News On Japan

Imagine you're relaxing at home one day when there's a sudden knock at the door. Before you know it you're sitting in a police interrogation room with people trying to get a confession out of you for a crime you know nothing about. (rocketnews24.com)

Kyoto Prefectural Police on Tuesday arrested a former Nippon Professional Baseball player in Yamashina Ward for attempting to steal the underwear of a female neighbor, reports Nikkan Sports. (Tokyo Reporter)

New Zealand has spied on about 20 countries, including trading partners Japan and China, as part of cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency, The New Zealand Herald reported in its Wednesday edition. (Kyodo)

For one now defunct organized crime group in Tokyo, breaking up was very hard to do - and it ended in multiple arrests. (Tokyo Reporter)

McDonald's Japan is to launch a new smartphone app for customer complaints as it looks to turn the page on a series of scares including the discovery of a human tooth in some fries. (theguardian.com)

Tokyo stocks cast off early losses to close 0.31 percent higher on Wednesday, as a weaker yen overshadowed a sharp fall on Wall Street. (Global Post)

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in January fell 1.7 pct from the previous month, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday. (Jiji Press)

People in Japan are observing the 4th anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeast on March 11th, 2011. (NHK)

A memorial ceremony has been held in Tokyo for those who died in the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (NHK)

Japan's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology may need lessons in morals, honesty, and the political funding laws of Japan. (thedailybeast.com)

The making of mochi, traditional Japanese rice cakes, is a traditional activity for many Japanese families around the time of the New Year's holiday. (rocketnews24.com)

Die-hard proponents of legalized casinos in Japan are considering a last-ditch effort to get their bill passed - by the obscure route of a parliamentary committee that handles matters like the removal of power poles. (Reuters)

Whale meat imported into Japan from Norway has been dumped after tests found it contained up to twice the permitted level of harmful pesticide, the government said Wednesday. (Japan Today)

A controversial former Japanese prime minister on Wednesday praised life in Crimea as "happy" as he slammed Tokyo's position on the seizure of the peninsula by Russia during a contentious visit. (Japan Today)

At least two organizations in Japan have had their Web sites allegedly hacked and temporarily defaced by the Islamic State militant group, according to informed sources. (Jiji Press)

Japan's meteorological agency says, despite a decline, frequent aftershocks still continue to rock the country. A magnitude-9 earthquake struck the nation 4 years ago. (NHK)

The benchmark Nikkei index temporarily topped the 19,000-yen mark on Thursday. That's its highest level in nearly 15 years. (NHK)

Japanese police took into custody last year 439 minors under 18 who posted online messages offering to engage in "enjo kosai" compensated dating or sell underwear, the National Police Agency said Thursday. (Jiji Press)

A team of Japanese researchers has succeeded in detecting cancer from urine by using nematode worms that are attracted by the smell of cancer, according to an article posted recently on the U.S. journal PLOS One. (Jiji Press)

The Japan Football Association officially named Bosnian Vahid Halilhodzic as Japan's new national team manager on Thursday. (Japan Times)

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