US serviceman arrested for drunk driving in Okinawa
The Japanese police in Okinawa arrested a US serviceman on Friday for drunk driving and suspected that he crashed into other cars leading to slight injury, Japan's Kyodo reported Saturday. (China Daily)
View Article22-year-old man arrested over murder of woman in Tokyo apartment
Police on Saturday arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the murder of a 34-year-old woman in her apartment in Tokyo's Itabashi on Nov 21. (Japan Today)
View ArticleSumo: Japan's ancient sport threatened in 'Age of convenience'
Aspiring sumo wrestler Mainoumi once convinced doctors to inject silicone into his scalp to meet height requirements for the ancient Japanese sport. Such sacrifice is a rarity now in a sport beset by...
View ArticleAnother North Korean boat found off Japan's Sado Island with corpse aboard
A wooden boat containing a male corpse was found Saturday in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, the coast guard reported. (Japan Times)
View ArticlePrincess Aiko turns 11 with hoop dreams
Princess Aiko, the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, celebrated her 11th birthday Saturday. (Japan Times)
View ArticleJapan tunnel collapse 'traps cars'
A road tunnel has collapsed in Japan, trapping a number of vehicles, Japanese media reports say. The incident happened at about 08:00 local time in the Sasago tunnel, about 80km (50 miles) west of the...
View ArticleArrest made over theft in Tokyo murder case
Tokyo police arrested a 22-year-old man on charges of theft on Saturday in connection with the Nov. 21 murder of homemaker Kumi Arai, 43, at her condominium in Tokyo. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleAt nearly 80, Yoko Ono tries something new: fashion
Yoko Ono has nearly done it all -- contemporary art, music, activism. But as she nears her 80th birthday, the widow of Beatle John Lennon is dabbling in something new: the fashion world. (abs-cbnnews.com)
View ArticleJapan to postpone talks with North Korea
Japan will postpone talks with North Korea after it announced plans to launch a rocket later this month, Kyodo news agency says, days before diplomats from the two countries were due to meet. (Herald Sun)
View ArticleN.Korea notifies Japan of rocket path
North Korea has notified neighbours including Japan of the trajectory of the rocket it plans to launch this month, a report said Sunday, after international condemnation of the move by the...
View ArticleFamily tells of escape from Japan fire tunnel
A man who fled with his wife and children from a collapsed Japanese tunnel in which at least five people died spoke Sunday of how he had been unable to get anyone out of a crushed and burning vehicle....
View ArticleEx-Yamaguchi-gumi boss Watanabe dies
Yoshinori Watanabe, former boss of the major yakuza crime syndicate Yamaguchi-gumi, has died, according to the Hyogo prefectural police. He was 71. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleArmitage: U.S. not neutral on Senkakus
The United States is not neutral on the issue of the Senkaku Islands due to its responsibilities for their defense under a security treaty with Japan, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard...
View ArticleSecurity cameras catch suspect / Police trawl through huge number of images...
Security cameras set up at various places in Tokyo helped police identify a suspect in a recent murder case, even though the man changed his clothing repeatedly to disguise his appearance. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleNikkei ends at 7-month high
Tokyo stocks ended 0.13 percent higher on Monday as a softer yen, positive Chinese manufacturing data and optimism over the US fiscal cliff budgetary impasse helped lift sentiment. (The Standard)
View ArticleWoman dies in restaurant elevator accident in Nagoya
A restaurant worker died early Monday in an accident involving a dumb waiter, police said. (Japan Today)
View ArticlePAC-3s Okinawa-bound for North Korean launch
The Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship Kunisaki left Monday morning from the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, carrying missile interceptors to be deployed in Okinawa for North Korea's...
View ArticleJapan orders immediate inspection of 49 tunnels
Japanese officials ordered the immediate inspection of tunnels across the country Monday after nine people were killed when concrete ceiling slabs fell from the roof of a highway tunnel onto moving...
View ArticleJapan scrambles the planet looking for gas deals
Since the March 11, 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and Japan's subsequent shut down off all but two of its 50 nuclear reactors, the country is frantically trying to secure natural gas for electricity...
View ArticleImperial couple arrives in Kyoto for visit
The Emperor and Empress arrived in Kyoto by Shinkansen on Monday to visit regional areas and the Emperor Meiji mausoleum. (Yomiuri)
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