News On Japan

The government expanded the no-go zone around Mt Shinmoe in Kyushu on Sunday as volcanic activities intensified. (Japan Today)

Nearly 2,000 fire ants have been discovered in Kyoto in a shipping container that arrived from China, local authorities said Saturday. (Japan Times)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have bust a so-called "JK" (joshi kosei) school girl business in Toshima Ward over the unlawful employment of minors, the first crackdown since the enactment of legislation regulating such establishments earlier this year, reports TBS News (tokyoreporter.com)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has set the time for relocating the operations of the Tsukiji fish market to the nearby Toyosu waterfront area at September to October next year. (Japan Times)

The prefectural government of Hiroshima is asking the US military to clarify if some of its fighter jets conducted aerial training maneuvers that released flares above part of the prefecture, alarming local residents. (NHK)

A Japanese TV network apologized Monday for making viewers "feel unpleasant" over a comedy program that revived a 30-year-old stereotype character depicting a gay man. (Kyodo)

Corporate enfant terrible, Takafumi Horie, built one of Japan's most successful internet businesses, stood for the Diet, went to prison and started a space company that aims to put the country's first privately funded rocket into orbit. Now he has a new frontier: cattle. (Japan Times)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two persons over the alleged possession of marijuana and cultivation of the drug at the base of Mt. Takao in Hachioji City, reports the Asahi Shimbun. (tokyoreporter.com)

Japanese travel company H.I.S. Co. said Monday it will open 10 more hotels staffed by robots in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka and Kyoto by March 2019. (Kyodo)

U.S. President Donald Trump will make from Nov. 5 his first visit to Japan since taking office in January on the first leg of his five-nation Asian tour, the White House announced on Monday. (Jiji)

Japan's Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso and US Vice President Mike Pence on Monday confirmed that the 2 countries will coordinate to increase pressure on North Korea. (NHK)

Osaka Prefectural Police have sent 10 persons to prosecutors for using a public road near theme park Universal Studios Japan as a private track for a specialty form of auto racing, reports TV Asahi (tokyoreporter.com)

A 45-year-old male singer was not prosecuted for allegedly paying a teenage girl for an illicit encounter in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, it was learned on Monday, reports Sankei Sports (tokyoreporter.com)

Amid the gloom and struggle that Osaka has gone through in recent years, a tourism boom has been an unexpected boon for Japan's gritty second city. (Japan Times)

The U.S. has for the first time told Japan it has a "strong interest" in starting talks over a potential free trade agreement between the two countries. (Nikkei)

The government will try to minimize restrictions placed on the private lodging business by municipalities concerned about noise and traffic jams in residential areas, officials said Tuesday. (Japan Times)

Mothers with young children in Japan are now spending more time on child care than household chores, thanks in part to their increasing use of time-saving appliances. (Nikkei)

The Japan Tourism Agency will tighten regulations for travel agencies to protect tourists in the wake of Tellmeclub's bankruptcy in March. (Japan Times)

People dressed as samurai warriors have marched in a procession at a World Heritage site in Nikko, north of Tokyo. (NHK)

Japan's Environment Ministry is considering making clear that it is owners' responsibility to protect the safety and health of their pets when natural disasters occur, it was learned Tuesday. (Jiji)

Latest Images