Woman dies after inhaling herb in Tokyo hotel
A woman in her 20s died after inhaling a substance in a hotel in Maruyamacho in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Monday morning. Police said the woman inhaled a herb which is one of the so-called loophole...
View ArticleSumo: Harumafuji crashes to defeat at Kyushu basho
Newly promoted yokozuna Harumafuji got a painful dose of reality Monday, when he was sent crashing to his first loss at the hands of local boy Okinoumi on just the second day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo...
View ArticleJapan aims for half of rare earth supplies from outside China
Japan is to diversify its sources of rare earths away from China and expects to get half its supplies of the elements from countries other than China from the middle of next year, Trade Minister Yukio...
View ArticleNoda favoring dissolution of Diet 'by yearend'
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is considering dissolving the Lower House and calling a general election by the end of the year, Democratic Party of Japan executives said Monday. (Japan Times)
View ArticleNearly four decades on, Hello Kitty continues to entrance young girls
Yumi Shida, a 15-year-old model for a popular teen magazine, never feels lonely, even when she has to work away from her family - if she has some Hello Kitty goods with her. (Japan Times)
View ArticleBOJ governor worried about downside risks
Downside risks to the economy and price trends should be closely monitored for the time being, Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa said Monday. (Yomiuri)
View Article3 masked men rob Osaka jewelry store
Police said Monday they are looking for three armed men forced their way into a jewelry store in Osaka and threatened the owner before making off with rings, necklaces and other jewelry. (Japan Today)
View ArticleFisheries nations set to discuss bluefin tuna
After defeating a proposal in 2010 to ban the export of an endangered fish that is a key ingredient of sushi, Japan and Asian nations argued it should be left to quota-setting international fisheries...
View ArticleRight-wing Japan relives 19th century
Japan's leaders just can't seem to put the 19th century behind them. It may be 2012, and the world surrounding this island nation of 126 million is changing at a blistering pace, but Japanese...
View ArticleSmiling refrigerators, high-speed toilets and the sad story of Japan's wasted...
Is Japan's research and development spending going down the toilet? Some of the innovation, for example, at the country's leading high-tech lavatory maker Toto, suggests perhaps so. (Fortune)
View ArticleNikkei declines seventh day on stronger yen
Japanese stocks fell, with the Nikkei 225 (NKY) Stock Average capping its longest losing streak in seven months, as the yen strengthened against all its major peers, hurting the earnings outlook for...
View ArticlePolice warn parents after 5 cats, dog poisoned in Chiba park
Police have warned parents to stop their children from touching food and other objects found lying on the ground in and around a park in Sakae, Chiba Prefecture, on suspicion that poisoned food is...
View ArticleJapan PM has decided on poll date: reports
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has decided to dissolve Japan's parliament as early as Friday, with an election possibly next month, media say, in a move likely to unseat him from power. (ninemsn)
View ArticleJapan wins order to mint Bangladesh coins
Japan has won a contract to mint coins worth $12 million for Bangladesh, the first order Tokyo has landed for coins in circulation in any foreign country since the end of World War II, the Finance...
View ArticleWeekly's Hashimoto slur ousts Asahi exec
The president of the publisher of the weekly Shukan Asahi has quit over an article that cast Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's family background in a negative light. (Japan Times)
View ArticleJapan's economy threatens return to recession
Already hurt by troubles in Europe and significant slowdowns in China and India, the U.S. and the global recoveries got another dose of bad news: Japan's long-sluggish economy is threatening to slide...
View ArticleSoccer: Japan provides strong challenge for Oman
MUSCAT - With a spot at Brazil 2014 coming ever closer into view, Asian champion Japan has arrived here wary but confident ahead of Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Oman. (Japan Times)
View ArticleK computer drops to No. 3 in world rankings
The K computer fell from second to third on the list of the world's fastest supercomputers, according to the latest semiannual global ranking. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleJapan students in U.S. below 20,000
The number of Japanese students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities in the 2011-12 academic year fell below 20,000 for the first time, the Institute of International Education has announced....
View ArticleJapan elected to U.N. human rights body
The U.N. General Assembly on Monday elected Japan and 17 other countries, including the United States and South Korea, to serve on the U.N. Human Rights Council for three years beginning Jan. 1. (Yomiuri)
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