News On Japan

Clouds are forming over Japan's latest shinkansen route connecting an isolated area of high-speed track on the southern island of Kyushu due to come into service in fiscal 2022 with the greater bullet train network as performance issues with new technology create tough decisions on how to open the line. (Nikkei)

Japan's gross domestic product in fiscal 2018 is forecast to increase 1.4 pct from the previous year in price-adjusted real terms, the Cabinet Office said Friday. (Jiji)

China told Japan on Friday to "get used to it" after it flew six warplanes over the Miyako Strait between two southern Japanese islands in a military exercise. (nypost.com)

When Japan's parliament legalized casino gambling last year, it created a wave of excitement among casino operators and institutional investors. But sensitivities about gambling addiction have now focused the policy discussion on a concept known as responsible gaming. (bloomberg.com)

The Kanagawa Prefectural Police said Friday that two bodies found in suitcases in a mountainous area in the prefecture's Hadano City on Thursday are those of two Chinese sisters who were reported missing earlier this month. (Japan Today)

The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry on Thursday announced guidelines for the country's new unified examination system for university entrance that will begin in fiscal 2020. (the-japan-news.com)

At first glance, Sora Tob Sakana is aimed squarely at the pre-teen market. After all, the pop group's four members are 14 to 16-year-old girls who sport ponytails and cutesy frilly dresses and pump out bubblegum tunes accompanied by wobbly dancing. (theaustralian.com.au)

Hundreds of highly poisonous fire ants have been found at the port of Yokohama, near Tokyo. (NHK)

The Giga Dinosaur Exhibition 2017, which exhibits reconstructed full-body skeletons and fossil specimens from many dinosaurs, opened at Makuhari Messe in Mihama Ward, Chiba, on Saturday. (the-japan-news.com)

Major Japanese carriers will start randomly checking passengers' electronic devices for explosives before they board aircraft, responding to a U.S. request to enhance aviation security to counter terrorism, airport sources said Friday. (Kyodo)

Japan's Toshiba is planning to expedite a deal for its flash memory unit by adding a clause to the sales contract. (NHK)

A luxury sightseeing train to run near Tokyo has been unveiled at a ceremony with train operators, local officials and the media. (NHK)

Two Chinese coast guard ships were spotted Saturday in Japanese waters around Okinoshima island and one near Tsushima Island, in the first confirmation of an intrusion by Chinese government vessels in the area, the Japan Coast Guard said. (Japan Today)

Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 42-year-old male employee of Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Kinki Regional Development Bureau for taking a photo of a woman's underwear. (Japan Today)

The northern Kyushu region of southwestern Japan, where people are struggling to restore lives following recent torrential rains, now faces another problem -- a growing number of trip cancellations to the area. (Japan Today)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has begun testing a spherical drone about the size of a grapefruit in Japan's Kibo science module at the International Space Station. (Japan Times)

Participants at an international fisheries conference have failed to adopt a Japanese proposal to set catch quotas for Pacific saury. (NHK)

Police in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture, said Sunday that the bodies of two women have been found in a car submerged in a lake. (Japan Today)

Tochigi Prefectural Police have arrested a 28-year-old man suspect in the molestation of multiple women in Utsunomiya City, reports TBS News. (tokyoreporter.com)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 47-year-old man for allegedly abducting a teenage girl and holding her at his residence for nearly two weeks, reports TBS News. (tokyoreporter.com)

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