News On Japan

A small plane crashed into a U.S. house and ignited a fire Thursday, injuring two men on board the plane but leaving a Japanese woman inside the home unscathed, authorities said. (montrealgazette.com)

Chinese coastguard ships entered the territorial waters of Japanese-controlled islands at the centre of a bitter row, Japan's coastguard said on Friday, the first such incursion by the organisation. (Economic Times)

Police in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Friday morning arrested a 63-year-old man who had been wanted in connection with the murders of five of his neighbors in the mountain hamlet last Sunday night. (Japan Today)

Tokyo stocks tumbled nearly 3 percent Friday, weighed down by the yen's climb against the U.S. dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed down 432.95 points, or 2.97 percent, from Thursday at 14,129.98. (china.org.cn)

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday it has detected 2.35 billion becquerels of cesium per liter from water in an underground passage at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that is seeping into the sea, roughly the same level as seen in a contaminated water leak into the sea in April 2011 shortly after the nuclear disaster the preceding month. (Kyodo)

AirAsia Japan has said the budget carrier will cancel hundreds of flights over two months before it ceases operations under the current brand at the end of October. (taipeitimes.com)

Mt. Fuji has erupted and discharged lava at least 43 times in the past 2,000 years, according to a study by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). (Yomiuri)

Inspectors from Japan's nuclear regulatory commission started Saturday a third on-site survey of the Oi nuclear power plant in central Japan to check whether any active fault runs beneath the site. (Jiji Press)

Around 50 men dressed as samurai warriors rode on horseback through the streets of a town in Fukushima Prefecture on Saturday to open a festival that boasts a 1,000-year history. (NHK)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged support for Philippine maritime forces as both countries confront China in separate territorial disputes. (AP)

An Internet watchdog group is considering introducing a system under which anyone sharing child pornography-related material from their personal computers or other devices would be urged to delete the content, according to sources. (Yomiuri)

Police in Nagasaki said Saturday that human body parts have been found in recycled concrete rubble at a plant. (Japan Today)

Yoichiro Kakitani scored both goals, including the winner in stoppage time, as Japan beat South Korea 2-1 to win its first East Asian Cup title on Sunday. (bostonherald.com)

A 16-year-old girl is expected to be served a fresh arrest warrant in early August in connection with the murder of a teenage girl on a mountain in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, investigative sources said. (Yomiuri)

Eighty-seven women got sick and 41 were taken to the hospital Saturday evening after the pop group NEWS aborted an outdoor concert due to rain, the Tokyo Fire Department said Sunday. (Japan Times)

Asian equity markets declined across the board on Monday with Japanese stocks falling to a new four-week low on the back of a stronger currency while renewed fears of an economic slowdown in China hindered gains. (cnbc.com)

Police said Monday that a 9-year-old girl, who was found unconscious at her home in Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, died in hospital on Sunday. The cause of death was multiple organ failure, police said, according to Sankei Shimbun. (Japan Today)

Police said Monday they have arrested a 30-year-old woman for assaulting her 52-year-old ex-husband with a knife at a supermarket. (Japan Today)

Parts of western Japan were deluged by rain early Sunday, triggering mudslides and floods that left at least two people missing in Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures. (Japan Times)

A British entrepreneur who vanished from Tokyo on May 22 and was feared to have somehow been involved in foul play may actually have left Japan with some of his company's cash in hand, reports said Monday. (Japan Times)

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