News On Japan

All Nippon Airways Co. is considering launching tours that allow pet dogs to travel in the cabin with their owners. (Japan Times)

Railways and air carriers say more people have been on the move in Japan during the mid-August summer holidays, called Obon. (NHK)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a male employee at a commercial sex parlor for molesting a woman at a hospital in Akishima City, reports Nippon News Network (Aug. 23). (Tokyo Reporter)

Japanese weather officials are warning of floods, landslides and high waves as a powerful storm has made landfall on the country's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. (NHK)

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Tuesday stressed the importance of taking measures against cyberattacks to promote fintech, or innovative financial services using information technology. (Jiji Press)

A British media firm has started live streaming of international sports events for smartphone users in Japan. (NHK)

Major Japanese opposition party Osaka Ishin no Kai decided Tuesday to rename itself "Nippon Ishin no Kai" in a bid to gain wider voter support nationwide. (Jiji Press)

A 14-year-old girl was seriously injured Tuesday after being stabbed by a man on a bicycle while walking on a road in the city of Chiba, east of Tokyo, while a 19-year-old female university student was stabbed elsewhere, police said. (Japan Today)

Shizuoka Prefectural Police have arrested a cop-turned-fireman suspected in a series of arson attacks dating back to last year that targeted agricultural properties in Hamamatsu City, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Aug. 23). (Tokyo Reporter)

The antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has agreed to stop physical attacks on whaling vessels and their crew permanently, in a settlement with Japanese research whalers, it was announced Tuesday. (Jiji Press)

The body of a 16-year-old boy was found Tuesday partially buried in gravel in a riverbed in Saitama Prefecture, police said. (Japan Times)

Gunma Prefectural Police have arrested actor Yuta Takahata for allegedly raping a female employee at a hotel in Maebashi City, reports TBS News. (Tokyo Reporter)

Nobuyuki Suzuki, the 60-year-old executive vice president of low-cost carrier Solaseed Air, has died after he jumped from his apartment building in Miyazaki City, reports the Yomiuri Shimbun (Aug. 24). (Tokyo Reporter)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has condemned North Korea's latest missile launch, calling it an unforgivable act. (NHK)

An international conference on the management of bluefin tuna stocks in the Pacific Ocean will begin on Monday in the western Japanese port city of Fukuoka. (NHK)

Twelve mice have returned to Earth safely after their more than monthlong stay aboard Japan's Kibo module on the International Space Station, space agency officials said Monday. (Japan Times)

Longtime maegashira Tokitenku said Monday that balancing cancer treatments and sumo wrestling proved to be too difficult. (Japan Times)

A team of Japanese researchers has unveiled a prototype flight model of a lunar rover based on an almost-completed design. They aim to put what would be Japan's first exploration vehicle on the moon next year. (NHK)

Japan's Defense Ministry is making final arrangements to allow Ground Self-Defense Force troops to be sent to South Sudan, possibly in mid-November, to conduct a fresh mission in a limited area under new security laws, a government source said Sunday. (Japan Today)

All five teenagers arrested last week for allegedly killing a 16-year-old boy in Saitama Prefecture have denied murderous intent while admitting that they physically assaulted him, investigative sources said Monday. (Japan Times)

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