News On Japan

Japan's Bookoff, a retailer of secondhand goods, opened an outlet here in Malaysia's capital on Friday, its first in Southeast Asia. (Nikkei)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 42-year-old man for allegedly stalking a first-year female middle school student for around seven months, reports Fuji News Network (Nov. 18). (tokyoreporter.com)

Japan and six other members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact agreed at a ministerial meeting on Thursday that U.S. participation is indispensable for the 12-country agreement. (Jiji)

The government has decided to purchase Mageshima island in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture, one of the sites being considered for the relocation of a U.S. field carrier landing practice (FCLP) facility, according to several government sources. (the-japan-news.com)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested an organized crime member in the quick-strike theft of nearly two billion yen from ATMs nationwide earlier this year, reports TBS News (Nov. 18). (tokyoreporter.com)

The Royal Express, Japan's newest and biggest tourist train, will start operations in July 2017. (Japan Today)

A 44-year-old man is believed to have fatally stabbed his 68-year-old mother at their home and then jumped to his death from the roof of a nearby building in Minuma, Saitama Prefecture, police said Friday. (Japan Today)

The controversial relocation of Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market will not take place for at least one year due to pending safety checks at the replacement site, Gov. Yuriko Koike said Friday. (Kyodo)

Four Vietnamese nationals allegedly stole powdered milk valued at around 100 million yen using other people's credit cards to sell in Vietnam, police said. (tokyoreporter.com)

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. is expected to face a further delay in the start of work to remove fuel from the storage pool at the No. 3 reactor of its disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station, it was learned Friday. (Jiji)

Japan's Diet has passed legislation to revise an immigration control law to allow foreign nationals to work as caregivers in the country. (NHK)

Two men blackmailed a man for more than three million after they caught him taking illicit photos of a high school girl at a train station in Machida City, police said on Friday. (tokyoreporter.com)

The former husband of celebrity Noriko Sakai has been arrested yet again - this time for the possession of so-called "dangerous drugs," reports TV Asahi (Nov. 19). (tokyoreporter.com)

If you've been following our Women in Japan Series, you'll know that we've been keeping our finger on the pulse of women's status in Japanese society, documenting their highs and lows. (Japan Today)

Japan Post Co will launch a service to help the elderly with activities such as shopping and health management by forming a new company with seven partner firms, its parent Japan Post Holdings Co says. (Japan Today)

Wales dropped a goal with nine seconds remaining to snatch a 33-30 win over Japan in a rugby thriller in Cardiff on Saturday. (Japan Today)

Officials from Japan and Russia have worked out details of an economic cooperation program. The plan lists concrete projects and their schedules in line with the 8-point proposal presented by Japan to Russia earlier this year. (NHK)

The head of the world governing body for baseball and softball has visited Fukushima Prefecture to inspect possible venues for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. (NHK)

A commercial complex in the outer market of the Tsukiji central food wholesale market in Tokyo's Chuo Ward opened on Saturday, attracting many tourists and shoppers. (Jiji)

A Japanese government survey found Saturday that the biggest proportion of the country's public has chosen traditional music as a genre that they believe should be known overseas in the fields of culture and art. (Jiji)

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