News On Japan

Osaka Prefectural Police on Wednesday arrested a 66-year-old man from Nishinari Ward who was acquitted of killing a high-school girl six years ago on charges of attempted murder, reports Sports Hochi (Nov. 6). (Tokyo Reporter)

Tokyo stocks fell 0.86 percent Thursday on profit-taking, snapping a five day winning streak as the dollar's rally against the yen ran out of steam. (brecorder.com)

Twenty-seven dogs have been found dead down an embankment near a forest path in Nakagawa, Tochigi Prefecture. The discovery comes after the carcasses of 40 small dogs were found 20 kilometers away in a river in Sakura City, Tochigi, last Friday. (Japan Today)

Fishing season for snow crabs, a winter delicacy, began off the Sea of Japan coast on Thursday. (NHK)

A 74-year-old man was found dead Thursday morning at his apple orchard in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, after having apparently been attacked by a bear. (Japan Today)

A Japanese swimmer suspended for stealing a camera at the Asian Games has denied the allegations, claiming someone placed the camera in his gym bag. (Asahi)

Japan's composite index of coincident economic indicators for September rose 1.4 points from the previous month, the Cabinet Office said Thursday. (Jiji Press)

Japan will start keeping track of the health of more than 10,000 elderly people in a 5-year survey to help studies into the prevention and treatment of dementia. (NHK)

McDonald's Japan has reported a net loss of more than 65 million dollars for January to September. The firm says its sales are sluggish due to revelations in July about expired meat from a Chinese supplier. (NHK)

A survey of thousands of Japanese households has found their financial assets have increased in value by about 7 percent from last year due to higher incomes and rising stock prices. (NHK)

The yen is trading significantly weaker than many Japanese companies anticipated, raising the specter of cost increases for smaller businesses and even some large ones. (Nikkei)

South Korea's Lotte Duty Free is opening a shop in central Tokyo, advancing into urban areas after a successful launch at Osaka's Kansai Airport in September. (Nikkei)

Recently Rakuten Travel announced its top 10 list for the best local trains around the country. (rocketnews24.com)

The Japanese government has come up with draft measures to revive the nation's regional communities with a focus on putting a stop to their declining populations. (NHK)

Kanagawa prefectural police said Thursday that a body found in the Sagami River in Hiratsuka is that of a missing 26-year-old woman. (Japan Today)

The government specified its goal of raising Japan's total fertility rate to about 1.8 in an outline compiled Thursday of its long-term vision for curbing a decline in the nation's population. (Jiji Press)

In the past few days, professional pick-up artist Julien Blanc became the source of tremendous ire after footage was shared online of a man identified by Internet users as him grabbing women on the streets of Tokyo, manhandling a convenience store clerk, and pushing girls' heads down into his crotch while posing for the camera. (Japan Today)

The world economy has taken a pretty big hit since 2007, and every country is doing what it can to recover. Some have been able to do better than others, but for most people, they haven't gotten back to pre-crash numbers, whatever that may be. (Japan Today)