Gender-conflicted inmates to get solo bathing time, choice of undergarments
Equestrian: Hiroshi Hoketsu qualifies for London Olympics at age 70
Marathon: Yamamoto closes in on place at Olympics
Crackdown on intellectual property piracy pays off
1 year after Japan's quake, 20% of affected businesses closed
Semester shift to align universities globally means major overhaul
Okada loses in Manila as Wynn goes 'nuclear'
Japanese factories in post-tsunami rethink
Charges loom over falsified AIJ reports
500-kg bull gores man shielding grandkids
More retailers look to S.E. Asia / Economic doldrums at home make fast-growing economies attractive
Govt increasing efforts to woo LDP
Himeji bar owner killed in arson attack
Suzuki is accused of breaking into Nemoto's bar in the early hours of Saturday and setting fire to the property by spraying gasoline. Nemoto died in the blaze and four others were injured, police said. (Japan Today)
Penguin escapes from Kasai Rinkai Aquarium
Japanese artist creates music using brain waves
Wanting to remember and help those affected by last year's Great East Japan earthquake, Batoh produced a new album, called "Brain Pulse Music", that took survivors' brain waves and turned them into music. (CNET)
Heroes of Japan's nuclear disaster all but forgotten
Nikkei drops on profit-taking, China growth target letdown
Shareholders file $67 bln lawsuit against Tepco executives
In the biggest claim of its kind in Japan, 42 shareholders filed a lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court on Monday accusing 27 current and former Tepco directors of ignoring multiple warnings of a possible tsunami and of failing to prepare for a severe accident, lawyers for the shareholders said in a statement. (Reuters)