News On Japan

Japan has pledges support for four Lao projects, including two infrastructure projects, during its prime minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Laos, Lao foreign affairs ministry said on Sunday. (Xinhua)

Japan met its Kyoto Protocol obligations to lower greenhouse gas emissions by planting trees and buying carbon credits as actual emissions rose, media reported on Sunday, days after the country watered down targets for cutting them further by 2020. (Reuters)

Tokyo stocks staged a modest fall Monday, edging down as the dollar came off its early highs, allowing for profit-taking that offset strong support for banks, brokerages, and other financial stocks. (Wall Street Journal)

China may be opting for improving relations with Japan. The Japanese government is analyzing the country's moves to see if that is the case. (NHK)

He is renowned for being a leading exponent of scruff chic. But Keanu Reeves seemed to have put in the effort to look dapper for his fans in Japan on Sunday. (Daily Mail)

Police said Monday they have arrested the 78-year-old driver of a car that struck and killed a six-year-old boy in the parking lot of a chicken farm in Nishitomioka, Kanagawa Prefecture. (Japan Today)

Police are investigating the purchase of goods with a fake one-million yen note in which the portrait of Yukichi Fukuzawa is seen grinning. (News On Japan)

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that disparities of up to 2.43 times in the weight of votes in last December's House of Representatives election were "in a state of unconstitutionality." (Kyodo)

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner New Komeito agreed Wednesday to halve from fiscal 2014 subsidies granted to rice farmers cooperating in the government's policy of cutting production of the country's staple food. (Jiji Press)

Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to retire the No. 5 and No. 6 reactors at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station in northeastern Japan, informed sources said Wednesday. (Jiji Press)

The Japan National Tourism Organization says the number of foreign visitors to the country from January to October hit a record high of over 8 million. (NHK)

Japanese business leader Hiromasa Yonekura suggested Wednesday that progress has been made in efforts to improve the nation's ties with China following the latest Japanese business mission to China. (Jiji Press)

Police in Ibaraki, Osaka, are searching for a man on a bicycle who attacked a woman while she was pushing a baby stroller. (Japan Today)

Fishery officials from around the world are divided on how to evaluate existing stocks of Atlantic bluefin tuna. An agreement is necessary to determine fishing quotas. (NHK)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy agreed Wednesday to cooperate on outstanding issues, including a U.S.-led free trade pact and security arrangements, during their first talks since her arrival in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

The world is getting further off track in limiting global warming with setbacks in Japan and Australia outweighing positive signals from the United States and China, a study showed on Wednesday. (huffingtonpost.com)

The Japanese and U.S. governments are planning to arrange an official trip to Japan by U.S. President Barack Obama next April, people familiar with bilateral relations said Wednesday. (Kyodo)

A 37-year-old unemployed man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of stealing an iPhone from a woman while she was using it on a street in the Iriya district in Taito Ward, Tokyo. (Yomiuri)

The Japan Tourism Agency says foreign visitors are on pace to spend a record amount of money in Japan in 2013. The total may exceed 10 billion dollars. (NHK)

The Bank of Japan on Thursday kept its monetary policy unchanged and repeated its view that the economy is in recovery-mode. (cnbc.com)

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