Mexico beat Japan to make Olympic football final
Mexico reached the men's Olympic football final for the first time when they came from behind to beat a tired looking Japan 3-1 before more than 82,000 fans at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday and will face...
View Article400 goldfish found in Saitama school pool
About 400 goldfish were found in the swimming pool at a junior high school in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, school officials said Tuesday. (Japan Today)
View ArticleJapan, N Korea to hold Red Cross talks
Japan's Red Cross will hold talks with its North Korean counterpart in Beijing this week over the repatriation of the remains of Japanese who died in the North during World War II, officials said...
View ArticleSMBC Nikko chief hit with pay cut
SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. said Tuesday it will cut the executive compensation of President Eiji Watanabe by 30 percent for four months after a former corporate officer at the brokerage was indicted...
View Article6 parties hit Noda with no-confidence motion
Six minor opposition parties submitted a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to the House of Representatives on Tuesday. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleTeenager complains to police bully forced him to burn own arm with cigarette
A 16-year-old private high school student here has reported to police that he was forced to burn his arm with a cigarette by a classmate at school. (Mainichi)
View ArticleJapan extends special measure as yen stays strong
Japan's finance ministry announced Tuesday a six-month extension to a measure encouraging Japanese firms to buy foreign assets, figuring that further flows of private-sector money out of the country...
View ArticleTokyo system errors underscore decline in Japan's equity market
The Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc.'s second major system error in seven months took derivatives trading offline for 95 minutes and underscored the challenge Japan faces to revive its reputation as a...
View ArticleJapan's crooked-teeth 'Yaeba' trend: Imperfection said to add to sex appeal
'Yaeba' - 'double tooth' in Japanese - is a trendy cosmetic procedure for Japanese women to accentuate their canine teeth. Some say the imperfection makes them more approachable, but others worry it is...
View ArticleBodies of mother, daughter found in Tokyo apartment
Police said Wednesday that the bodies of two women were found in an apartment in the Tokyo suburb of Tama on Tuesday. (Japan Today)
View ArticleShares close 0.88% higher
Tokyo stocks closed 0.88% higher on Wednesday, as speculation of further stimulus from U.S. and European central banks helped boost regional markets. (Japan Today)
View ArticleNoda snubs LDP call to set dissolution date
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Wednesday refused to give in to the Liberal Democratic Party's repeated demands to declare a date for dissolving the Lower House, putting the two sides on an apparent...
View ArticlePopulation falls for third year; pace increases
Japan's population fell by 263,727, or 0.21 percent, from a year earlier to 126,659,683 as of March 31, marking the largest annual drop and a fall for the third consecutive year, the Internal Affairs...
View ArticleJapan's current account surplus tumbles
Japan's current account surplus sharply narrowed in the first six months of the year as its merchandise trade gap hit its highest level on record, underscoring the impact of domestic energy problems...
View ArticleYakuza-lending surge feared as fight to ease Japan law looms
Toyoki Yoshida recalls the winter day in 2002 when he tried to hang himself with a leather belt after yakuza thugs hounded him for weeks to pay back 500,000 yen ($6,300) in loans. (sfgate.com)
View ArticleInterpol issues arrest notice for Sea Shepherd founder Watson
Interpol has issued an international Red Notice for the arrest of fugitive eco-warrior Paul Watson, the founder of marine conservation group Sea Shepherd, after he skipped bail in Germany. (Japan Today)
View ArticleHashimoto reeling after students' names leaked
Osaka Ishin no Kai (One Osaka) officials were reeling with embarrassment and threatening to file a police complaint this week after a weekly tabloid magazine published the names of the 888 students...
View ArticleJapan Tobacco changes Mild Seven brand to Mevius
Japan Tobacco Inc (JT) announced Wednesday that Mild Seven, one of its global flagship brands, will have a new brand name, Mevius, and a globally unified design. JT said that with active investment to...
View ArticleMusic industry takes baby steps toward digital content
Will it be the "carrot and stick" or just "the stick" that revives flagging digital-music sales in Japan? As in other major music markets, digital sales here - via PCs or mobile phones - have helped...
View ArticleCanon, Nikon clash on Olympic sidelines
Canon Inc. and Nikon Corp. are waging a fierce battle behind the scenes of the London Summer Olympics, with the top-ranking position in the world of single-lens reflex (SLR) digital cameras at stake....
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