News On Japan

The Meteorological Agency forecast heavy snow and strong winds nationwide from Tuesday to Wednesday and warned of avalanches, stormy conditions and high waves, as well as disruptions to transport systems. (Japan Times)

Hawkish former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, the supreme adviser to Jisedai no To (Party for Future Generations), on Tuesday officially put an end to his nearly 50-year political career after losing his Diet seat in Sunday's Lower House election. (Japan Times)

Total direct foreign investment in China is up marginally this year. But that from Japan continues to decline. (NHK)

A Japanese power company has applied for government screening for a nuclear power plant being constructed in the north of the country. (NHK)

Kansai Electric Power Company has shown to media special inspection procedures aimed at restarting 2 aging nuclear reactors at its plant in central Japan. (NHK)

Suntory Liquors Ltd. said Monday it will raise prices beginning in April for three of its high-quality whiskeys - Yamazaki, Hakushu and Hibiki - as well as some imported brands. (The Japan News)

Japan manager Javier Aguirre was named Monday by Spain's anticorruption prosecutor for alleged match fixing in a 2011 game in the country's top-flight soccer league. (Kyodo)

McDonald's in Japan said Tuesday it is having to ration french fries, despite having airlifted in more than 1,000 tons of potatoes, as eateries grapple with a crippling chip shortage. (Japan Today)

A Dallas-bound American Airlines jet coming from South Korea made an emergency landing in Japan early Wednesday after encountering turbulence. At least 12 people on board the plane were injured. (NHK)

The Japanese government has revised upwards its tax-revenue estimates for the current fiscal year. Officials say revenue will exceed the projection they made late last year by 1.7 trillion yen, or about 14.5 billion dollars. (NHK)

Japan's exports grew 4.9% in value in November but fell 1.7% by volume, the latest indication that a weaker yen has failed to stoke exports and real economic activity. (Wall Street Journal)

Residents of Nemuro City, the easternmost point on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, have a close relationship with the sea. (rocketnews24.com)

Japan's trade balance remained in the red for the 29th straight month in November. That's the longest streak since comparable data became available in 1979. (NHK)

A group of Japanese researchers has sought opinions from academic societies on guidelines it compiled for uterus transplants aimed at childbirth. (NHK)

A Japanese lingerie maker is recalling more than 20,000 brassieres after complaints that underwires suddenly poked out, sometimes while women were wearing them. (Japan Today)

Police in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, said Wednesday that a 37-year-old woman was found dead with knife wounds to her neck in her apartment on Tuesday night. (Japan Today)

The government and ruling bloc plan to abolish a reduced tobacco tax rate applied to some brands gradually over several years from fiscal 2015, it has been learned. (The Japan News)

Central Japan Railway Co., known as JR Tokai, said Wednesday it has started to build underground stations at two terminals for a magnetically levitated train line linking Tokyo and Nagoya, with the aim of starting service in 2027. (Kyodo)

The Tokyo metropolitan government decided Wednesday to relocate the Tsukiji market, Japan's largest fish market, in Chuo Ward to the Toyosu district of Koto Ward in early November 2016. (Jiji Press)

Police in Nara said Wednesday they have arrested a public school teacher for intruding into the bedroom of a woman who lives in the same apartment building as he does. (Japan Today)

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