bryant going to Japan for trade meeting
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is preparing to go overseas for a trade conference between officials from Japan and the southeastern United States.
Underground lab tackles Japan nuclear waste issue
Reindeer farms and grazing Holstein cows dot a vast stretch of rolling green pasture here on Japan’s northern tip. Underground it’s a different story.
Miss. man pleads not guilty to smuggling car, wire fraud
An Ocean Springs man has pleaded not guilty to four counts of wire fraud and a smuggling charge in a federal case that alleges he illegally imported a car made in Japan.