Woman avoids prison for dumping body of daughter in mystery death
The Oita District Court handed down a suspended two-year prison term Tuesday to a woman found guilty of burying her 2-year-old daughter's corpse near a cemetery close to her home last September. (Japan...
View ArticleAir Canada plane for Japan makes emergency landing in Toronto, debris falls...
An Air Canada jet bound for Japan made an emergency landing in Toronto on Monday afternoon when an engine shut down shortly after takeoff. No injuries were reported. (startribune.com)
View ArticleOfficer's sons charged for placing bowling pins on Okinawa highway
Charges are being filed against a military officer's 2 sons for placing bowling pins on an expressway in Okinawa. (NewsOnJapan.com)
View ArticleTwo men arrested over bogus car theft
Two men have been arrested for pretending to steal a car along with 23 million yen inside the vehicle. (NewsOnJapan.com)
View ArticleJapan's currency chief sees threat from very rapid gains in yen
"Very rapid" gains in the yen are "counter-productive" and Japanese officials are closely monitoring the foreign-exchange market, the nation's top currency official said. (Bloomberg)
View ArticleChilling murder shows gray face of Japan crime
The president of a small fish processing company in northern Japan was arrested early Tuesday morning after he confessed to killing his wife. Among the grisly details of the crime is that Masaichi...
View ArticleBOJ signals has done enough for now; calls for govt steps
Bank of Japan policymakers signalled that they have offered enough monetary stimulus for now to beat deflation, calling for government efforts to deregulate the economy and cope with a shrinking labour...
View ArticleBaseball: Matsui joins Tampa Bay Rays
Japanese outfielder Hideki Matsui was added to the Tampa Bay Rays' roster, a month after signing a developmental-league deal with the Major League Baseball club. (AFP)
View ArticleNEC buys Australian IT firms
Japanese electronics giant NEC said Wednesday it will buy two IT firms from Australia's CSG, with a report pegging the price tag at about $252 million. (phys.org)
View ArticleNikkei ends 4-day winning run
Japan's Nikkei average ended a four-session winning run on Wednesday, weighed by exporters as the yen firmed on mounting concerns over Spain's banking system, although Renesas Electronics Corp (6723.T)...
View ArticlePanasonic unveils high-end 3D plasma TVs in Japan
The ZT5-series 3D TVs are the latest high-end offerings from Panasonic. They feature a newer "Full Black Panel III Plus" plasma panel, which appears to be identical to the "non-plus" version utilized...
View ArticleJapan bets on overseas 'Japantowns' to boost economy
Japan is hoping to cash in on its rich culture by recreating fashionable districts of Tokyo in foreign cities, determined that enclaves of vibrant shops, cafes and restaurants can find new markets...
View ArticleJapan mulls over plans to deploy Aegis destroyers in West Sea
Japan is considering plans to deploy Aegis destroyers to Korea's West Sea to monitor the movements of missile launches by North Korea. (arirang.co.kr)
View ArticleJapan tells Syrian ambassador to leave
Japan has told the Syrian ambassador in Tokyo to leave the country, the foreign ministry said Wednesday, as international outrage grows over brutal mass slayings blamed on the government in Damascus....
View ArticleNoda fails to win over Ozawa on tax hike
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, head of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, failed Wednesday during a meeting lasting 90 minutes to persuade former DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa to back the administration's...
View ArticleJapan film director Shindo dead at 100
Japanese film director Kaneto Shindo, known for hard-hitting works dealing with human nature and the effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, has died at his home in Tokyo, his office said on...
View ArticleFukushima quake/tsunami disturbed upper atmosphere - NASA
The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Fukushima, Japan, last year wreaked havoc in the skies above as well, disturbing electrons in the upper atmosphere, NASA reported. (chicagotribune.com)
View ArticleJapan makes first game piracy arrest under new law
The first arrest has been made under Japan's Unfair Competition Prevention Act since it was amended last year to combat piracy-enabling devices, according to a Nintendo press release. (wired.com)
View ArticleScientists observe 'tragic experiment' of tsunami debris
Jeff Larson has seen just about everything wash up on the shores of Santa Cruz: bottles, toys, shotgun shells, busted surfboards and fishing floats that looked like they had bobbed across the Pacific....
View ArticleFor Japanese job seekers, overseas study can be deal killer
Ronan Sato, a graduate student in applied statistics at Oxford University in England, has always been keen to work in his native Japan. But at a careers fair for overseas Japanese students, he found...
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