Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto broadcast a pre-recorded concert on Sunday that he said “could be the last concert” due to his ongoing battle with cancer. Sakamoto, known for his film soundtracks as well as his work in the 1970s and 1980s with the electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO), revealed in June […]
A search and rescue operation has resumed today (Sunday) for a Japanese tourist who was washed away by stormy seas in Takua Pa district of the southern Thai province of Phang Nga yesterday, as he and his wife were swimming. His wife was, however, rescued by a hotel employee, but her husband could not be […]
SAMUT PRAKAN, June 22 (TNA) – Metha Chalingsuk, the restaurant chain’s franchiser was detained by police at Suvarnabhumi Airport after returning from Dubai. He will be brought for questioning in connection with the Daruma Sushi scam. Source: tna.mcot.net TNA
Bangkok’s social media has been rife with questions and comments, both yesterday and today (Saturday) about a popular Japanese restaurant chain which suddenly closed down without notice, raising concerns among customers who have pre-paid vouchers to eat there. The uproar started on Facebook after messages were posted raising questions about the sudden disappearance of the […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – Fumio Kishida, Japan’s prime minister, is scheduled to visit Thailand on May 1 and 2. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japanese Premier Kishida is scheduled to attend a meeting at Government House on May 2 with Thai Prime Minister and Defense Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Full story: National News Bureau of […]
PHUKET: Police are searching for a man who broke into a Japanese restaurant in Phuket Town Wednesday night (Jan 20) and robbed the venue of B7,500 cash. Lt Col Suchart explained that CCTV security footage at the restaurant, Hatori on Yaowarat Rd, showed the man entering the premises at about 11pm. Full story: thephuketnews.com By […]
Thailand recorded one new COVID-19 case today (Wednesday), among returnees from abroad currently in state quarantine. According to the CCSA, the new case is a 38-year old Japanese film producer who returned to Thailand from Japan on September 4th and entered alternative state quarantine in Bangkok. He tested positive for COVID-19 on September 7th, but […]
BANGKOK(NNT)-A Japanese man who reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, after travelling from Thailand to Japan, took a second verifying test at a Japanese hospital, the result of which was negative, leaving the possibility that his initial test may have produced a false positive. Concerns have been raised again regarding COVID-19 in Thailand after a Japanese […]
