News On Japan

Considering all the scary images that the words "clinical trial" can conjure up, the participants in a recent experiment carried out by Yoshihiko Koga must have felt pretty lucky. (rocketnews24.com)

A rare selection of salted herring roe - a traditional Japanese New Year's dish said to bring good luck - has fetched a record price of more than ¥100,000 per kilogram at a wholesale market auction in the city of Osaka. (Japan Times)

Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested three male medical students over the alleged gang rape of a female acquaintance, reports Nippon News Network (Nov. 22). (tokyoreporter.com)

Japan faces the need to rebuild its trade strategy that has centered around the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump dealt an effective death blow to the regional free trade pact. (Jiji)

Police in Yokohama have arrested an unemployed 24-year-old man on suspicion of theft after he stole money from a wallet from the company president who was interviewing him for a job. (Japan Today)

Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly abducting a teenage girl from Shizuoka Prefecture whom he met online, reports Jiji Press. (tokyoreporter.com)

Workers at a Sony plant here are staging a major strike in response to the electronics giant's sale of the facility, drawing attention to the challenges Japanese corporations face not just in doing business but also in pulling out of operations in China. (Nikkei)

The major earthquake that triggered tsunami in the Tohoku region Tuesday was caused by a type of jolt that is likely to cause tidal waves, according to the Meteorological Agency. (Japan Times)

Russia has deployed cutting-edge ground-to-ship missiles on northwestern Pacific islands at the center of the longstanding territorial row with Japan, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday. (Jiji)

A man died three days after choking during a rice ball eating contest, the event organizer said on Tuesday. (tokyoreporter.com)

Japan's space agency has unveiled a new microsatellite that will be test-launched with a specially designed mini-rocket. (NHK)

Seawall construction in tsunami-battered eastern Japan is coming along slowly, hindered by materials and labor shortages and objections from locals. (Nikkei)

Police have arrested six men including employees of major parcel delivery company Sagawa Express Co for allegedly misleading police about the identity of drivers responsible for parking violations. (Japan Today)

Go master Cho Chikun triumphed in its final game against DeepZenGo, a Japanese artificial intelligence program, on Wednesday to win the three-game series 2-1. (Kyodo)

Japanese TV personality Mao Kobayashi, who has been fighting breast cancer for about two years, has been named in the 2016 edition of the BBC's 100 Women list. (Japan Today)

The Meteorological Agency warned Wednesday of possible snow overnight and on Thursday morning in central Tokyo and other areas, saying transportation services in the Kanto region could be disturbed. (Japan Times)

The deployment of Russian missile systems on the Kuril Islands should not influence efforts to settle the long-running territorial dispute between Moscow and Tokyo over the islands, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. (Japan Times)

While the Japanese government's low interest rate policy has long struggled to revitalize the economy, Japan's private sector foresees the nation's economic future in the hands of educated young individuals who will not only rejuvenate the country's economic growth, but also dare to challenge the status quo in order to bring about social change with cutting-edge technology and innovative ideas. (Japan Today)

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced a Japanese Red Army member accused of attempted murder and other charges to 12 years in prison over a 1986 mortar attack on the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta. (Japan Times)

A 16-year-old high school girl was found dead and 15-year-old was seriously injured when they fell off a dam in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, in an apparent suicidal plunge, it was revealed Wednesday. (Japan Times)

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