News On Japan

The Korean Cultural Center, a facility of the South Korean Embassy in Tokyo, was hit by a suspected arson attack Wednesday night, sources said Thursday. (Japan Times)

Police in Tokyo have arrested the leader and one member of a large con-artist group accused of defrauding elderly people out of hundreds of millions of yen with various scams. (Japan Today)

The Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) says the amount of money spent by foreign tourists in 2014 surpassed the preceding year by 43.1%, totaling 2.0278 trillion yen and exceeded two trillion yen for the first time ever. (Japan Today)

Six months after the deadly eruption of Mount Ontake in central Japan, mourners on Friday offered flowers for the victims of the disaster. (NHK)

Japan has repatriated eight children to or from other countries in the year since it joined the Hague Convention on child abductions, according to the Foreign Ministry. (Asahi)

A canal that saw little traffic in the past six decades is headed for a makeover on March 28 when scenic boat tours start on a trial basis. (Asahi)

The operator of Narita Airport is set to replace security inspections for passengers and visitors with an electronic surveillance system. (Asahi)

A teen model smiles sweetly at the camera. Deftly using her hands, she produces a considerable volume of white, goopy liquid. Then she turns to the camera and asks, innocently, "It all came out?" (rocketnews24.com)

Shinji Okazaki and Keisuke Honda came off the bench to score quickfire goals as Japan beat Tunisia 2-0 on Friday in their first outing under new coach Vahid Halilhodzic. (Japan Today)

Police in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, said Friday that more body parts have been found in the Tsuto River near where two severed arms were found on Tuesday. (Japan Today)

Imagine you're sitting in the Sapporo Dome, cheering for the Nippon Ham Fighters home team, when suddenly you hear the unmistakable crack of a bat. (rocketnews24.com)

The proxy fight over Otsuka Kagu Ltd. ended Friday morning with the victory of the founder's oldest daughter, as stockholders agreed to retain Kumiko Otsuka as president of the furniture retailer and remove her father Katsuhisa from the board. (The Japan News)

One in 10 adult women in Japan has experience of becoming a stalking victim and 30 pct of such women felt that their lives were in danger, a Cabinet Office survey suggested Friday. (Jiji Press)

With the arrival of the cherry blossom season, the Tokyo metropolitan government has taken steps to manage the influx of revelers expected at Ueno Park in Taito Ward, where a hanami festival is being held. (The Japan News)

Japanese research whaling vessels have returned to a port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, after completing a survey expedition in the Antarctic Ocean. The expedition was unusual in that it did not involve catching any whales. (NHK)

The education ministry reported last month that high school English-proficiency scores fell far short of its goals. (Japan Times)

The first two volumes of the annals of the late Japanese Emperor Hirohito hit the shelves of bookstores across Japan Friday. (Jiji Press)

A talking robot has attended a meeting in Tokyo to report back about its activities on the International Space Station. (NHK)

One man died and another was rescued after a workboat capsized at sea off Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Friday. (The Japan News)

A Tokyo aquarium at which large numbers of tuna and bonito have mysteriously died has announced plans to reintroduce bluefin tuna around June. (The Japan News)

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