News On Japan

Universal Studios Japan in Osaka will resume nighttime parades from 2018 following a year-and-half hiatus as part of efforts to draw overseas tourists as well as domestic visitors, its operator USJ Co. said Monday. (Kyodo)

Sayaka Akimoto recounts similar pressures she faced herself in school. (rocketnews24.com)

UNESCO has decided to add historic records of visits by Korean envoys to Japan between the 17th and 19th centuries to its Memory of the World Register. (NHK)

A man in custody following the discovery of parts of nine corpses in his apartment in Zama City has told police that he disposed of portions of the bodies in the trash, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Oct. 31). (tokyoreporter.com)

China's top ride-sharing company, Didi Chuxing, will launch an app-based service in Tokyo next April, partnering with a Japanese taxi company. (NHK)

The Bank of Japan has downgraded its inflation forecast for the current fiscal year through March. (NHK)

The Japan Tourism Agency will start a survey to check the number of visitors from abroad who have bought travel insurance, hoping to draw up measures to encourage more foreign visitors to get coverage, according to sources. (Japan Times)

Companies continued to face a severe labor shortage in September, with job availability remaining at historic highs, government data showed Tuesday. (Japan Times)

Investigative sources with the Hyogo Prefectural Police have revealed that the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi organized crime group likely vacated its headquarters in Awaji City on Monday, a move that comes after the issuing of a complaint by citizens, reports TBS News (tokyoreporter.com)

Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko have welcomed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Tokyo. (NHK)

A law to improve the treatment of foreign trainees under Japan's technical training program was put into effect on Wednesday. (Jiji)

The Democratic Party selected former State Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kohei Otsuka, 58, as its new leader at a general meeting on Tuesday. (Jiji)

Police arrested nine people on suspicion of copyright law violations Tuesday in connection with a website containing links to other sites that give visitors access to pirated comics and books. (Japan Times)

The Kobe Municipal Government earlier this year evicted a woman from a municipally run apartment after it received numerous complaints regarding the dozens of cats she kept inside, reports TBS News (tokyoreporter.com)

This place is for real! A city in Japan called Obama. They must have named it after the former president, right? (ONLY in JAPAN)

Police have arrested 7 people in connection with a cash robbery of 380 million yen, or about 3.4 million dollars, in western Japan in April. (NHK)

Tokyo police are on increased alert as young people and foreign nationals in Halloween costumes descend on the city's busy Shibuya district. (NHK)

A man arrested in connection with a missing 23-year-old woman is reportedly telling police that he had dismembered the bodies of 9 people in the bathroom of his apartment. (NHK)

Police in Bangkok on Sunday arrested a Japanese woman for allegedly attempting to smuggle 10 otters to Japan, reports Fuji News Network (tokyoreporter.com)

Sony Corp. announced Wednesday that it is scheduled to release a new doglike "aibo" robot on Jan. 11, 2018. (the-japan-news.com)

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