News On Japan

A group of young Fukushima evacuees got to meet some of their sporting heroes on Monday. (NHK)

Ryusho Soeda, 66, has taken on a job for which his career as a Buddhist priest never prepared him: forensic accounting. (Reuters)

A decisive election victory for Japan's Liberal Democratic Party-led governing coalition has boosted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's pro-business economic agenda, popularly known as "Abenomics." (nbcnews.com)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged on Monday to push on with painful reforms aimed at fixing Japan's economic woes after voters handed him a handsome majority in upper house polls. (channelnewsasia.com)

Grilled eel continued to be a popular dish on the Day of the Ox on Monday, though the summer favorite is hitting consumers' wallets more than usual due to price hikes due to a shortage of young eels. (Yomiuri)

Japan is set to make its belated debut as the 12th member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations Tuesday in Malaysia after a four-month wait since announcing its intent to join the talks on creating one of the world's largest free trade areas. (Kyodo)

Police in Niigata Prefecture said Monday that a man committed suicide in Aga on Sunday after a police officer stopped his car. (Japan Today)

Japan's economy is on the verge of escaping from nearly two decades of deflation as it has picked up since the beginning of this year, a government report said Tuesday, emphasizing positive aspects of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies dubbed "Abenomics." (Kyodo)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Saturday evening raided a popular nightclub within the Gas Panic chain in the Roppongi entertainment district for improper licensing and took two employees into custody. (Tokyo Reporter)

Goshi Hosono, secretary-general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, has submitted his resignation, following the party's crushing defeat in Sunday's national election. (Jiji Press)

Japanese shares ended 0.82 percent higher on Tuesday, with sentiment lifted by Tokyo's upgrade of the economy in which it used the world "recovery" for the first time in almost a year. (brecorder.com)

Police said Tuesday that a body wrapped in plastic has been found in a river in Fukuoka. (Japan Today)

Young women shouldering a "mikoshi" portable shrine have paraded through the streets of Osaka. (NHK)

Japan must raise its sales tax rate next year as scheduled to show it is serious about fixing up its tattered finances, the finance minister said on Tuesday as the government upgraded its view of the economy and said deflation was easing. (Reuters)

Cosmetics maker Kanebo said Tuesday more than 2,000 Japanese had complained about skin discolouring after using its whitening products, as it widened its consumer recall outside Japan. (france24.com)

Police and health officials said Tuesday that 34 junior high and high school students suffered food poisoning Monday during a stay at a hotel in Fukuoka. (Japan Today)

A Japanese utility said Monday its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is likely leaking contaminated water into sea, acknowledging for the first time a problem long suspected by experts. (washingtonpost.com)

Dozens of Japanese train passengers pushed a 32-ton train carriage away from the platform to free a woman who had fallen into the 20-centimeter (eight-inch) gap between the train and platform. The act of heroism was captured by a newspaper photographer. (foxnews.com)

A poetry-writing suspected killer was being hunted by Japanese police Tuesday after the bodies of five people were found in a tiny mountain village. (inquirer.net)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday congratulated British Prince William and wife Kate on giving birth to a royal baby boy. (Jiji Press)

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