News On Japan

The US Energy Department has approved a plan involving Japanese major appliance firm Toshiba to export natural gas to Japan. (NHK)

Japan has been given the dishonorable "Special Fossil of the Day" award for its lack of eagerness to address global warming. (NHK)

Japan and Cambodia agreed during their summit Saturday that they will seek to enhance maritime security by establishing the principle of the rule of law to settle disputes in the Asia-Pacific region. (Kyodo)

Family members and rescue workers on the Tokyo island of Izu Oshima mourned on Saturday victims of Typhoon Wipha, which swept through the island a month ago. (Jiji Press)

Business leaders from Japan and the United States on Friday called for a high-standard agreement of ongoing multilateral Trans-Pacific free trade talks. (Jiji Press)

A advisory board member from a U.S. advocacy group pressing for a magnetically levitated train system on Saturday rode a high-speed linear motor train on the test track of Central Japan Railway Co. in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 jolted Chiba Prefecture and its vicinity in eastern Japan including Tokyo on Saturday evening, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. (Bangkok Post)

International relief activities have moved into full swing in the Philippines one week after Typhoon Haiyan swept through central parts of the country. (NHK)

Japanese medics working to help victims of the Philippines typhoon have deployed wireless mobile X-ray kits using tablet computers, a world first in a disaster zone, a team spokesman said Saturday. (abs-cbnnews.com)

Japan staged a superb fightback to rescue a 2-2 friendly draw with the Netherlands in Belgium on Saturday. (goal.com)

Diet debates on a bill aimed at protecting state secrets and designed to tighten penalties for public servants who leak such information have reached a crucial stage, prompting the ruling coalition and some opposition parties to step up their talks over revisions of the legislation. (Yomiuri)

The opening of a Swiss-owned chocolate factory northwest of Tokyo is a small but sweet milestone in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's crusade to lure foreign investment to Japan after decades of keeping local industries protected from outside competition. (washingtonpost.com)

A team of Ground Self-Defense Force members disposed of an unexploded bomb at a construction site in Akabane-Kita in Kita Ward, Tokyo, Sunday morning. (Yomiuri)

A Japanese man who runs on his arms and legs broke his own Guinness world record for the 100-meter dash on Thursday. (thesouthern.com)

An independent newcomer won the Fukushima mayoral election on Sunday, defeating the incumbent in a sign of public discontent over the local government's reconstruction efforts following the nuclear crisis at a Fukushima power plant triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

Japanese companies that made tough decisions about exiting businesses, closing factories and revamping management led a doubling of corporate earnings last quarter to the highest level since 2007. (Bloomberg)

A Taiwanese couple studying in Japan has accused Japanese police of mistreating them during a probe into their failure to carry ID papers while going out for lunch. (China Post)

Security experts have uncovered attacks exploiting a zero day vulnerability in Japan's most popular word processing software, bearing all the hallmarks of a Chinese group blamed for last year's New York Times hack. (The Register)

AirAsia X Bhd, in a move to expand its operations, will fly to Nagoya, its third destination in Japan in March next year after Tokyo and Osaka. (New Straits Times)

A group of lawyers has established the first ever national anti-bullying defense network in Japan to help represent the families of children who killed themselves due to bullying. (Japan Today)

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