The Tokyo District Court found a 41-year-old man guilty Thursday of harboring Naoko Kikuchi, a former member of the Aum Supreme Truth cult wanted in connection with the 1995 deadly sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. (Yomiuri)
Man found guilty of harboring ex-Aum member
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Kepco plans two reactor restarts
Kansai Electric Power Co. has presented to potential lenders a business plan that includes reactivating two reactors, in addition to the pair that were brought back online this summer, according to sources. (Japan Times)
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Sumo: Harumafuji falls again
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho came roaring back to gobble up ozeki Kotoshogiku on Thursday and moved two wins clear at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament after yokozuna champion debutant Harumafuji was condemned to another upset defeat. (Japan Times)
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Japan scores low in new sovereign debt ratings
Germany's Bertelsmann Foundation has given the lowest sovereign rating to Japan among five nations sampled for its project to launch an alternative ratings agency. (Yomiuri)
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JR Tokai lifts curtain on 1st-generation maglev train
Central Japan Railway Co. unveiled the front car of its Series L0 first-generation high-speed magnetic levitation train for commercial service to the press at its test facility in Tsuru on Thursday. (Yomiuri)
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Education ministry starts university establishment guideline review process
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has conducted the first of a series of talks to review its guidelines for the establishment of new universities. The meetings come after the ministry's shock refusal to grant official university status to three institutions which had already been given the green light by a ministry screening council and were already accepting enrolments. (Japan Today)
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Man arrives home to find wife stabbed to death in Tokyo apartment
Police said Thursday that a woman was stabbed to death at her Itabashi apartment home in Tokyo on Wednesday night. (Japan Today)
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Man gets 26 years for crossbow murder
A 58-year-old man was sentenced on Friday to 26 years in prison for killing his neighbor with a crossbow in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, last year. (Japan Today)
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Japan school aims to create 'Asian leaders'
Asia may be driving growth in the world economy but a Japanese businesswoman behind an innovative new school believes the region is over-reliant on Western-style leadership. (AFP)
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Figures show bullying rife in Japanese schools
Japanese schools reported more than 140,000 instances of bullying from April to September, with 278 of them "serious," an emergency study has shown. (Asahi)
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Sony at greater risk than Panasonic in electronics downturn-Fitch
Panasonic Corp has a better chance than rival Sony Corp of surviving Japan's consumer electronics slump because of its unglamorous but stable appliance business of washing machines and fridges, credit rating agency Fitch said Friday. (Reuters)
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NZ boosts Australia's bid to end Japanese whaling
New Zealand is to join Australia's case in the International Court of Justice to end Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean. (abc.net.au)
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Japan's secret economic weapon: women
In next month's general election, politicians -- nearly all of them men -- will make promises on what they will do to fix Japan's economic morass. Very few of them will even mention women. (NDTV)
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Dramatic change in the Japanese yen
In early 2012, the yen cemented its reputation as the "Asian Swiss Franc." The yen soared in January and March because investors were seeking a safe haven from the effects of the European sovereign debt crisis, China's slowing growth, and overall weakness in the global economy. (Seeking Alpha)
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Sumo: Yokozuna Hakuho in position to clinch title
Hakuho put one hand on his first Emperor's Cup since March as the yokozuna outclassed Kisenosato with two days left at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday. (Japan Times)
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5 teenagers held over fatal assault on homeless man
Five teenagers were rearrested Thursday on suspicion of assaulting five homeless men in Osaka in October, killing one and injuring four, police said. (Yomiuri)
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The Olympus scandal: Paying a price for doing what's right
In April 2011 the Japanese camera-maker Olympus appointed its first foreign president, Michael Woodford, a Briton and 30-year company veteran. Six months later he was sacked after questioning $1.7 billion in suspicious transactions. His rapid ascent and downfall for doing the right thing is nicely told in this first-person whodunnit. (The Economist)
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Three Taiwanese killed, one hurt in Japan car crash
A Taiwanese family visiting Hokkaido in northern Japan was involved in a car accident while driving near Tsurui Village, leaving three dead and one injured, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. (Taipei Times)
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Post office section chief steals Y600,000 worth of New Year postcards
A section manager of a post office in Kanagawa has been arrested after it came to light that he had stolen thousands of "nengajo" (New Year postcards). (Japan Today)
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Japan rape case leads to legal clash in Milwaukee
An Australian woman who won a Japanese civil judgment against a former American seaman she accused of rape 10 years ago has brought her long legal fight against her attacker to Milwaukee. (jsonline.com)
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