The Liberal Democratic Party has compiled new proposals for revising the Constitution that more strongly reflect its conservative agenda, including one that would allow the Emperor to be called head of state.
(Japan Times)
LDP drafts conservative revisions to Constitution
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Japan, Kazakhstan to 'jointly develop rare earths'
Japan will jointly develop rare earths with Kazakhstan as part of its efforts to secure supplies of the key minerals now controlled by China, according to a newspaper.
Japan plans to reach an accord when trade and industry minister Yukio Edano visits the central Asian country in early May and meets Kazakh government officials, including President Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Asahi Shimbun reported.
(AFP)
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7 killed in Japan bus smash
At least seven people were killed and 39 others injured on Sunday when their bus bound for Tokyo Disneyland crashed on a highway near the Japanese capital, a police spokesman said.
(inquirer.net)
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China dismisses Japan's shelf claim
China on Saturday dismissed Japan's claim of UN backing in its extension of continental shelf, saying that Japan's claim was baseless.
Japanese media reported that Japanese government officials on Saturday welcomed the backing of the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf for the country's claim that the seabed north of the Okinotori atoll is part of its continental shelf.
(China Daily)
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M5.8 quake jolts Kanto; no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted the Kanto region on Sunday night, shaking Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Gunma.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake struck at 7:28 p.m. Its epicenter was 50 kilometers underground in northeastern Chiba.
(Japan Today)
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Schools consider changing hours on annular eclipse day
Many primary and middle schools in the Tokyo metropolitan area plan to change the starting time for classes on May 21, when an annular eclipse will be observed for the first time in 173 years in the area.
(Yomiuri)
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4,110 people to get spring decorations
Writer Taichi Sakaiya, 76, and actress Shima Iwashita, 71, are among the 4,110 recipients of this year's spring decorations for their contributions to society, the government said Sunday.
Sakaiya and three others have been chosen to receive this spring's highest award, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. (Yomiuri)
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Cabinet polling at new record low of 26%
Public support for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet has tumbled to a record low of 26.4 percent, compared with 31.6 percent last month, a Kyodo News poll said Sunday.
The weekend poll also said that over 60 percent of the public believes Noda should replace the land and defense ministers, following the passage of nonbinding censure motions against them by the Upper House earlier this month.
(Japan Times)
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Academics eye global cooperation
The presidents and vice presidents of 14 universities in 10 countries and areas around the world gathered in Tokyo on Sunday to discuss how to nurture globally minded citizens in today's changing world.
(Japan Times)
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Urban safari in the concrete jungle reveals Tokyo wildlife
Tokyo is a city of many things, but "nature"? Not exactly a word that most associate with the metropolis. When it comes to the city's animal life, most Tokyoites think meiwaku dōbutsu (pests) rather than yasei-dōbutsu (wildlife), associating animal encounters with mischievous karasu (crows), skittering gokiburi (cockroaches), and the occasional dobu-nezumi (sewer rat) scampering by. (Japan Times)
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Motorcycle washed up in B.C. may be Japanese tsunami debris
A beachcomber on B.C.'s Haida Gwaii islands has discovered what may be the first piece of debris from the Japanese tsunami to arrive in Canada.
Peter Mark was riding his ATV, exploring an isolated beach on Graham Island on April 18, when he made a spectacular find. (cbc.ca)
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Noda goes to Washington - Japan-U.S. Summit expected to produce Asia-Pacific realignment
The Washington DC summit between Japanese Prime Minister Noda and US President Obama, which will take place between April 29 ann May 2, is expected to reveal a re-ordering of relations in the Asia-Pacific region. (majirox news)
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2-month-old baby boy drowns in Nagano river
Police said Monday they are investigating the circumstances in which a 2-month-old baby boy drowned on Saturday after he fell into a river in Nagano Prefecture.
(Japan Today)
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Woman injured after bolt falls from rollercoaster in Yamanashi
Police said Monday that a woman was injured at Fujikyu Highland in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Sunday after a bolt fell from a rollercoaster.
(Japan Today)
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Japan's largest McDonald's opens in Harajuku Omotesando
McDonald's Japan on Sunday opened its largest store in Japan. The Harajuku Omotesando Branch occupies 795 square meters and seats 328 customers.
(Japan Today)
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Yakuza arrested for claiming sex-shop payment was for dining
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Organized Crime Control Division General Affair Division arrested three members of the Inagawa-kai, Japan's third largest organized crime group, on April 27th for computer fraud. (japansubculture.com)
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Obama, Japan's Noda hail security alliance after bilateral meeting
President Obama on Monday reaffirmed the United States' defense commitment to Japan, calling the relationship the "linchpin" of security in the Far East. (Washington Post)
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Man sentenced to 21 months in prison for smuggling turtles from Japan to US in snack boxes
A man accused of smuggling dozens of live turtles and tortoises from Japan into the U.S. by hiding them in snack food boxes was sentenced Monday to nearly two years in prison. (Washington Post)
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U.S., Japan still mulling regional trade pact: Obama
President Barack Obama on Monday voiced support for Japan joining talks with the United States and eight other countries on a free trade agreement in the fast-growing Asia Pacific region, but said no final decision had been made. (CNBC)
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Samsung moves on from Japan to nibble at Apple
The Japanese may have pioneered the model of a vertically integrated electronics manufacturer, but Samsung looks to have perfected it. The Korean company started by pulling apart Japanese TV sets, then reverse-engineered the manufacturers' business model. (Reuters)
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