News On Japan

The Meteorological Agency on Friday warned that an underwater volcano about 400 km south of Tokyo could erupt soon, spurring the Japan Coast Guard to issue an alert to ships in the area. (Japan Times)

Police in Imakane, Hokkaido, said Thursday that the body of a 74-year-old woman was discovered in a freezer at her home. (Japan Today)

STREET FOOD! We're back for more in one of Japan's most traditional cities, Nara. What was once Japan's capitol is now a place loaded with delicious street food for humans and deer alike. So, what's Nara got to offer? I hope you're hungry! (ONLY in JAPAN )

A court in Japan has sentenced a 21-year-old former university student to life imprisonment for murdering an elderly woman and poisoning classmates when she was a minor. (NHK)

A judge sentenced a self-described shaman to a prison term on Friday in the murder of a diabetic boy by telling his parents not give him insulin since it is "poison." (tokyoreporter.com)

Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga said Saturday he will certainly withdraw his predecessor's approval for the landfill work for relocating a U.S. military base within the southernmost prefecture. (Jiji)

Those seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of Japan's big cities will find what they are looking for in a hot-spring paradise hidden deep in a forest. (Japan Times)

For most of his twenties, Naohiro Kimura was a recluse who often spent days shut inside his apartment. Since emerging from his reclusive state last spring, though, he has become the editor of a monthly newspaper serving Japan's community of social recluses, and hopes that through it he can draw some of them out-and change the Japanese public's perception of them. (qz.com)

A Japanese Internet of Things solution for monitoring children while at kindergarten has won a global competition for start-up companies. (NHK)

After several months of quiet, a vulcanian-type explosion occurred this afternoon (25 Mar) shortly after 18h local time(18:03). (volcanodiscovery.com)

In the year after the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen high-speed railway service, the number of visitors increased mainly in Hakodate, southern Hokkaido, the gateway to Japan's northernmost main island. (Jiji)

People in the City of Kumamoto are welcoming spring after a particularly trying year. Many are still recovering from a series of earthquakes that struck southwestern Japan last April. (NHK)

The Japanese airline industry is set to enter a new era of competition in April, with Japan Airlines to exit from restrictions on launching new operations that were imposed after the public bailout of the former national flag carrier. (Jiji)

Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of dozens of dead crows in a park in the northern part of the capital, reports Fuji News Network. (tokyoreporter.com)

Two male British nationals have been accused in the smuggling of more than 300 million yen in stimulant drugs into Japan from Turkey earlier this month, police said on Friday, reports Chiba Nippo (tokyoreporter.com)

A 3-year-old boy fell to his death from the balcony of his family's 8th floor apartment in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on Saturday. (Japan Today)

A New York man found guilty of attacking a Japanese tourist in a Niagara Falls park has been sentenced to 22 years in prison. (Japan Today)

The naked body of a girl believed to be about 10 years old was found Sunday morning in a grass field near a drainage ditch in Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, police said. (Japan Today)