Tsunami dock from Japan 'cluttering' Oregon beach, but drawing tourists
Thousands of people are flocking to see a Japanese dock that was torn loose by last year's tsunami and ended up on an Oregon beach. But it won't stay a tourist attraction for long. (cbsnews.com)
View ArticleJapanese astronomers claim to have spotted oldest galaxy ever discovered
A team of Japanese astronomers using telescopes on Hawaii say they have seen the oldest galaxy yet discovered. The team calculates that the galaxy is 12.91bn light years away, and their research will...
View ArticleJapan police arrest US teenager over murder of Irish student
Japanese police on Thursday arrested a 19-year-old American musician on suspicion of murdering a female Irish exchange student last month in Tokyo, a police spokesman said. (telegraph.co.uk)
View ArticleJapan's capital markets: The deep roots of insider trading
The cult of the insider in Japan is rooted in its paddy fields, some scholars argue. To cultivate wet rice, villagers need to work together, sharing land, labour, water and gossip. Anyone not in the...
View ArticleJapan could restart nuclear reactors this weekend
Japan moved closer Thursday to restarting nuclear reactors for the first time since last year's earthquake and tsunami led to a nationwide shutdown after a mayor gave his support to a plan to bring two...
View ArticleOlympics: NHK to stream events live on Net
NHK will offer live Internet broadcasts of some events of this summer's London Olympics, after the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry gave the plan the green light on Wednesday. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleSaikyo Line gropers growing bolder again
Reported groping cases on the JR Saikyo Line have increased despite the installation of security cameras in some cars, apparently because gropers are targeting passengers in areas that are not under...
View Article6 arrested over virus-infected app
Tokyo police have arrested six men for allegedly swindling more than 20 million yen from smartphone users who installed a virus-infected application distributed by the suspects. (Yomiuri)
View ArticlePolice capture final Aum fugitive
Japanese police caught Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining fugitive of the Aum Shinrikyo cult that carried out the 1995 sarin-gas attack on the Tokyo subway, public broadcaster NHK reported. (Bloomberg)
View ArticleSaab sold to China-Japan group in electric-car push
A Chinese-Japanese investment group agreed to buy Saab Automobile and convert the bankrupt Swedish manufacturer into a maker of electric cars. (BusinessWeek)
View ArticleWife writes of divorcing radiation-scared Ozawa
The wife of Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa has divorced him, saying he fled Tokyo soon after the Fukushima nuclear crisis started last March out of fear of radiation, according to the...
View ArticleMan arrested for burying his ex-wife's father's body in his garden
A 46 year old man in Saitama has been arrested on suspicion of burying his ex-wife's father's dead body in his garden in Nagano. (NewsOnJapan.com)
View ArticleHow Apple is more Japanese than Japan
Apple and its late co-founder Steve Jobs are American success stories. Yet, there isn't much that's baseball and apple pie about them. Instead, there is something very Japanese about both. At times,...
View ArticleTax increase seen as not enough to mend Japan's finances
Though Japan took an important step in addressing its dire fiscal situation Tuesday by passing a bill to double the nation's sales tax through the lower house, economists, and even the government, say...
View ArticleAs Sony struggles, many see cautionary tale for Japan
When Sony announced some $6 billion in losses in May along with plans to cut 10,000 jobs, it wasn't taken here simply as evidence of an iconic electronic titan in trouble. To many Japanese, it...
View ArticleOsaka teacher admits having tattoo
Ten employees working at schools run by the Osaka municipal government, including one primary school teacher, have been found to have tattoos, the Osaka municipal board of education revealed Tuesday....
View ArticleTeen held for having deadly handgun
A 17-year-old male high school student was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of possessing weapons including a converted handgun capable of killing a person, police said Tuesday. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleOfficial facing info leak probe found hanged
A Foreign Ministry official who was being investigated over a leak of classified information has been found hanged in an apparent suicide at his parents' home in Mobara, Chiba Prefecture, according to...
View ArticleJapan police probe man who cooked own genitals
Tokyo police are investigating whether a man who cooked his own severed genitals and served them to five paying diners committed a crime, the force said Tuesday. (canada.com)
View ArticleOlympics: Sendai man carries Olympic torch
A hotel worker from disaster-hit Sendai ran with the Olympic torch Monday in Morley, a town near Leeds, England, as an official torchbearer ahead of the London Olympics. (Japan Times)
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