News On Japan

The weather agency raised its alert level for Mt. Hakone on Tuesday following an eruption earlier in the day at the volcano located in a hot spring resort area southwest of Tokyo. (Kyodo)

The mood among big Japanese corporations is unexpectedly upbeat despite recent data showing the recovery appears to be stalling. (Asahi)

A two-month government campaign got under way on Wednesday prompting central government employees to begin work early and leave on time. (Kyodo)

Land prices in Japan for this year fell 0.4 pct on average from the previous year, dropping for the seventh straight year but at a slower pace than the previous year's 0.7 pct, the government said Wednesday. (Jiji Press)

Each year, the four-day Mitama Matsuri, a festival held on the grounds of the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, attracts approximately 300,000 revelers. (Tokyo Reporter)

Stock prices in Tokyo rose on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan's Tankan survey showed better-than-expected results. (NHK)

Shortly after a Shinkansen left Tokyo bound for Osaka at 11 a.m. on June 30, a passenger in the train's No. 1 car became suspicious about a man who was behaving erratically. (Asahi)

Toyota Motor Corporation says its first female executive, Julie Hamp, has resigned. She was arrested last month in Japan on suspicion of drug smuggling. (NHK)

Land prices at tourist spots in Japan have risen markedly, against the backdrop of growing numbers of visitors from overseas, a government report showed Wednesday. (Jiji Press)

The nation's population stood at 126,163,576 as of Jan. 1 this year, down 271,058, or 0.21 percent, from a year before, marking the steepest fall ever, a government survey said Wednesday. (The Japan News)

A 71-year-old man who set himself on fire on a shinkansen bullet train Tuesday had repeatedly complained that the pension he received was not enough to live on, one of his neighbors said Wednesday. (Kyodo)

A Japanese salmon fishing boat and its 11 crew members arrived back in Hokkaido on Tuesday morning after being released by Russian authorities. (The Japan News)

Japan's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday launched an online system to help parents communicate with their children who are now with their estranged spouses under the framework of an international treaty to help settle cross-border child custody disputes. (Japan Today)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Monday announced the arrest of 21-year-old male on multiple charges related to illicit images of a former girlfriend, reports the Asahi Shimbun (Aug. 31). (Tokyo Reporter)

Japanese tax authorities have found that AKS Co., which manages all-girl Japanese pop groups such as AKB 48, failed to report more than 400 million yen in taxable income over the three years to November 2014, it was learned Tuesday. (Jiji Press)

The finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the group of 20 major and emerging economies will chiefly discuss the Chinese economy about which there is much concern, at their upcoming meeting in Ankara, informed sources said Tuesday. (Jiji Press)

South Korea on Tuesday demanded that the Japanese daily Sankei Shimbun delete an online column that likens President Park Geun-hye to the Joseon dynasty's Queen Min, who was assassinated by Japanese. (Japan Times)

A special edition swipe card for Taiwan's mass transit featuring the clothed image of a Japanese porn star sold out within hours overnight via a telephone hotline, despite a storm of opposition. (Japan Today)

An investigation into health problems triggered by the 2011 nuclear disaster here turned up a new case of thyroid cancer in a young person who lived near the stricken plant. (Asahi)

A school in Indonesia is in hot water for utilizing an image of a popular adult video (AV) star from Japan in teaching materials, reports weekly tabloid Shukan Jitsuwa (Sep. 3). (Tokyo Reporter)

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