Police have served third arrest warrants on two elementary school teachers linked to an online chat group sharing secretly taken images and videos of girls. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/crime-legal/third-arrest-girls-images/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #nagoya #children #elementaryschools #childporn #sexcrimes #yokohama
The Japan-led Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD 9, closed by adopting a joint communique that reaffirms the importance of multilateral trade to counter global protectionist moves. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/japan/ticad-yokohama-declaration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ticad #africa #shigeruishiba #africajapanrelations #development #yokohama #un #tariffs #us
The executive director of the U.N. World Food Programme urges the world to pay attention to Africa where countries are suffering from famine, refugee and other humanitarian crises. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/wfp-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wfp #yokohama #un #food #africa
At the opening ceremony for the summit-level meeting, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba proposed an initiative designed to enhance economic ties between the African continent and regions linking it with India. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/politics/tokyo-international-conference-on-african-development-first-day/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #africa #investments #development #yokohama
One person was slightly injured after a fire broke out on two of eight barges used to launch fireworks during a festival in Yokohama on Monday evening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/japan/japan-fireworks-event-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fireworks #yokohama
Incumbent Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka has won a second four-year term as head of the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/japan/politics/yokohama-mayor-wins-second-term/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #yokohama #localgovernment
Parents of schoolchildren were outraged after the latest news that teachers were allegedly taking indecent images of young girls at their schools and sharing them in an online group chat of about 10 teachers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/japan/crime-legal/public-outrage-teachers-upskirt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #nagoya #yokohama #children #schools #sexcrimes #childporn #deepfakes