Japan orders tsunami detection buoys
Buoy systems to help provide data on tsunami activity are being supplied to the Japan Meteorological Agency by U.S. company SAIC. The six systems ordered will be deployed in the northwest Pacific Ocean...
View ArticleAssistant judge held over filming up skirt
A 27-year-old assistant judge of the Osaka District Court was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of filming up a woman's skirt on a train, police said. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleTokyoites pay highest smartphone bills among seven major global cities
Residents of Tokyo pay the highest monthly smartphone bills among seven major global cities, partly due to expensive data communications fees and the yen's strength, according to the Internal Affairs...
View ArticleYouth tells police he stabbed mother, grandmother, then torched house in...
Police said Wednesday that a 17-year-old youth has admitted fatally stabbing his mother and grandmother and then setting fire to their house in Shizuoka City. (Japan Today)
View ArticleEx-IBM Japan chief questioned by police for filming up woman's skirt
Police have questioned a former president of IBM Japan Ltd. on charges of filming up the skirt of a woman at a railway station in Tokyo last week, police said Thursday. (Mainichi)
View ArticleS. Korea formally rejects Japan proposal to refer isle dispute to ICJ
South Korea on Thursday formally rejected Japan's proposal to refer their territorial dispute over a pair of South Korean-controlled islets to the International Court of Justice for a ruling on...
View ArticleStocks close 0.95% lower
Tokyo stocks closed 0.95% lower on Thursday, falling below the psychological 9,000 level as concerns over corporate earnings hit sentiment. (Japan Today)
View ArticleJapan harnesses fashion power of gals
In every country, there are sub-cultures who define themselves through fashion. The West has goths, hippies and grunge, for example. Japan has gals. (BBC)
View ArticleEddie Van Halen undergoes surgery, cancels Japan shows
Guitarist Eddie Van Halen has undergone emergency surgery to treat a digestive disorder, forcing his hard rock group Van Halen to postpone its upcoming tour of Japan, the band said on its website on...
View ArticleAbeno Harukas becomes nation's tallest skyscraper
The Abeno Harukas building, now under construction in Osaka's Abeno Ward, became the tallest skyscraper in the country Thursday. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleJapan, North Korea talks extended as abductions weigh
The first government-to-government talks between Japan and North Korea in four years have been extended for a day in a sign the sides hope for progress despite being deadlocked over whether to discuss...
View ArticlePowerful quake hits Tohoku region
A powerful earthquake hit northeastern Japan at about 4:05 a.m. Thursday, measuring upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in some places in Miyagi Prefecture. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleHon Hai chairman leaves Japan without deal on Sharp
Hon Hai Precision Industry's chairman left Japan on Thursday without finalizing a deal for a stake in Sharp Corp, Jiji news reported, prolonging uncertainty over an alliance that could rescue the...
View ArticleJapan Airlines sets price range for up to $8.4 billion IPO
Japan Airlines said on Thursday it would raise up to 663 billion yen ($8.4 billion) in its initial public offering after setting the indicative price range for what will rank as the world's...
View ArticleSuspected panty thief found with hundreds of women's underwear
A man from Chiba Prefecture has been arrested on suspicion of stealing 400 items of women's clothing. (ANNnewsCH)
View ArticleJapanese astronaut Hoshide wraps up spacewalk, work unfinished
Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide wrapped up his first spacewalk lasting over eight hours outside the International Space Station early Friday Japan time, but scheduled maintenance work could not be...
View ArticleJapan eyes suspending state spending as money runs out
Japan's government laid out plans on Friday to suspend some state spending as it could run out of cash by October, with a deficit financing bill blocked by opposition parties trying to force Prime...
View ArticleDeflation deepens as Japan contraction risk intensifies
Japan's consumer prices slid at a faster pace in July and industrial production unexpectedly slumped, raising the danger that the world's third-largest economy has slipped back into a contraction....
View ArticleANA pilots unaware for 17 seconds that plane was almost turning upside down
The pilot and copilot of an All Nippon Airways plane were unaware for 17 seconds that their aircraft almost turned upside down during a flight last year, the Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) said...
View ArticleIn Japan, a setback for Apple's patent fight
A Japanese court on Friday rejected patent claims made by Apple against Samsung Electronics, a win for the Korean company following its crushing defeat in the U.S. last week - and a reminder of the...
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