News On Japan

Adults in the United States and Japan get much less shut-eye on work nights than their counterparts in other industrialized nations, according to a study of sleep habits. (nypost.com)

The U.S. Marine Corps will use its MV-22 Osprey aircraft in joint exercises between Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military in October, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Friday. (Jiji Press)

Oscar-winning Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki said on Friday he will make no more of the full-length films that have brought him global fame, confessing that his real love is drawing and - at age 72 - he is tired of directing. (Reuters)

Japan's "Sazae-san" has been recognized as the longest-running animated television series in the world by Guinness World Records, Fuji Television Network Inc. said Thursday. (Jiji Press)

G20 leaders have ended their two-day meeting in St. Petersburg by releasing a joint statement. They confirmed that changes in monetary policy shouldn't be allowed to trigger excessive fluctuations in financial markets. (NHK)

A man broke into a house in Nagoya on Saturday morning, stabbed three people and then himself, police said. (Japan Today)

A huge roar went up from hundreds of people who flocked to a Tokyo Park in the early hours of a grey, humid Sunday morning as the Japanese capital was awarded the 2020 summer Olympic Games. (SBS)

Tokyo will repay the world the debt they owe them for their help after the devastating tsunami in 2011 when the city hosts the 2020 Olympic Games, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday. (indiatimes.com)

Tokyo will host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics after being picked ahead of Istanbul and Madrid following a vote in Buenos Aires. (sportal.com.au)

Thousands of Japanese erupted in joy early Sunday as they learned Tokyo would host the 2020 Olympic Games. (The News)

The U.S. government has presented evidence of the Syrian regime's alleged use of chemical weapons to Japan a day after the summit meeting Friday between U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Russia, a Japanese government source said Sunday. (Kyodo)

Ibaraki Governor Masaru Hashimoto won a sixth straight four-year term in Sunday's election. (Jiji Press)

Police said Sunday that a mother and her two children were injured after a car plowed into a convenience store in Kishiwada, Osaka. (Japan Today)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Friday announced the bust of a talent agency for adult-entertainment clubs illegal recruitment. (Tokyo Reporter)

The mother of a 25-year-old man was stunned to see him arrive home after he was declared missing for several days. When she last saw him he left his hometown of Sendai to attend a national trading card game competition in Kitakyushu city on Aug 23. (Japan Today)

Japanese stocks soared 2.48% to a one-month high today as investors cheered Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics, while fresh data showed the economy grew more than expected in April-June. (themalaysianinsider.com)

Japanese prosecutors have decided not to indict former TEPCO executives and government officials for their handling of the 2011 nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (NHK)

Wrestling, which was dropped from the Olympics list of core sports in February, regained its spot Sunday, beating out a combined baseball-softball bid and squash for inclusion for a single berth in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the newly elected host city. (Kyodo)

Japan's economy expanded much faster than initially expected in the second quarter, adding to growing signs a solid recovery is taking hold and heightening the case for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to proceed with a planned sales tax hike next year. (smh.com.au)

Japan savoured its victory on Monday in the race to host the 2020 Olympic Games, anticipating an economic boost to spur its revival from two decades of stagnation and help it recover from the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Reuters)

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