Man arrested for allegedly fatally stabbing 'dark web' cyber security worker in FukuokaFUKUOKA -- A man was arrested here on suspicion of fatally stabbing an IT security consulting firm employee knowledgeable about cybercrimes including th…

A free umbrella rental service that makes use of a beverage maker’s plethora of vending machines has spread across Japan in time for the rainy season now drenching the country. 中略The vending machines do not have anti-theft equipment, but…

ワールドカップでの日本の活躍が世間をにぎわせています。 Japan will have to wait until its next game against Poland to secure a ticket to the knock-out stages of the FIFA World Cup in Russia.Despite falling behind in their game against Seneg…

中国軍の行進訓練の模様が公開されました。BEIJING — They converge from across China, marching in the hundreds, ungainly from lack of training but proudly waving red national flags and wearing green uniforms recalling years of military servic…

また１つ、「草分け」にあたる英単語を学びました。 本日の語学研修の授業中、先生の方が私たちのクラスに対するこれまでの感想を話される場面があり、その時に仰られた言葉が “You guys are trailblazers!” という一文でした。直ぐに意味を汲み取ることがで…

福岡の繁華街で、「闇ウェブ」の専門家が刺殺される事件が起こりました。前略The victim, 41-year-old internet security firm employee Kenichiro Okamoto of Tokyo's Koto Ward, was giving a lecture at a facility inside the now-defunct Daimyo Elemen…

「スター・ウォーズ エピソード6 ジェダイの帰還」で使用された「ブラスター」が競売にかけられ、約55万ドルで落札されました。Han Solo’s Star Wars gun sells for $550,000A gun used by Han Solo in “The Return of the Jedi” sold for $550,000 at aucti…

Cute little quackersDucklings frolic Monday in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, at a breeding farm of Tsumura Honten, a company that sells ducks for rice-duck farming. Tsumura Honten sells a total of about 5,500 ducklings all over the nation e…

Gas and water supplies remained suspended in some areas in Osaka Prefecture on Tuesday, a day after a major quake with its focus in the northern part of the prefecture. 中略 However, West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) suspended all its outbo…

After a while, you find yourself getting accustomed to the absurd chauvinism of English commentators at World Cups. The BBC and ITV seem to vie with each other every four years to provide the most asinine and uninformed coverage of this gl…

ワールドカップ日本対セネガル戦で、本田選手へのツイートが多く投稿されました。Honda was not in the best shape before the start of the World Cup, and criticism and mockery of him filled Twitter even before Japan’s second game. After he tapped…

サッカー男子日本代表はW杯第2戦でセネガルと対戦し、2-2のドローで勝ち点1を手にしました。Group leaders Japan and Senegal share spoilsJapan twice came from behind to peg back Senegal as the two Group H leaders played out a pulsating 2-2 draw a…