News On Japan

Hyogo Prefectural Police on Tuesday arrested the top boss of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi on charges of fraud related to a service contract for a mobile phone, reports Jiji Press. (tokyoreporter.com)

Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a 25-year-old woman for allegedly dumping about one dozen cat corpses found buried in a park in Sagamihara City last year, reports TBS News. (tokyoreporter.com)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he hopes that China's "One Belt, One Road" economic initiative will be realized along the lines of international rules. (NHK)

The US Defense Department says 2 aircraft carriers deployed in the Sea of Japan have now left, but that it will continue to monitor moves by North Korea. (NHK)

Another reactor in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, has been restarted, bringing to 5 the total number of Japanese reactors currently in operation. (NHK)

Three giant pandas born and raised in Japan have returned to China under a standard agreement to improve the breeding success of the rare animals. (Japan Today)

Japan's Ministry of Finance seeks to create a market enabling direct exchanges of the yen and other Asian currencies without using the dollar as an intermediary, an idea that could reduce funding costs for financial institutions and businesses. (Nikkei)

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he dropped a 5-year-old girl from the second floor of a sports center in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Monday night. (Japan Today)

East Japan Railway has decided to install security cameras on all cars on the Yamanote Line, which circles central Tokyo. (NHK)

Nearly 27 pct of land in rural areas in Japan does not have identified owners now, according to the Justice Ministry's first survey on the current state of land ownership, released on Tuesday. (Jiji)

Japanese Princess Mako, a granddaughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, visited on Tuesday the Taktsang Palphug Monastery in Bhutan, a Buddhist temple complex built on a cliff some 3,100 meters above sea level. (Jiji)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 44-year-old male singer for allegedly paying a teenage girl for an illicit encounter in Shibuya Ward earlier this year, reports TBS News (tokyoreporter.com)

The submission of a bill to strengthen measures to curb secondhand smoke in Japan is now likely to be deferred until after the current Diet session, as the health ministry and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party remain apart over restrictions on smoking in restaurants, senior LDP members said on Tuesday. (Jiji)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 29-year-old male employee of advertising firm Dentsu for allegedly molesting a woman in Bunkyo Ward earlier this year, reports TBS News (tokyoreporter.com)

A 38-year-old woman and her two children were found dead in their home in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, police said Wednesday. Police said the mother, Yukiko Nakata, her son Ryosuke, 9, and her daughter Miyu, 6, were strangled to death, Fuji TV reported. (Japan Today)

Japan's nuclear regulator says 5 workers at a nuclear research facility have accidentally been exposed to a radioactive substance. (NHK)

The Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education said Tuesday that 379 students at 61 schools in the prefecture felt sick after drinking milk served during lunchtime at school the previous day. (Japan Times)

Sota Fujii, the youngest professional shogi player at age 14, extended his series of wins on Wednesday since turning pro to 23, the third-longest winning streak on record. (Japan Times)

Koki Tanaka, a former member of boy band KAT-TUN, was released from custody on Wednesday following his arrest for possession of marijuana, reports NHK. (tokyoreporter.com)

The long arm of the law may be reaching out to Japan's largest criminal syndicate and its breakaway gangs. (tokyoreporter.com)

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