News On Japan

A dog checked as cargo by a passenger on a Japan Airlines flight from Tokyo's Haneda airport Monday morning escaped before being loaded onto the plane, causing a runway to be shut temporarily and disrupting a total of 14 flights. (Kyodo)

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, taking a major step toward winning his third Formula One title. (Japan Today)

Physical strength and athletic ability of women aged 35-39 and 40-44 have fallen to the lowest levels ever, an annual survey by the Japan Sports Agency showed Sunday. (Jiji)

Graffiti has been found in dozens of locations at Zenkoji Buddhist Temple, a major tourist attraction in central Japan. (NHK)

Japan's Kobe Steel says it shipped aluminum and copper products with falsified inspection certificates. (NHK)

Sake brands from the Kyushu southwestern Japan region finished first and second at a contest in Paris, according to the contest results announced Sunday. (Jiji)

Austria's stricter immigration controls are jeopardizing classes at the Japanese School in Vienna, as two teachers failed to obtain visas before their visa-free stays in the country expired Saturday. (Japan Today)

Fifty-year-old soccer legend Kazuyoshi Miura insists he has no plans to retire any time soon, even joking that the day he stops will be "the day I die." (Japan Times)

An autumn festival featuring dazzling floats has begun in the central Japanese city of Takayama. (NHK)

Kanagawa Prefectural Police plan to arrest a man already in custody for the murder of a 27-year-old woman in Kawasaki City over one decade ago, reports the Sankei Shimbun (tokyoreporter.com)

People in Chichibu, a city north of Tokyo, launched hand-made rockets on Sunday to express their gratitude for the season's harvest. (NHK)

A 33-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Fussa, Tokyo, on Saturday night. A 17-year-old youth was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in death after he turned himself in to police at around 1 a.m. Sunday (Japan Today)

A 4-year-old boy was found safe in a forest in Shizuoka Prefecture on Monday, 45 hours after going missing. (Japan Times)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police revealed on Friday that an 29-year-old officer in the theft of women's underwear has been dismissed from his post. reports the Sankei Shimbun (Oct. 6). (tokyoreporter.com)

Cryptocurrencies are viewed by many as the currency of the future – and they are already experiencing a rising popularity among users and traders, who have become more and more familiar with the concept over time. (newsonjapan.com)

Political candidates and party officials across Japan are filing paperwork and launching their campaigns for the Lower House election scheduled for October 22nd. (NHK)

The most modern and advanced country in the world? Well, Japan is certainly at the top, but it wasn't always that way. Before the Meiji Restoration (1868) Japan was closed to the outside world. Before 1868, it was the time of the samurai and feudal society. (ONLY in JAPAN)

Japan's space agency has successfully launched a fourth and last satellite for its own version of a global positioning system. (NHK)

The police department of Kanagawa Prefecture served a fresh arrest warrant on Tuesday to a 37-year-old man imprisoned for an indiscriminate assault, for the alleged random killing of a woman in the city of Kawasaki in the eastern Japan prefecture 11 years ago. (Jiji)

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke broke his left arm at a Tokyo theater on Monday, right after his performance of an episode themed on "One Piece," a blockbuster Japanese manga and anime series. (Jiji)

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