A weather observatory in Japan's northernmost city of Wakkanai says it has spotted ice floes offshore for the first time this winter. (NHK)
Season's first ice floes spotted off Hokkaido
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Japan sees 1st homegrown yokozuna promotion in 19 years
The Japan sumo association unanimously decided at a board meeting on Wednesday to promote Kisenosato to yokozuna, the first elevation of a Japanese-born professional wrestler to the national sport's top rank in 19 years. (Jiji)
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'Nagamare' train tour rated best in Japan in 2016
A tour package featuring the "Nagamare Kaikyo" sightseeing train in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, won the grand prize in a contest to honor great railroad tours in the nation, the executive committee of the Tetsutabi Of The Year award said Wednesday. (Jiji)
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Free higher education emerges in constitutional revision debate
Making it free to attend school up through university and graduate school has emerged as one of the items subject to constitutional revision in the debate among ruling and opposition parties in the current Diet session. (the-japan-news.com)
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Apps aim to make English learning easier, more fun
For the many people who may set a New Year's goal of learning English, it's a good idea to take advantage of smartphone applications to learn in one's spare time. (the-japan-news.com)
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Japan's fiscal health hopes grow dimmer still
The most rose-colored perspective of Japan's future economic landscape foresees a deeper primary deficit in fiscal 2020 than projected earlier, suggesting that the government must undertake radical entitlement reforms in order to fulfill its goals of posting a surplus that year. (Nikkei)
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S. Korean author acquitted over defamation of comfort women
A Seoul district court acquitted on Wednesday a South Korean author on charges of defaming former comfort women, who served as prostitutes for Japanese troops mainly during World War II, in an academic book. (Jiji)
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Line swings to full-year profit on higher ad revenue
Japanese messaging app operator Line Corp announced on Wednesday it swung to a full-year net profit on the back of growth in advertising revenue, although operating profit undershot forecasts due to higher operating costs and payment settlement issues. (Japan Today)
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New NHK chief stresses fair public broadcast role
The new head of NHK, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, says the organization will operate fairly and efficiently in its role as a trustworthy and independent public broadcaster. (NHK)
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Woman nabbed in Japan after transfer from China
A Japanese-Brazilian woman suspected of murdering a female nurse in Osaka, western Japan, in 2014 was arrested by the Osaka prefectural police department on Wednesday, after being transferred from China, where she had been held in custody. (Jiji)
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Abe: FTA with US may be possible
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has not ruled out the possibility of negotiating a bilateral Free Trade Agreement with the United States instead of the multilateral Trans Pacific Partnership. (NHK)
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Court backs S. Korean temple's claim on statue stolen from Japan
A South Korean court on Thursday upheld a local temple's claim on an ancient statue of a seated Buddhist saint stolen from Japan in 2012 and currently kept at a South Korean national institute. (Jiji)
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Gachapon capsule toy experience: Akihabara 360
Japanese capsule toy mania is here! So -- what's inside this famous gachapon game center in Akihabara? Join John on a virtual tour and adventure in a shop with hundreds of them stacked to the ceiling. (ONLY in JAPAN)
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Stingy pay raises pull the handbrake on Japan's inflation drive
As the world puts the worst of the disinflationary threat behind it, tepid wage growth is shaping up as a key restraint to a genuine reflationary era taking hold in some economies. Nowhere is this more so than Japan. (Japan Times)
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Tokyo police arrest man, 20, in stolen truck after 40-minute chase
A 20-year-old man who allegedly stole a truck was arrested Wednesday after crashing into police cars following a 40-minute chase in downtown Tokyo. (Japan Times)
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'Doomsday Clock' set closest to midnight since 1953 and Trump key factor
Atomic scientists reset their symbolic "Doomsday Clock" to its closest time to midnight in 64 years on Thursday, saying the world was closer to catastrophe due to threats such as nuclear weapons, climate change and Donald Trump's election as U.S. president. (Japan Times)
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Imperial succession to be studied apart from abdication: Abe
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that his government will consider the issue of Imperial succession separately from ongoing discussions on Emperor Akihito's wish to abdicate. (Jiji)
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Japan's theme parks try new tricks to tempt part-timers
Japan's amusement park operators are scrambling to fill costumes and stalls with part-time staff, offering various incentives to entice skilled labor amid a shortage in an industry normally attractive to workers. (Nikkei)
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'Depachika' -- Japan's underground food emporiums
In a metropolis with roughly 160,000 restaurants and more Michelin stars than any other city in the world, you might think that no other food-related stops in Japan would ever blow your mind. Think again. Japan's "depachika," the basement floors of department stores where Japanese and international foodstuffs are sold, are a perfect marriage two of our favorite manias: a passion for food and a love of shopping. (Japan Today)
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TEPCO reinserts camera in Fukushima reactor
TEPCO, the operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, has again begun using a camera probe inside the containment vessel of the No. 2 reactor. (NHK)
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