News On Japan

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two male Vietnamese nationals for allegedly stealing at least 200 million yen worth of items from empty homes in the Kanto region, reports TBS News (tokyoreporter.com)

Japan's Defense Ministry says a ballistic missile fired from North Korea landed in the Pacific Ocean about 2,200 kilometers east of Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Friday morning. (NHK)

Japan's Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera has suggested that North Korea's latest missile launch was likely linked to its earlier threat to aim at waters off Guam. (NHK)

The total amount of money paid to medical institutions in Japan to cover treatment of injuries and diseases fell 0.4 pct from the previous year to 41,286.5 billion yen in fiscal 2016, the health ministry said in a preliminary report Friday. (Jiji)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have agreed to further increase pressure on North Korea, following its launch of a ballistic missile that flew over Japan on Friday morning. (NHK)

Police in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa have arrested four boys on suspicion of vandalizing a cave in a local village where a number of residents committed suicide in the final phase of World War II. (Jiji)

The number of centenarians in Japan totaled 67,824 as of Friday, hitting a record high for the 47th consecutive year, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said. (Jiji)

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Abenomics economic policy mix on Saturday for failing to allow people to feel the benefits of economic growth. (Jiji)

A new episode of popular Japanese manga "Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikoen-mae Hashutsujo," widely known as "Kochikame," came out on Saturday for the first time since the police comedy ended its 40-year serialization run in September last year. (Jiji)

Police in Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, said Saturday they have arrested a 35-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting his six-year-old stepson by hitting him with a baseball bat. (Japan Today)

Prosecutors in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, plan to charge a policeman -- already indicted for murdering his wife in June -- with the murder of their two children. (Japan Today)

Rumblings are building within Japan's government and ruling camp that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will call a snap election in the near future, The Nikkei has learned. (Nikkei)

North Korea has released video footage showing its latest ballistic missile launch. (NHK)

The missiles may not be physically crashing into Japan, but their effect is hitting television stations square in the wallet. (rocketnews24.com)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a middle school counselor for allegedly having sex with a middle school student after promising a cash payment, reports TV Asahi (tokyoreporter.com)

At age 117 years, Nabi Tajima of Japan has taken over as the world's oldest verified living person. (loopjamaica.com)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is on his way to New York to attend the UN General Assembly. (NHK)

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force says 4 of its F2 fighters conducted a joint drill with US military aircraft over Japan on Monday. (NHK)

Salmon have a lousy problem, and the race to solve it is spanning the globe. (Japan Today)

The U.S. government is sounding out Japan about a visit by President Donald Trump on Nov 5-7, including a plan to play golf with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on arrival day ahead of formal talks the next day, a diplomatic source said Monday. (Japan Today)

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