News On Japan

One of the most enjoyable aspects of rail travel in Japan is the variety of melodies that can be heard at station platforms just before carriage doors close and trains make their departures. (Japan Today)

Many people interviewed by The Japan Times on the streets of Tokyo on Wednesday were stunned after learning America had chosen Donald Trump as the next president, voicing concern over the future of the Japan-U.S. alliance. (Japan Times)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has congratulated Republican Donald Trump on winning the US presidential election. (NHK)

McDonald's Holdings (Japan) appears to have found a recipe for bringing customers back after suffering two straight years of net losses. (Nikkei)

Work crews rushed Wednesday to fill in a giant sinkhole that appeared in the middle of Hakata’s bustling business district, swallowing part of a five-lane street. (Japan Today)

Japan plans to offer a voluntary contribution worth 770 million yen ($7.5 million) to UNESCO this year while continuing to withhold paying its obligatory dues of around 3.85 billion yen, a senior Japanese Foreign Ministry official told a ruling party meeting Wednesday. (Japan Today)

The Japanese government said Wednesday it has proposed limiting annual catches during its research whaling in the northwestern Pacific Ocean to 314 whales over the 12 years from fiscal 2017. (Jiji)

Donald Trump's election as the next U.S. president could throw a wrench into the Bank of Japan's new monetary policy framework if upward pressure on the yen makes cuts to its bond-buying program untenable. (Nikkei)

Super-low interest rates are making bank customers and businesses in Japan change the way they are managing their money. They're taking more of their savings out of time deposits and putting it in ordinary savings accounts. (NHK)

The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has completed the removal of a temporary cover from a damaged reactor building at the facility. (NHK)

Following the robbery of a convenience store in Inazawa City on Tuesday by three masked men, Aichi Prefectural Police are seeking the help of the public in locating suspects in the crime, reports Nippon News Network. (tokyoreporter.com)

A small town is hoping that teaching English to its young people will get it noticed, attracting a few of the many foreign tourists on their way to Osaka via the neighboring international airport. (Japan Times)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday expressed his hope of working with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for a stronger bilateral alliance. (Jiji)

Some of Japan’s most iconic places to see the autumn leaves are now off-limits to photographers. (rocketnews24.com)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump agreed in telephone talks on Thursday that they will hold their first meeting in New York on Nov. 17. (Jiji)

Western-style toilets remain less common than squat toilets at public elementary and junior high schools in Japan despite concerns that Japanese squat toilets are causing many children to delay using them, a national survey released Thursday said. (Japan Times)

Tokyo’s benchmark stock index closed 6.72 percent higher on Thursday, led by a surge in financials and export giants, on hopes Donald Trump’s shock US presidential election win will provide a boost to the world’s number one economy. (Japan Today)

People who chew their food carefully are less likely to develop metabolic syndrome than those who do not, according to a study conducted by a team of researchers including those from Niigata and Osaka universities. (Jiji)

A Japanese journalist deported from Iraq denied on Thursday allegations by Kurdish officials that he is a sympathizer of the Islamic State extremist group. (Japan Today)

A non-Japanese suspect on a wanted list departed Japan from Kansai International Airport in late September due to an immigration control officer’s failure to recognize the wanted information, the Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau said Thursday. (Japan Times)

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