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People, some of them holding parasols, cross an intersection amid heat, in Tokyo, Monday, June 27, 2022. Japan’s government issued a warning for possible power crunch in the Tokyo area Monday, asking offices and residents to save energy as the capital region is hit by sweltering heat, with weather officials announcing an earliest end to the rainy season in decades. (Yusuke Ogata/Kyodo News via AP)

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Tokyo warned of power crunch as Japan endures heat wave
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Mon,06/27/22-12:52AM , 604 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — People in Tokyo are sweating it out as the government warns of possible power shortages and urges greater efforts to conserve energy while Japan endures unseasonably hot temperatures.
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Plaintiffs speak to journalists after a court ruling in Osaka, western Japan Monday, June 20, 2022. The Osaka District Court ruled Monday that the country’s ban on same-sex marriage does not violate the constitution, and rejected demands for compensation by three couples who said their right to free union and equality has been violated. (Kyodo News via AP)

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Japan court says ban on same-sex marriage constitutional
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Mon,06/20/22-9:50AM , 462 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court ruled Monday that the country’s ban on same-sex marriage does not violate the constitution, and rejected demands for compensation by three couples who said their right to free union and equality has been violated.
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Visitors walk along a shopping street at the Asakusa district Friday, June 10, 2022, in Tokyo. Japan on Friday eased its borders for foreign tourists and began accepting applications, but only for those on guided package tours who are willing to follow mask-wearing and other antivirus measures as the country cautiously tries to balance business and infection worries. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Japan eases foreign tourism ban, allows guided package tours
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Fri,06/10/22-12:04AM , 368 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Friday eased its borders for foreign tourists and began accepting visa applications, but only for those on guided package tours who are willing to follow mask-wearing and other antivirus measures as the country cautiously tries to balance business and infection worries.
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Japanese Kenichi Horie gets celebrated at a yacht harbor in Nishinomiya, western Japan, Sunday, June 5, 2022, after he completed his solo nonstop voyage across the Pacific Saturday. Horie’s return to Japan, after leaving San Francisco in March, made him the world’s oldest person to complete a solo, nonstop crossing of the Pacific, according to his sponsors. (Kosuke Moriwaki/Kyodo News via AP)

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Japanese man, 83, ready for more after crossing Pacific solo
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Sun,06/05/22-3:00AM , 532 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie at 83 just became the oldest person in the world to complete a solo, nonstop voyage across the Pacific Ocean — and he says he is still “in the middle of my youth” and not done yet.
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