News On Japan

The last section of the Joban Expressway, designed to connect the Tokyo metropolitan area with the Tohoku northeastern region, opened to traffic on Sunday after delays caused by the nuclear crisis that began almost four years ago. (The Japan News)

One of three male teenagers arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing a 13-year-old boy along the Tama River in Kawasaki has told police that the ringleader threatened him, too, with death, investigative sources said Sunday. (Japan Times)

North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Monday morning, the South Korean Defense Ministry said. (Kyodo)

Police in Toyonaka, Osaka, on Monday asked the public for any information on the whereabouts of a six-year-old boy who has been missing since Saturday. (Japan Today)

A Japanese firm has received an order from the United Arab Emirates to launch a satellite. (NHK)

Honda Motor's aircraft division in is the final stages of building a small business jet. The first demonstration flights in Japan are planned for April. (NHK)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Monday announced the bust of a club in which male members have sex with prostitutes in hotel rooms, reports TBS News (March 2). (Tokyo Reporter)

Japanese stocks rose as the yen fell for a third day and investors weighed an interest-rate cut by China amid signs the world's second-biggest economy is weakening. (customstoday)

Tadashi Yanai raised some eyebrows at a media gathering in Tokyo in mid-February. "We aim to achieve 30 trillion yen ($248 billion) in sales in 2030," the chairman, president and CEO of Fast Retailing declared. (Nikkei)

The number of s tudents from Vietnam in Japan increased by 91.6 percent to 26,439 in May 2014, the second largest among foreign students, according to the latest survey by Japan Student Services Organisation (JASSO). (vietnamnet.vn)

Japan's sleek Shinkansen has been the country's fastest mode of transport since it launched 50 years ago, its aerodynamic nose slicing through the rugged landscape. Before that, if you wanted to quickly traverse the country you would take the Nakasendo Way, one of five ancient highways built during the Edo period (1603-1868). (cityam.com)

Japan lodged a strong protest on Monday against North Korea's launch of short-range missiles through a diplomatic channel in Beijing, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said. (Jiji Press)

Police say the leader of a group of youths has admitted to fatally stabbing a 13-year-old boy in an alleged gang killing in Kawasaki City, near Tokyo. (NHK)

An estimated 380,000 homes in Nagano Prefecture lost power early Monday, Chubu Electric Power Co. said. (Japan Times)

Five Japanese men have became sick after eating poisonous puffer fish, an official says, the latest victims of a delicacy seen as sophisticated by fans and crazy by others. (sbs.com.au)

Japanese corporate capital expenditures grew in October-December from a year earlier but the pace slowed from the prior quarter, casting doubt about strength of business investment seen as key to spurring growth in the world's third-largest economy. (Reuters)

Ryoma Matsubayashi says he is still stung by a memory of a politician handing out campaign fliers who declined to give him one. (Wall Street journal)

The agriculture ministry has outlined a draft of a bill that would allow people in the country to bet on overseas horse races featuring Japanese horses. (The Japan News)

Sports officials have announced 12 venues in Japanese cities for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. (NHK)

Whisky demand is rocketing in Japan, with producers scrambling to increase production as a period drama about the dram has the country hooked and after a homegrown single malt scooped the honours in a world taste test. (ctvnews.ca)

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