News On Japan

NEC on Monday unveiled a technology that sniffs out even the most convincing counterfeits by reading microscopic patterns on everything from a luxury purse to a metal bolt. (Japan Today)

It's been a pretty rough year for McDonald's in Japan, in the same way that getting hit by a bus on your way to work would make for a rough morning. (rocketnews24.com)

The leaders of 12 Pacific Rim countries have failed to set a target date to conclude the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact. (NHK)

More and more foreign tourists are coming to Japan to shop. Department stores are now preparing something special for them for the upcoming New Year holidays. (NHK)

Police in Takamori, Kumamoto Prefecture, said Monday they have arrested a 46-year-old man for abusing his one-year-old daughter after he forced her to sit on a radiator, burning her legs and buttocks. (Japan Today)

Two groups of Japanese scientists have developed a method to detect Alzheimer's disease in its early stages. (NHK)

Kanagawa and Tokyo police announced on Monday the arrest of three suspects, including former organized crime members, for the destruction and abandonment of a corpse found in Shizuoka Prefecture. (Tokyo Reporter)

A 2-year-old boy was hit and killed Monday by a train on the JR Sanyo-line in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. (Japan Today)

The meeting lasted just 25 minutes, less than half the time usually given to formal encounters between heads of government. Their national flags, often the backdrop for such meetings, were conspicuously absent. Neither man so much as mentioned the tiny islands in the East China Sea that are a major point of friction between their countries. (nytimes.com)

Japan posted an unexpectedly large current account surplus in September, the third consecutive monthly surplus, as a weaker yen lifted the value of overseas investment income, despite continuing trade deficits. (Wall Street Journal)

Unsure whether they could find halal food in Japan, a group of Muslim school teachers from Malaysia went so far as to prepare their own breakfast before departing. (abcnews.go.com)

Japanese shoppers are up in arms over a serious butter shortage that has forced Tokyo to resort to emergency imports, as some grocers limit sales to one block per customer. (straitstimes.com)

Up to a thousand furious demonstrators gathered outside the Japanese embassy in London to protest the "atrocious" killing of up to 20,000 dolphins, whales and porpoises in the country every year. (express.co.uk)

The Japanese government and ruling parties are arranging to raise fines for poaching by foreigners in Japanese territorial waters and exclusive economic zones to up to 30 million yen, government and party sources said Tuesday. (Kyodo)

Police in Tokyo have arrested a 58-year-old man after it was discovered that he had been stalking his former partner by using a global positioning system (GPS) attached to her car. (Japan Today)

Japan stocks rallied on Tuesday, as the yen turned sharply lower against the greenback, while an unexpected surge in current account surplus in September also boosted the market. (morningstar.com)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering dissolving the lower house and calling a snap election by the end of this year as he faces a tough decision on a planned consumption tax hike, government and ruling party sources said Tuesday. (Kyodo)

Leaders of the Asia-Pacific economies have called for the early establishment of a framework for regional free trade and investment. (NHK)

The Tokyo metropolitan government carried out a drill on Tuesday to deal with a suspected Ebola case. (Jiji Press)

High school students in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, had the opportunity to contemplate gender identity when male and female students exchanged uniforms on Tuesday. Nearly 40 percent of all students at Fuji Hokuryo High School, or 299 students - 117 boys and 182 girls - participated in the exchange. (The Japan News)

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