TOKYO, 4 July 2015 (NNT) – The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Thailand and Japan today held talks during the 7th Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo, Japan. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minster of Foreign Affairs Gen Tanasak Patimapragorn today met with the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida during the session of the 7th […]
A Japanese expat who made headlines in January for venting his frustrations about “cheating” taxi drivers at Suvarnabhumi Airport has spoken out again. Koki Aki, an educational volunteer who says he has lived in Thailand for almost 10 years, blasted cabbies who have brought “shame to Thailand” in a new Facebook message on Saturday morning. […]
A recent article in American newspaper USA Today took an unusual slant when reporting on a new Pew Research survey comparing Japanese and American attitudes about each other. USA Today’s main takeaway of the Pew survey? “Japanese have low opinion of Americans.” Pew Research’s own in-depth summary of the results of the poll is almost […]
A Bangkok taxi driver Tuesday returned a backpack with 4.74 million yen in cash (about Bt1.2 million) left behind in his cab by a Japanese tourist on Monday. The 52-year-old cabbie, Prathuan Muenrung, presented the backpack with documents, medicines and Japanese currency to Japanese tourist Watanabe Tetsuro, 56, at the Police Radio FM 91 station […]
Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen yesterday announced his ocean exploration team has found a wreck thought to be the Musashi, one of the largest warships ever built. The Musashi was a Japanese battleship sunk by US forces during World War Two. The wreck was discovered yesterday local time under a kilometre of water in the […]
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) today began investigating the murder of a Japanese tourist while visiting a historic park in Sukhothai on November 24, 2007. The opening of the case followed request by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports to the DSI to handle the investigation murder and the DSI has accepted it as […]
Pattaya Police doing their part to aid Japanese authorities in catching Yakuza fugitive. Chinchi Nagata, 32, was arrested on Soi Bua Khao Bang Lamung district Saturday night. Mr. Nagata was wanted by the Japanese authorities in connection with a multi million baht phone scandal. Nagata’s gang was busted by Japanese authorities on Nov 15 but […]
A 34-YEAR-OLD man alleged to be a member of Japan’s second-largest Yakuza gang was arrested at a Pattaya condominium in Bang Lamung in Chon Buri on Saturday, police announced at a press conference Monday. Patrol and Special Operation Division chief Pol Maj Gen Panurat Lakboon said the arrest of Shin-iji Nakata followed a request from […]
