News On Japan

Seven people died after being hit by an avalanche on Saturday on a mountain in Japan's central Toyama prefecture, local police said. (inquirer.net)

A police patrol officer in Koganei, Tokyo, has been arrested for filming up the skirt of a high school student on an escalator at JR Musashisakai station. (Japan Today)

Luke Donald shot a 5-under 66 on Sunday to defend his title at the Dunlop Phoenix and earn his first victory of the year. (miamiherald.com)

A Japan-U.S. alliance is targeting a replacement for DRAM -- a longstanding staple of computer hardware. (CNET)

Iran and six major nations including the United States reached a first-stage agreement Sunday on curbing Iran's nuclear activities in return for the easing of sanctions imposed by Western countries. (Kyodo)

In Sumo, Yokozuna Grand Champion Harumafuji won the 15-day Kyushu Grand Tournament in Fukuoka City on Sunday. (NHK)

The US "deeply concerned" and committed to defending its close ally Japan after China unilaterally decided to establish an air defense zone in the disputed East China Sea, Secretary of State John Kerry has said. (Economic Times)

Yurukyara-cute and often cuddly mascots representing cities and prefectures from throughout Japan and abroad Saturday set a Guinness world record for the largest gathering of mascot characters when 376 of them gathered at a park in Hanyu, Saitama Prefecture. (Yomiuri)

Japan's new goal of "reducing its domestic greenhouse gas emissions by 3.8 percent from the 2005 level by 2020" has been criticized as too low by several countries at the 19th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP19) held in Warsaw. (Yomiuri)

Japanese engineers have succeeded in filming and collecting deep-sea creatures using a probe developed by a group of small manufacturing firms. (NHK)

Fukuoka Prefectural Police suspect organized crime involvement in the stabbing of a construction company president early Friday morning. (Tokyo Reporter)

The Nikkei climbed 1.5 percent on Monday to within sight of a 5-1/2 year peak reached in May, propelled by exporters with the yen slumping versus the dollar and investors expecting the Bank of Japan to keep its stimulus drive even as the Fed tapers off. (Reuters)

Police said Monday that a 79-year-old hunter was shot and killed by a fellow hunter who mistook him for a wild boar in a forest in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture. (Japan Today)

Police in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, have arrested a 43-year-old man after he stole a taxi and drove recklessly before crashing into two police vehicles parked outside a police station. (Japan Today)

China on Monday rejected Japan's protest at Beijing's establishment of an air defense identification zone in the East China Sea, including the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands. (Jiji Press)

Ending radioactive water leaks along with groundwater and ocean contamination at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan may take more than five years, according to a report by a government advisory body. (Bloomberg)

A 43-year-old woman and other six boys and girls aged 14 to 18 years have been arrested by police in the western Japanese prefecture of Hyogo in connection with the abuse of a 15-year-old junior high school student, local press reported on Tuesday. (Global Times)

A total of 198,108 cases of bullying were recognized at schools in Japan in fiscal 2012 that ended in March, up 2.8-fold from the previous year and the highest figure since the survey began in 1985, the education ministry said Tuesday. (Jiji Press)

World leaders have praised the late South African President Nelson Mandela at his memorial service. (NHK)

A 23-year-old Turkish man was jailed for life on Tuesday for torturing and murdering a Japanese woman in Cappadocia, a spectacular tourist site in central Turkey. (Japan Today)

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