2 arrested for forcing 14-year-old girl to swim naked in pond
Police said Thursday they have arrested a 22-year-old man and his 14-year-old girlfriend for allegedly beating up a 14-year-old girl and forcing her to swim naked in a pond located in a public park in...
View ArticleTanuki spotted around the Imperial Palace moat
A Japanese raccoon dog (tanuki) that used to live in Tokyo's Imperial Palace was spotted by a passerby around the moat Thursday afternoon. (NewsOnJapan.com)
View ArticleKorean woman arrested for performing unlicensed cosmetic surgery
A Korean woman has been arrested by the police for performing cosmetic surgery on hostesses without a license. (NewsOnJapan.com)
View ArticleThey're back! Japanese luxury shoppers return, fussier than ever
Japan's luxury market didn't take the expected thwacking following last year's earthquake and tsunami, but fancy businesses take note: the next generation of well-heeled consumers will be much choosier...
View ArticleJapan mulls intervention as yen soars
Japan said it could step into the market to curb the yen's strength, with Finance Minister Jun Azumi warning of "decisive action" after the currency soared against the euro. (AFP)
View ArticleJapan's nuclear industry: The CIA link
In 1954, Japan saw widespread anti-U.S. and anti-nuclear demonstrations after Japanese fishermen were exposed to radiation due to the U.S.s testing of a hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll. (Wall Street...
View ArticleGacha watch: Player spending still steady on Japan social games
Japanese social game publishers have joined together to lay down their own set of guidelines concerning the controversial "complete gacha" sales method in the face of government regulation, pledging...
View ArticleWhy the man they dubbed a Hitler has Japan's old guard quaking
Who knew a modern-day Adolf Hitler was running Osaka? Certainly not the majority of the 2.7 million people in the western Japanese city. Toru Hashimoto boasts an approval rating more than twice that of...
View ArticleJapan to make more plutonium despite big stockpile
Last year's tsunami disaster in Japan clouded the nation's nuclear future, idled its reactors and rendered its huge stockpile of plutonium useless for now. So, the industry's plan to produce even more...
View ArticleJapanese protest over planned restart of nuclear reactors
Hundreds of Japanese anti-nuclear protesters gathered outside the prime minister's office on Friday, beating drums and chanting slogans against the planned restart of reactors a year after the world's...
View ArticlePink coffin is draped in Irish flag as Nicola Furlong's body arrives home...
A heartbroken Wexford family have welcomed their murdered daughter home from Japan, her pink coffin draped in the Irish tricolour. Nicola Furlong's remains arrived at the family home in the village of...
View ArticleKyocera launches speakerless phone, uses vibrations to transmit sound to the...
Kyocera is demonstrating a new mobile phone that uses vibrations in its screen to transmit sound to the ear, in place of the traditional receiver speaker. The phone went on sale Thursday in Japan...
View ArticleTokyo stocks continue falling on yen's rise, global economic concern
Tokyo stocks fell for the third consecutive session Friday as a strong yen dragged down exporter shares on concern about their earnings, while sluggish U.S. and Chinese economic indicators fueled...
View ArticlePrincess Mako to study in Britain from September
Princess Mako, a granddaughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, is preparing to study at a British university from September to May next year, Imperial Household Agency sources said Friday....
View ArticleM5.2 earthquake jolts eastern Japan
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 hit eastern Japan on Friday, shaking buildings in Tokyo. (Japan Today)
View ArticleMinistry starts Super Cool Biz drive
The Environment Ministry on Friday started its Super Cool Biz campaign to promote energy conservation in the workplace, broadening the type of acceptable clothing for its staff to include Hawaiian...
View ArticleEuro briefly tests Y96
The euro briefly dropped below ¥97 Friday, its lowest against the Japanese currency in about 11.5 years, while the dollar also lost ground against the yen on rekindled fears about Europe's debt crisis....
View ArticlePet shops banned from displaying cats, dogs after 8 p.m.
An Environment Ministry ordinance took effect Friday banning pet shop operators from displaying cats and dogs after 8 p.m. to relieve the animals of stress, following criticism by animal rights' groups...
View ArticleYuan-yen trade starts as China seeks to globalize currency
China started direct trading of the yen and the yuan Friday in Tokyo and Shanghai, another step in its efforts to expand the global use of its currency and reduce reliance on the dollar. (Japan Times)
View ArticleDonations to metro government to buy Senkaku Islands top Y1 billion
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has received more than ¥1 billion in donations from people since late April for its plan to buy the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara...
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