Tokyo stocks rebound on strong Asian markets, weaker yen
Tokyo stocks rebounded Wednesday as investors were heartened by strength in other Asian markets and a pause in the appreciation of the yen, but gains were limited ahead of extended holidays in Japan...
View Article3 million middle-aged 'parasite singles' in Japan: gov't statistics
There are about 3 million unmarried people aged between 35 and 44 in Japan who live with their parents, and 11.5 percent of the so-called middle-aged "parasite singles" don't have jobs, according to...
View ArticlePee-rless research: Japan scientists discover biological clock regulates...
A team of Japanese scientists has discovered that our biological clock controls bladder capacity such that we don't have to wake up in the middle of the night for a pee -- a finding that could help...
View Article3 piranhas caught in Kanagawa river
Three piranhas were found and caught in a river in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, in late April and city officials combed the area and set a water playground stream for children off limits nearby on...
View ArticlePet parakeet returned to Japanese owner after telling police his address
A pet parakeet was returned to its Japanese owner Wednesday after the brainy bird told police its home address near Tokyo. The male bird, called Piko-chan, escaped early Sunday morning from his home in...
View ArticleOne-third of married Japanese women are victims of domestic abuse
A recent Cabinet Office survey in Japan shows that 32.9 percent of married women or women who have been married in the past have experienced domestic abuse, such as physical harm or psychological...
View ArticleJapan urges Israel 'patience' on Iran sanctions
apan's Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba has urged Israel to exercise "patience" on Iran's nuclear programme and give sanctions a chance to work, his spokesman said on Wednesday. (AFP)
View ArticleDriver 'didn't know names of interchanges'
The driver of the bus that crashed on the Kanetsu Expressway, killing seven people, said he was asleep at the time of the crash and that he did not know the names of interchanges and service areas,...
View ArticleDonations roll in for Senkaku purchase plan
The Tokyo metropolitan government said Wednesday donations are pouring in to help finance its planned purchase of some of the Senkaku Islands, also claimed by China, from a private owner. The...
View ArticleMPD to set area-wide speed limit of 30 kph
Amid a spate of fatal car accidents across the nation involving children walking to school, the Metropolitan Police Department has decided to impose a speed limit of 30 kph on all roads in 37...
View ArticleMore Japanese seeking ova in Thailand
The number of Japanese who received ova donations as part of fertility treatments in Thailand has increased more than 10-fold in recent years, a recent Yomiuri Shimbun investigation has found....
View ArticleBank lending growing fast in Tohoku region
Bank lending is growing faster in the Tohoku region than in other parts of the country, according to data released by the Bank of Japan. At the end of March, the lending balance in the Tohoku region...
View ArticleEconomy, prestige at stake in Kyoto-Nara maglev battle
By the middle of the century, if all goes according to plan, a maglev shinkansen will be in operation between Tokyo and Osaka, reducing a 100-minute trip to just over an hour. (Japan Times)
View ArticleFamed Buddhist nun in antinuclear hunger strike
Novelist and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi joined a hunger strike Wednesday in front of the industry ministry in Tokyo in protest the government's moves to restart idled reactors at the Oi nuclear...
View ArticleJapanese man claims motorcycle that washed up in Canada
A Harley-Davidson motorcycle believed to have traversed the Pacific Ocean to western Canada after being swept from coastal Japan during a March 2011 tsunami has been claimed by a Japanese man. (CNN)
View ArticleJapan must lock door against China: Tokyo governor
Tokyo's controversial nationalist governor said Tuesday his plan to buy islands at the centre of a festering territorial row with China was akin to locking the doors to keep a burglar out. (Bangkok Post)
View ArticleOlympics: Match-fixing claim rejected by volleyball world body
Volleyball's world governing body has rejected claims by Thailand that Japan's women threw their Olympic qualifying match against Serbia at the weekend. Thailand had complained after Japan's full-set...
View ArticleJapanese fifth-generation fighter, Mitsubishi's 'Divine spirit'
Japan may become the fourth country after the U.S., Russia and China to possess its own fighter of the fifth generation. The new fighter, relatively small in size and weight, will become the first...
View ArticleSightings of poisonous octopuses on the rise
Poisonous hyomon-dako or blue-ringed octopuses, which inhabit mainly tropical and semitropical zones in the Western Pacific, have been recently found in increasing numbers in the Kumano-nada area off...
View ArticlePanasonic 'to reduce workers at HQ by 50%'
Panasonic Corp. has begun discussions on a plan to halve the number of workers at its headquarters in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, by the end of next March to streamline its operations and speed up...
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