News On Japan

Tokyo stocks have risen 1.16 per cent as upbeat US jobs data sparked a rally on Wall Street and boosted the US dollar against the yen, helping Japanese exporter shares. (skynews.com.au)

The 2014 Tokyo Game Show attracted 251,832 visitors during its Sept. 18-21 run, a decrease of about 6.7 percent from last year's 270,197 but still the second-largest number in its history, organizers said. (Asahi)

Moves are accelerating in the prefectures of Shizuoka and Yamanashi, home to Mount Fuji, to review existing measures to prepare for a possible eruption of Japan's tallest mountain, following the deadly eruption of Mount Ontake in central Japan late last month. (Jiji Press)

The World Bank says the economies of East Asian countries are expected to slow down slightly this year compared to last year. (NHK)

A Nobel Peace Prize observer with a relatively unsuccessful betting record speculates that the Japanese people who uphold war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution are most likely to be chosen the winner of this year's award, which is to be announced this week. (Japan Times)

An envelope addressed to Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yuko Obuchi and containing the blade of a box cutter has been sent to her ministry, it was learned Monday. (Jiji Press)

The tax authorities have imposed an additional Y50 million in corporate tax, including penalty tax, on the Imperial Hotel after determining that the hotel, one of the most prestigious in the nation, hid about Y134 million in income in its 2012 business year, which ended on March 31, 2013, according to sources. (The Japan News)

Japanese retail giant Aeon plans to produce some 60 tons of rice in Saitama Prefecture next year, using paddy fields made available under a government-sponsored farmland-leasing program. (Nikkei)

The prefectural government is creating abalone farms on the ocean floor off the Shima Peninsula to preserve the traditional fishing by "ama" female divers. (Asahi)

The funeral was held Monday for 6-year-old Mirei Ikuta, whose dismembered body was found Sept 23 in bags dumped in a wooded area in Nagata Ward, Kobe, 12 days after she disappeared. (Japan Today)

Police in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward said Monday they have arrested three boys for torching and stealing money from a vending machine on Sept 18. (Japan Today)

A robot that can play ping pong is one of the star attractions at a high-tech trade show being held near Tokyo. (NHK)

Footage has emerged of Jules Bianchi's crash at the Japanese Grand Prix that left the Formula One star with a severe head injury and in a 'critical but stable condition'. (dailymail.co.uk)

Japan's Coast Guard officials have arrested the skipper of a Chinese fishing boat on suspicion of illegally collecting coral in Japanese territorial waters. (NHK)

Tokyo police questioned a 26-year-old male university student on a voluntary basis Monday on suspicion of attempting to go to Syria to join the Islamic State militant group as a combatant. (Jiji Press)

A festival float crashed into a shrine building in Sanda City on Oct. 5, leaving one woman dead and 14 others injured, police said. (Mainichi)

An expert panel of Japan's health ministry adopted Monday a "healthy food" certification mark for cooked meals provided by convenience stores, supermarkets and food delivery services firms. (Jiji Press)

Japan is set to launch a next-generation weather satellite atop an H2A carrier rocket on Tuesday. (NHK)

Tokyo stocks closed 0.67 percent lower Tuesday as the dollar's rise against the yen fizzled, but Fujifilm jumped to a six-year high on hopes for the company's Ebola drug. (thepeninsulaqatar.com)

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda expects "Japan's economy to continue a moderate recovery," he said following the bank's two-day policy board meeting that ended Tuesday. (Nikkei)

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