News On Japan

Another piece of a sacred arch, likely from Japan, was found in Siuslaw South Jetty near Florence. (KPTV)

An 18-year-old girl was stabbed in the stomach by foreign-looking man while riding her bike home from school on Tuesday night, TV Asahi reported. (News On Japan)

Japan's Nikkei average climbed to its highest closing level in nearly five years on Wednesday, with traders citing new money coming into the market after the central bank started its ultra-loose monetary easing this week. (nbcnews.com)

Despite the weaker yen forcing many Japanese companies to begin raising prices, the country's iconic beef bowl chain, Yoshinoya Holdings Co., threw the prevailing convention to the wind Wednesday, announcing it would cut the price of its signature dish to the lowest in nearly a decade. (Wall Street Journal)

Tokyo Electric Power Co. must stop using sunken reservoirs to store radioactive water accumulating at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant once it has enough storage tanks, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Wednesday. (Japan Times)

Officials in the Japanese city of Yokohama have been left red-faced after mistakenly announcing the launch of a North Korean missile to 40,000 followers on Twitter. (abc.net.au)

Japan is on full alert ahead of an expected mid-range missile launch by North Korea, its defence minister says, as South Korea raised its military watch alert to 'vital threat'. (Sky News)

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday that he and Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov have agreed on efforts that will make Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's planned visit to Russia an opportunity to jump-start stalled talks on a territorial dispute. (Kyodo)

Beer and quasi-beer shipments in Japan from January to March dropped to their lowest level for the quarter, according to major brewers' reports. (Yomiuri)

When the Bank of Japan announced its go-for-broke bid to shock the economy out of two decades of stagnation, it also put the nation's banks on notice to find a money-hungry borrower other than the government itself. (Reuters)

Middle and high school students in Tokyo have been spreading the word among their friends about a new way to steal canned drinks from vending machines, it has been learned. (Yomiuri)

Police will serve a man who has been indicated over a series of online threats with an arrest warrant anew on a charge of threatening by e-mail last August to attack a kindergarten in Tokyo, informed sources said Wednesday. (Jiji Press)

Ryo Ishikawa and Rory McIlroy made their Masters debut together, two teenagers in the same group, both filled with potential. Four years later, they are nowhere near each other. (news12.com)

All Nippon Airways Co. launched a project Wednesday in collaboration with Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48 to push young Asians to travel more. (Japan Times)

The Japanese government says it has received samples of deadly bird flu that is spreading in eastern China. It will shortly begin full preparations for the production of a new flu vaccine. (NHK)

Radioactive cesium was not detected in the bodies of 99 pct of some 22,000 people in Fukushima Prefecture and neighboring Ibaraki Prefecture, a survey by a University of Tokyo team has found. (Jiji Press)

A man in his 60s in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, died in June last year after being infected with a tick-borne virus, prefectural officials said Wednesday. (Jiji Press)

The Bank of Japan is not considering taking additional monetary easing steps on a continuous basis, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said in an interview on Wednesday. (Jiji Press)

Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to remove radioactive water from underground reservoirs at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant following a series of leaks, the company's president said Wednesday. (Jiji Press)

Japan and Taiwan have signed a deal allowing Taiwan to fish near a group of disputed islands, prompting China to express "extreme concerns". (BBC)

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