News On Japan

Ballots cast Sunday for the House of Councillors election will show voters' opinions on whether to solve the current divided Diet, in which the opposition controls the upper house, and whether they support Abenomics. (Yomiuri)

Three people were injured after a small plane overran the runway at a local airport in the western Japanese prefecture of Hyogo on Sunday afternoon, according to the country's public broadcaster NHK. (Xinhua)

A 16-year-old boy died and another boy suffered a broken leg after they were hit by a train in a tunnel in Kashiwara City, Osaka, on Sunday morning. (Japan Today)

The strong showing for the Liberal Democratic Party in Sunday's Japanese elections could boost the prospects for the U.S.-backed TransPacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement. (thehill.com)

The future of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) co-leader Toru Hashimoto remained unclear Sunday evening following the party's poor performance in the Upper House election. (Japan Times)

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has announced the opening of "mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi," a new commercial complex built using remnants of the former Manseibashi Station, in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 14. (Yomiuri)

The town of Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture, has adopted an unusual symbol to attract visitors: a Ground Self-Defense Force tank. (Yomiuri)

The Tokyo metropolitan government has announced that it is to introduce measures to reduce the number of bicycles being parked on the streets in the Marunouchi area surrounding Tokyo Station. (Japan Today)

The dog days of summer are causing an increase in vegetable prices. Little rain and low temperatures in spring slowed the growth of crops, which are now suffering under the scorching heat. (Yomiuri)

Yokozuna Grand Champion Hakuho has finished the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, clinching his 26th title with 13 wins and 2 losses. (NHK)

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is looking to come up with new rules by the end of the year urging Japanese companies to respond to rumors and speculation in a concrete manner to address complaints from overseas investors. (Bloomberg)

A 77-year-old man was found dead on a road in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, police said Sunday. Police said he apparently leapt to his death from the roof of a shopping center after killing his 79-year-old bed-ridden wife at their home on Saturday, TBS reported. (Japan Today)

A former Japanese wrestler who took on boxer Muhammad Ali in a cross-discipline bout in the 1970s is among the winners in his nation's election to the upper house of parliament yesterday. (Bloomberg)

The robust election win for Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party should help to sustain stock prices and keep a lid on the yen over the next few months, but a more fundamental boost to investor confidence will hinge on whether Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will deliver on his market-friendly economic program. (Wall Street Journal)

A schoolgirl who reported being slashed with a knife in Itabashi, Tokyo, has confessed to making up the incident, police said Monday. (Japan Today)

Japanese shares rose, with the Topix (TPX) index climbing for the fifth time in six days, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition solidified control of parliament in elections yesterday. (Bloomberg)

Yuriko Inose, the wife of Tokyo Gov Naoki Inose, died Sunday of a brain tumor. She was 65. (Japan Today)

A troubling trend has emerged among Japan's elderly - who represent around a quarter of its 128 million citizens - which is closely bound up with the nation's greater demographic problems at hand. For the first time ever, Japanese aged 65 and up account for a higher percentage of shoplifting cases than do the country's teens. (The Diplomat)

Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited nuclear accident-hit places on their private trip to Fukushima Prefecture on Monday. (Jiji Press)

The minimum wage is lower than the levels of welfare benefits in 11 of Japan's 47 prefectures, up from six last year, a survey by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry showed Monday. (Jiji Press)

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