Stocks close 1.60% lower
Tokyo stocks closed 1.60% lower on Friday after a worse-than-expected drop in Japan's factory output while investors look to a speech by US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke later in the day. (Japan...
View ArticleNorth Korea opens WWII-era burial ground for Japanese to press, citizens' group
In a rare move for the secretive state, North Korea on Aug. 30 showed Japanese reporters a burial site for Japanese citizens killed during or shortly after World War II. (Mainichi)
View ArticleTsunami warning lifted for Japan, Taiwan after 7.9 quake
A tsunami warning has been lifted for Japan, Taiwan and a number of Pacific island countries but remained in effect for the Philippines, Indonesia and Belau following a 7.9 magnitude earthquake on...
View ArticleWater levels at 3 damaged nuclear reactors fall twice
Coolant water levels at 3 damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant briefly fell below the necessary level twice on Thursday. (NHKReloaded)
View ArticleApple loses patent suit against Samsung in Japan
A Tokyo court has ruled that Samsung Electronics did not infringe Apple's patents for smartphones and tablet computers. (NHKReloaded)
View ArticleGovernment to study genetic effects of radiation
The Japanese government plans to study the possible effects of radiation on genes of people affected by the Fukushima nuclear accident. It will begin the tests in the next fiscal year. (NHKReloaded)
View ArticleJapan prepares second mission to explore asteroid
Little more than two years ago, in June 2010, one of the most astonishing space missions of recent times ended when Japan's Hayabusa mission landed samples of an asteroid in the Australian outback. Now...
View ArticleJapan public pension fund hit by $26 bln Apr-June investment loss
Japan's public pension fund, the world's largest, suffered an investment loss of $26 billion in April-June, its first loss in three quarters, as the yen's strength and falls in domestic and foreign...
View ArticleDeportee center hunger strike abates, detentions drag on
Almost all of the detainees at the East Japan Immigration Control Center in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, have ended an 11-day hunger strike to protest their long detentions, a Tokyo-based volunteer...
View ArticleTEPCO rate hike for households goes into effect
Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) on Saturday implemented a hike household electricity bills by 8.47%. The hike means that average households will pay about 360 yen more per month. (Japan Today)
View ArticleGov't adds 17 drugs to controlled substances list
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare this week tightened Japan's drug control laws to ban the production and sale of 17 substances that are similar in chemical structure to existing hallucinogenic...
View ArticleTokyo city officials survey disputed islands
Tokyo city officials planning to buy tiny islands at the center of a longtime territorial dispute with China surveyed the area Sunday on a visit meant to send a message of ownership. (abcnews.go.com)
View ArticleDisaster areas hold 1st drills since March 2011
Disaster drills were conducted in areas hit hard by the Great East Japan Earthquake for the first time since last year's earthquake and tsunami as part of Saturday's Disaster Prevention Day. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleBullet train auto alert system
Japan's Shinkansen bullet trains prove their mettle during the magnitude 9 earthquake with speeding trains on all affected routes coming to a safe halt thanks to an automated alert system that triggers...
View ArticleComedian 'Sugi-chan' injures back on set
Popular comedian "Sugi-chan" injured his back on Saturday after jumping off a 10-meter diving board at a pool during the filming of a television show, TV Asahi Corp. said the same day. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleTokyo Metro employee arrested for taking upskirt photos
A Tokyo Metro employee has been arrested by police after it was revealed he had secretly been taking videos up women's skirts at stations and in train cars. (Japan Today)
View ArticleMan beaten to death in Roppongi club brawl
A group of 10 men in ski masks and armed with metal bats beat a man to death early Sunday during a fight in Tokyo's Roppongi entertainment district, reports the Asahi Shimbun. (Tokyo Reporter)
View ArticleEstablishment of new Japan political party agreed
The secretary general of the local political group Osaka Ishin no Kai (Osaka Restoration Association) and five Diet members agreed Saturday on the campaign promises of the party they plan to form to...
View ArticleWork to dismantle major Kumamoto dam under way
Work to dismantle the Arase Dam in the Kuma River, the first to be decommissioned among all dams in Japan built under the River Act, got under way on Sept. 1. (Mainichi)
View Article1st combined liver-kidney transplant concludes successfully
Japan's first combined liver-kidney transplant from a brain-dead donor was successfully carried out at Okayama University Hospital, the surgeon in charge said Sunday. (Mainichi)
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