News On Japan

A woman was attacked with a strong alkaline liquid in a store at a train station in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Friday night. (Japan Today)

A replica of a statue of the ancient monk Ganjin has been shown to the media before being put on public display. (NHK)

Japan and the United States are considering deploying the Global Hawk unmanned high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft at a U.S. military base in Japan to enhance surveillance over North Korea, bilateral sources said Saturday. (Kyodo)

The U.S. and Japan unveiled plans Friday for gradually returning some land on Okinawa now used by the American military, but still intend to relocate a U.S. Marine base elsewhere on the island, an idea fervently opposed by Okinawans. (Los Angeles Times)

The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant said Saturday that it is moving tons of highly radioactive water from a temporary storage tank to another after detecting signs of leakage - a blow to the plant struggling with the tight storage space. (USA Today)

A storm packing winds as high as 83 kilometers (52 miles) per hour disrupted train operations and may cancel flights in southwestern Japan before moving northeast toward the nation's largest urban centers. (BusinessWeek)

It's easy to write off North Korean threats to strike the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile as bluster: it has never demonstrated the capability to deploy a missile that could reach the Pacific island of Guam let alone the mainland U.S. But what about Japan? (foxnews.com)

An adult woman in Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan early this month died of severe fever thrombocytopenia syndrome, or SFTS, the prefectural government said Monday. (Jiji Press)

The Fukushima nuclear accident has not yet been resolved, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, former chairman of the committee appointed by Japanese parliament to investigate the March 2011 disaster, said Monday. (Jiji Press)

Japanese industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Monday ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to take steps to prevent radioactive water from leaking from the accident-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. (Jiji Press)

Japanese economic data have started to clarify the merits and demerits of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies, with the value of the yen declining sharply. (Kyodo)

Faced with flagging demand from their usual customer base of wealthy male patrons, a number of establishments employing traditional geisha entertainers are enthusiastically courting interest in their services from women. (Japan Times)

The Machida City Board of Education in Tokyo has reversed a decision by the city to exclude students at a pro-Pyongyang school from receiving personal safety alarms because of Japan's tense political relationship with North Korea. (Kyodo)

Japan surpassed the United States as the world largest recorded music market in 2012 for the first time, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry said Monday. (Kyodo)

Credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service says the Bank of Japan's bold monetary easing will buy time, but will not eliminate the country's structural economic problems. (NHK)

South Korea's Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae says there are signs that North Korea may conduct a 4th nuclear test. (NHK)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his condolences over the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Monday. (Jiji Press)

Japan won the support of Mexico Monday for its bid to join Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations. (Jiji Press)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on Monday for more practical English-language education as the ruling party's advisory panel submitted to him a set of education reform proposals, including a requirement of the Test of English as a Foreign Language for entry to and graduation from public universities. (Kyodo)

Police have arrested a 46-year-old man over the murder of his wife at the apartment they shared in Oita. (Japan Today)

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