In an Indian hinterland town, hotels become Japanese havens for auto expats

In India’s Gujarat, eating meat or seafood is frowned upon, but in the state’s dusty industrial town of Vithalapur, hotels with names like Osaka Palace are churning out ramen and tempura – all to …
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https://www.alojapan.com/1382580/in-an-indian-hinterland-town-hotels-become-japanese-havens-for-auto-expats/ In an Indian hinterland town, hotels become Japanese havens for auto expats #AlcoholConsumption #ForeignInvestment #Gujarat #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #JapaneseExpats #news #Vithalapur In India’s Gujarat, eating meat or seafood is frowned upon, but in the state’s dusty industrial town of Vithalapur, hotels with names like Osaka Palace are churning out ramen and tempura – all to please the Japanese auto engineers and managers who now resid
Local authorities in China have revealed more details about the deaths of two Japanese nationals in the northeastern city of Dalian in late May, including the suspect’s surname and apparent motive behind the killings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/04/japan/crime-legal/dalian-japanese-double-killing-suspect/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #china #chinajapanrelations #dalian #japaneseexpats #liaoning
Suspect in Dalian murder of Japanese nationals identified

The suspect, a 42-year-old Chinese man with the surname Yuan and a long-term resident of Japan, is believed to have had a business dispute with the victims.

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Two Japanese nationals killed in Dalian, China

Local police have told the Japanese consulate that the incident arose from a business dispute between acquaintances, and a Chinese national has been taken into custody.

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Currently, Japanese nationals living in foreign countries are required to receive the certificates in person at overseas diplomatic missions even if applications are submitted online. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/13/japan/nationals-abroad-certificates-online/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expats #japaneseexpats #foreignministry
Japan to issue residency certificates online to nationals abroad

The Foreign Ministry said Monday that it will begin issuing residency certificates online to Japanese nationals living abroad through overseas diplomatic missions.

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A man who attacked a Japanese school bus in the Chinese city of Suzhou in June, causing the death of a Chinese bus attendant who tried to stop the attack, has been sentenced to death. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/23/japan/crime-legal/suzhou-stabbing-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #chinajapanrelations #china #stabbings #jiangsu #japaneseexpats
China sentences man to death over Japanese school bus attack

A Chinese court deemed the death penalty as appropriate in view of the 'extremely heinous' nature of the crime, which resulted in the death of a bus attendant.

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Japanese business leaders, rattled by a fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy in Shenzhen last week, said China must take steps to ensure the safety of expats if companies from Japan are to continue doing business in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/25/japan/crime-legal/china-japanese-businesses/ #japan #crimelegal #china #chinajapanrelations #japaneseexpats #stabbing #shenzhen
Expat safety seen as a must for Japanese firms to keep doing business in China

Business leaders have underlined the duty of a host country to foreign firms in the wake of a fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy in Shenzhen.

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SDF plane evacuates 46 from Israel as Japan's top diplomat visits

Along with 20 Japanese nationals, an ASDF transport plane also carried South Koreans and Vietnamese nationals.

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An SDF plane carrying Japanese, South Korean and other evacuees from Israel arrived in Tokyo on Saturday, marking the first such evacuation from Israel or the Palestinian territories since the latest fighting broke out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/21/japan/politics/japan-israel-sdf-evacuation/?utm_content=buffercbdc5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #israel #sdf #israelhamaswar #southkorea #japaneseexpats #defenseministry
SDF plane carrying Japanese, South Koreans from Israel arrives in Tokyo

The airlift of Japanese nationals using an SDF plane was the first such evacuation from Israel or the Palestinian territories since fighting broke out.

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