News On Japan

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two organized crime members over the alleged smuggling of nearly 500 million yen in gold via a private jet, reports Fuji News Network (June 9). (Tokyo Reporter)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police are investigating what is believed to have been an attempted murder-suicide after the body of a woman was found inside a room of a love hotel in the Ikebukuro area of Toshima Ward, reports Fuji News Network (June 9). (Tokyo Reporter)

Kosuke Morita, a scientist at Japanese research institute Riken and leader of a team that discovered the 113th element, expressed his joy on Thursday, the day after the proposed name of the element, "nihonium," was unveiled. (Jiji Press)

Visitors have flocked to a temple in Kamakura City, near Tokyo, to view about 2,500 hydrangea flowers in full bloom. (NHK)

A former owner of a nightclub in Osaka is set to be cleared of violating the adult entertainment business law after the Supreme Court rejected a prosecutor's appeal against his not guilty verdict, it was learned Thursday. (Japan Times)

Toyota Motor Corp. will significantly expand its telework system to cover 13,000 career-track employees, informed sources said Thursday. (the-japan-news.com)

Toys employing virtual reality and other cutting-edge technologies, including those equipped with miniature cameras, are on display at the annual International Tokyo Toy Show, which opened on Thursday. (the-japan-news.com)

Mao Kobayashi, the 33-year-old wife of famous kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo, has been combating progressive breast cancer, Ebizo said Thursday. (Jiji Press)

The Okinawa prefectural police have obtained a fresh arrest warrant on a former U.S. marine on suspicion of raping and murdering a 20-year-old woman in the prefecture. (the-japan-news.com)

Japan's National Security Council held a meeting Thursday evening to discuss response to the first-ever entry by a Chinese warship into the contiguous zone around Japanese waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. (Jiji Press)

Representatives from one of the most important Buddhist temples in Japan dating back to the eighth century admitted Thursday a high-ranking monk hit a young trainee monk, rupturing his eardrum. (Japan Today)

Kanagawa Prefectural Police have launched a murder investigation after the body of a woman believed to be a 23-year-old beauty stylist was found in her home in Sagamihara City, reports TV Tokyo (June 10). (Tokyo Reporter)

The body of a woman in her 70s, who had been missing since Wednesday in a forest in Kazuno, Akita Prefecture, was found on Friday morning. (Japan Today)

A new nine-year compulsory schooling system has kicked off in Japan, aiming to resolve problems such as bullying and truancy that have been attributed to the conventional six- and three-year division of education. (Japan Times)

The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry released Friday a draft report that includes plans for harsh punishments on automakers found to have committed wrongdoing in the future. (the-japan-news.com)

Japan issued a record number of visas to foreigners in 2015 as more Chinese people visited on shopping trips. (NHK)

The Tokyo Stock Exchange gave approval Friday for Japanese messaging app operator Line Corp. to go public on its bourse on July 15, in what is expected to be the largest initial public offering in Japan this year. (Kyodo)

The probability of an earthquake measuring lower 6 or stronger on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 within 30 years has risen in the Tokai central through Shikoku western Japan regions facing the Nankai Trough in the Pacific Ocean, a government report showed Friday. (Jiji Press)

Two Tasmanian devils from Australia, now at a zoo in Tokyo, have been shown to the public for the first time. (NHK)

Kanagawa Prefectural Police have concluded that a 23-year-old stylist at a beauty salong whose body was found in her home in Sagamihara City on Thursday died due to strangulation, reports the Sankei Shimbun. (Tokyo Reporter)

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