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Fire At Kyoto Animation, Thirty-Three Confirmed Dead And Suspected Arsonist In Police Custody [Update]
Kotaku EastEast is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am. Kyoto Animation, one of Japan’s most popular anime studios, was reportedly set ablaze this morning in Japan. A man in his 40s was allegedly seen pouring …
Breaking Overnight: At least 20 Confirmed or Presumed Dead in Japan Fire
23 people are either confirmed or presumed dead after a fire at the Kyoto animation studio in Japan. According to Japanese fire officials, 36 others have been injured, some of those critically. The fire is said to have started after a man burst into the building and poured an unidentified liquid and set off the …
Japan ‘underdeveloped’ in use of AI technology, says SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son
SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son said Thursday that Japan has become an “underdeveloped” country in the use of artificial intelligence in businesses, lagging behind China, India and Southeast Asian countries that have fast-growing technology companies. “Japan once was a leader in technology but has become an underdeveloped country in AI. It is …
13 dead, 40 injured, arsonist targets anime studio
Firefighters battle the blaze started by an arsonist at a three-story studio of Kyoto Animation Co in Kyoto, western Japan, on Thursday morning (Photo: Kyodo) KYOTO, Japan: A man started a fire at a Kyoto animation studio after spraying a flammable liquid on Thursday morning, leaving at least 13 dead and nearly 40 injured, several …
Kyoto Animation studio: suspected arson attack in Japan leaves 13 feared dead
The Kyoto Fire department confirmed that one person has died and 12 people were found with “no vital signs” inside the building, which belonged to the Kyoto Animation Co. In Japan, deaths must be confirmed by a doctor before being officially announced. Kyoto police said that a man poured what appeared to be gasoline around …
Asian markets recover after China’s GDP growth fails to meet already low expectations
Asian markets recovered from early losses Monday, as China posted its weakest quarterly GDP growth in at least 27 years. Data on Monday showed the world’s second-largest economy expanded by 6.2% over a year earlier, down from the previous quarter’s 6.4%. The result was the slowest since the first quarter of 1992 when the earliest …
Japan’s famous Nara deer dying from eating plastic bags | World news
Authorities in Japan’s ancient capital Nara are warning visitors not to feed the city’s wild deer – a major tourist attraction – after several of the animals died after swallowing plastic bags. Large amounts of plastic waste were found in the stomachs of nine of 14 deer to have died since March, according to a …
Japan resumes commercial whaling for first time in 30 years | World news
Japanese fishermen have set sail to hunt whales commercially for the first time in more than three decades, following Tokyo’s controversial decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission. Five vessels, their harpoons concealed beneath tarpaulin, left Kushiro in northern Japan on Monday morning. At around the same time, three whaling boats left Shimonoseki in …
Japan whaling: Commercial hunts to resume despite outcry
Image copyright Barcroft Media Japan is about to resume catching whales for profit, in defiance of international criticism. Its last commercial hunt was in 1986, but Japan has never really stopped whaling – it has been conducting instead what it says are research missions which catch hundreds of whales annually. But Japan has now withdrawn …
Macron says he warned Iran’s Rouhani about breaking nuclear commitments
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a news conference after the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw TOKYO (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron told his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani that leaving the 2015 nuclear deal, or any signals that suggested Tehran would break the accord, would …
