News On Japan

Japan's defense minister says North Korea has sufficient capabilities to be recognized as a nuclear power. (NHK)

Mitsuoka Motor Co Ltd has unveiled its Fusion sleeping/funeral car based on minivans. (Japan Today)

A stone monument has been unveiled near a levee that collapsed 2 years ago on the Kinugawa River, north of Tokyo. (NHK)

The 65-year-old owner of a small Japanese restaurant in Miyazaki city was stabbed to death on Saturday, police said. (Japan Today)

About 300 passengers were evacuated after a fire spread to a train from a nearby building in central Tokyo on Sunday. (Jiji)

Further consolidation among Japan's regional banks is inevitable given the rapidly aging population and ultralow interest rates, according to an adviser to the Financial Services Agency. (Japan Times)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called for boosting the country’s defenses in the face of North Korean threats, warning that Tokyo needs to be able to protect itself. (Japan Times)

Japan's hosting of the 2019 Rugby World Cup has created "nervousness" about whether big crowds will turn up but national pride will carry the day for the Japanese, World Rugby's chief executive said Monday. (Japan Today)

NHK has learned that the US tech giant Google will start selling its smart speakers on the Japanese market starting in early October. (NHK)

Japanese said Monday it would sell off another chunk of the country's massive postal service in a share sale that could raise up to 1.4 trillion yen. (Japan Today)

A male police sergeant was re-arrested for allegedly leaking investigation details to an acquaintance following his previous arrest for allegedly buying marijuana from the same person, reports TBS News . (tokyoreporter.com)

Police in southwestern Japan have admitted to having mistakenly arrested a young woman for fraud. (NHK)

Aichi Prefectural Police are searching for a man who assaulted a woman at her residence in Toyohashi City after she finished showering, reports TV Asahi. (tokyoreporter.com)

The body of a woman was found on the roof at Narita International Airport in Narita City, police revealed on Monday, NHK reports. (tokyoreporter.com)

The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a new sanctions resolution on North Korea, expanding the targets of sanctions. (NHK)

A folding screen painted in ink featuring main characters of the Star Wars movie was unveiled Tuesday at Byodoin, a Buddhist temple on UNESCO’s World Heritage list in Kyoto Prefecture, ahead of the release of the latest episode in December. (Japan Times)

Princess Kako, a granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, departed Tuesday for Britain where she will study at the University of Leeds as an exchange student until June next year. (Kyodo)

A Peruvian man indicted in the 2015 killings of six people in Saitama Prefecture has a mental illness, sources said Tuesday, a development that could affect whether he can be held criminally liable. (Japan Times)

Japan's Financial Services Agency and National Police Agency plan to start discussions shortly to make it possible to complete online procedures needed for opening bank accounts, aiming to improve convenience for users, according to informed sources. (Jiji)

Saga Prefectural Police have arrested a male government official for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a woman for two hours at a park in Saga City earlier this year, reports the Asahi Shimbun (tokyoreporter.com)

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