Junko Ogura

Tokyo

Producer and Office Manager at CNN

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Japan cracks down on ‘sparkly’ names for babies like Pikachu or Nike

1 month ago | cnn.com | Jessie Yeung |Junko Ogura

Hospital staff attend to babies in the nursery ward in Misato city, Saitama prefecture, Japan. Yamaguchi Haruyoshi/Corbis News/Getty Images/File Tokyo CNN — If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.” While still a minority, these names have grown in popularity over recent decades as parents reject traditional Japanese names for something more unique.
Children aged 15 or younger now make up less than 12% of this country’s population | CNN

1 month ago | cnn.com | Kathleen Magramo |Junko Ogura

Parents hold their children before the start of their "crying baby sumo" match at the Sensoji temple in Tokyo on April 26, 2025. Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images CNN — Japan’s estimated child population has shrunk for the 44th straight year to a record low, government data showed Sunday, as the country grapples with a demographic crisis underscored by falling birth rates and a rapidly aging population.
Climber rescued from Mount Fuji went back for his phone - and needed rescue again

1 month ago | local3news.com | Jack Guy |Junko Ogura

(CNN) — Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week. The 27-year-old man was first rescued on Tuesday after falling ill, Shizuoka prefectural police told CNN on Monday. He had to be rescued again on Saturday after returning to the mountain to retrieve his belongings, including a cell phone, that he had left behind, they said.
Climber rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Jack Guy |Junko Ogura

Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week. The 27-year-old man was first rescued on Tuesday after falling ill, Shizuoka prefectural police told CNN on Monday. He had to be rescued again on Saturday after returning to the mountain to retrieve his belongings, including a cell phone, that he had left behind, they said.
Climber rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week ...Middle East

2 months ago | en.pressbee.net | Jack Guy |Junko Ogura

By Jack Guy and Junko Ogura, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week. The 27-year-old man was first rescued on Tuesday after falling ill, Shizuoka prefectural police told CNN on Monday. He had to be rescued again on Saturday after returning to the mountain to retrieve his belongings, including a cell phone, that he had left behind, they said.
Japan's biggest Yakuza crime group pledges to end decade-long gang war

2 months ago | cp24.com | Junko Ogura |Helen Regan

TOKYO - Japan's largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing "trouble," authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend with falling membership and increased police crackdowns. Three senior members of the Yamaguchi-gumi visited the Hyogo Prefectural police headquarters onMonday and delivered a letter to officerspledging to "end all internal fighting" and to "never cause any trouble," police told CNN.
Organização criminosa Yakuza promete acabar com guerra de gangues no Japão

2 months ago | cnnbrasil.com.br | Junko Ogura |Helen Regan

A maior organização criminosa do Japão, a Yakuza, prometeu encerrar a longa guerra com uma facção rival e se abster de causar “problemas”, disseram as autoridades. Isso acontece enquanto os grupos mafiosos enfrentam a queda no número de membros e o aumento da repressão policial. Três membros seniores do Yamaguchi-gumi visitaram a sede da polícia da província de Hyogo na segunda-feira (7).
Japan’s biggest Yakuza crime group pledges to end decade-long gang war

2 months ago | cnn.com | Junko Ogura |Helen Regan

Tokyo CNN — Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend with falling membership and increased police crackdowns. Three senior members of the Yamaguchi-gumi visited the Hyogo Prefectural police headquarters on Monday and delivered a letter to officers pledging to “end all internal fighting” and to “never cause any trouble,” police told CNN.
Japan’s biggest Yakuza crime group pledges to end decade-long gang war

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Junko Ogura |Helen Regan

Junko Ogura and Helen Regan, CNNFri, April 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM UTC3 min readJapan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend with falling membership and increased police crackdowns.
Why do Japanese government workers keep losing sensitive data while drunk?

Feb 13, 2025 | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Jessie Yeung |Junko Ogura

Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN13 February 2025 at 6:19 pm·4-min readNights out drinking can often end badly. But in Japan, they have a habit of going spectacularly wrong for government employees – who on at least two occasions in recent years have lost sensitive personal data after a few too many beers. An employee of the Finance Ministry’s customs and tariff bureau went drinking with a colleague after work last Thursday, in the city of Yokohama south of Tokyo, the ministry told CNN.