News On Japan

Two men were found dead from gunshot wounds in a rented car in Matsuda, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Monday morning. (Japan Today)

Former Mexico coach Javier Aguirre has become the sole candidate to fill Japan's vacant managing position, multiple sources said Monday. (Kyodo)

Business confidence among Japan's large manufacturers dropped in June from three months earlier for the first deterioration in six quarters after the consumption tax hike in April, Bank of Japan data showed Tuesday, with their key index falling to 12 from March's plus 17. (Kyodo)

Police in Chiba city said Tuesday they have arrested a 61-year-old man over the hit-and-run death of a 68-year-old man. (Japan Today)

Citizens demonstrated outside the prime minister's office in central Tokyo on Tuesday morning. (NHK)

Tokyo stocks closed 1.08 percent higher on Tuesday, helped by a weaker yen and a central bank survey that indicated Japanese firms plan a healthy increase in capital spending. (thepeninsulaqatar.com)

Land prices in Japan's three major metropolitan areas of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya as of Jan. 1 logged year-on-year increases, although the average price for the country fell for the sixth straight year, the National Tax Agency said Tuesday. (Jiji Press)

Japan took a historic step away from its post-war pacifism on Tuesday by ending a ban that has kept the military from fighting abroad since 1945 - a victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe but a move that has riled China and worries many Japanese voters. (Reuters)

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announced on July 1 the Japan-market release of the TRICITY, the first in a series of vehicles that offer users new values through Yamaha's "Leaning Multi Wheel (L.M.W.)" mechanism. (itar-tass.com)

The prime ministers of Japan and Bhutan plan for the foreign ministries of their countries to work together to increase economic cooperation. (NHK)

Milos Raonic joined Euegnie Bouchard in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon as the talented pair continued their run at the record books. (tsn.ca)

The Japanese government decided Tuesday to allocate some 14.2 billion yen from reserves for fiscal 2014 for the year's work related to the planned transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station in Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture. (Jiji Press)

Japan has opened the bidding for rights to operate facilities at Sendai Airport, the nation's 10th busiest, the first step of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's drive to increase private investment in public infrastructure as he tackles bloated government debt. (Reuters)

Senior Japanese and North Korean officials discussed specifics Tuesday of Pyongyang's promised establishment of a new body that will look into its past abductions of Japanese nationals. (Japan Times)

Malaysia-based low-cost carrier AirAsia plans to team up with Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten and other firms to reenter the Japanese market. (NHK)

The government on Tuesday launched a voluntary power-saving campaign for businesses and households in all parts of Japan except Okinawa, in order to conserve electricity. (Japan Today)

The mother of a man accused of killing three people in a busy tourist area of Guam said Monday her son descended into depression after his grandfather died and his girlfriend moved off the island. (Japan Today)

The U.S. government praised the Japanese Cabinet's reinterpretation of the Constitution on Tuesday paving the way for Japan to use its military forces to come to the aid of an ally. (Nikkei)

On Tuesday, the conservative prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and his cabinet agreed to lift the longstanding ban on Japan's troops engaging in combat overseas, a move some believes could drag the county into war. (The Guardian)

The Mount Fuji climbing season opened on Tuesday morning with huge numbers of climbers expected in July and August. (Japan Today)

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