News On Japan

Police have arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of stabbing two other men in Tokyo's Roppongi district. (Japan Today)

A retirement ceremony for former Ozeki Champion Baruto was held in Tokyo's Ryogoku sumo stadium on Saturday. (NHK)

Best-selling novelist Haruki Murakami expressed regret on Feb 7 over his portrayal of a small Japanese town in a new story, after a passage suggesting residents habitually throw cigarettes from car windows left locals fuming. (The Star)

The nation's rural communities are becoming more vocal about central government priorities. (The Diplomat)

The heaviest snow in decades in Tokyo and other areas of Japan has left at least 11 dead and more than 1,200 injured across the country, reports said on Sunday. (scmp.com)

Japanese automakers are making a strong showing in the compact car segment of the 12th Auto Expo 2014, currently underway in New Dehli. (akihabaranews.com)

Former Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe, 65, scored a huge victory in the closely watched Tokyo governorship election on Sunday and now needs to tackle an array of issues facing the Japanese capital including social security. (Jiji Press)

An acute shortage of workers is affecting construction sites as the number of laborers has fallen while construction orders have been on the rise. (The Japan News)

A 91-year-old woman and her 62-year-old son apparently froze to death in their home in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, police said Monday. (Japan Today)

Toyota Motor Corporation has announced that it will stop making cars in Australia by the end of 2017. (NHK)

Tokyo stocks closed higher Monday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index gaining 1.77 percent as highly anticipated US jobs data saw a rally on Wall Street Friday and the yen's dip against the US dollar also buoyed investor sentiment on the first trading day of the week. (Global Times)

Police said Monday that a 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman in her house in Kaizuka, Osaka. (Japan Today)

Japan posted its smallest current account surplus on record last year, throwing the spotlight back on Tokyo's ability to service its huge debt and exposing a danger point in an economy starting to find its feet after years of underperformance. (Reuters)

The transport ministry filed a criminal complaint on Monday against Hokkaido Railway Co. over falsifications of maintenance data, prompting police to conduct a criminal investigation into the matter. (Kyodo)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that Japan views an attack by North Korea on the United States as a case in which it could exercise the right to collective self-defense. (Kyodo)

A high-profile Japanese composer who controversially admitted his works had been penned by a ghostwriter, and whose purported deafness has been called into question, said Wednesday he regained some of his hearing about three years ago. (Kyodo)

A fashion magazine model has been arrested for shoplifting after she allegedly stole curtains and various other items from a store in Tokyo. (Japan Today)

Two New York state lawmakers said Monday that they have introduced legislation to require all new public school textbooks used in the state to refer to the waters between Japan and South Korea as the East Sea as well as the Sea of Japan. (Jiji Press)

Police are raiding the offices of a former state-owned railway operator in northern Japan over suspicions that it falsified safety data. (NHK)

Japan has received permission from the US government to import natural gas from the southern state of Louisiana. US officials have now approved all plans for gas exports involving Japanese firms. (NHK)

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