Haruki Murakami's novel benefits music industry
The demand for copies of a new novel by best-selling author Haruki Murakami is having a ripple effect on the music industry. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleTepco clueless on leaking cisterns
The operator of the Fukushima No. 1 power plant said that visual checks of the crippled complex's leaking cisterns have failed to turn up any clues as to how radioactive water is escaping. (Japan Times)
View ArticleJapan Embassy in Beijing Issues Bird Flu Alert
The Japanese embassy in Beijing called on Japanese nationals living in the Chinese capital Saturday to exercise vigilance against the H7N9 avian influenza virus. (Jiji Press)
View ArticleJapan's defense, foreign chiefs inspect PAC3
Japan's defense and foreign ministers have inspected PAC3 missile defense units deployed ahead of a possible ballistic missile launch by North Korea. (NHK)
View ArticleAll nerves: Japan issues false N. Korea missile alarm instead of quake alert
A Japanese official mistakenly issued a pre-prepared alert announcing the launch of a North Korean ballistic missile instead of sending a message concerning a recent earthquake in western Japan. (rt.com)
View ArticleHyogo quake takes residents back to horror or '95 disaster
The strong earthquake that hit the Kinki, Shikoku and Chugoku regions early Saturday morning brought back to many residents the terror they felt in the Great Hanshin Earthquake 18 years ago. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleUnexploded ordinance disposal to cause Tokyo train suspensions in June
Unexploded ordinance has been discovered in Tokyo's Kita Ward, prompting the announcement of a disposal plan by the Tokyo metropolitan government and JR East. (Japan Today)
View ArticleUnknown active fault may have caused M6.3 quake
The government's earthquake research committee said Sunday an unknown active fault may have caused a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that jolted western Japan early Saturday. (Kyodo)
View ArticleCrested ibis chick born in wild for 2nd straight year
A crested ibis chick has hatched in the wild for the second straight year in Japan, the Environment Ministry said Sunday. (Jiji Press)
View ArticleHorse racing: Logotype wins first jewel of triple crown race
Last season's 2-year-old champion Logotype snatched the first jewel of the Japanese triple crown with a record victory in the Satsuki-sho on Sunday. (Japan Times)
View ArticleLNG consumption surges in 2012
Japan consumed a record amount of liquid natural gas during the last fiscal year. (NHK)
View ArticleM5.2 quake jolts Fukushima, vicinity
An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.2 jolted Fukushima Prefecture and its vicinity Sunday evening, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. (Japan Times)
View ArticleSmoke forces Korean Air plane to land at Narita
A Korean Air jetliner made an emergency landing at Narita International Airport near Tokyo because of smoke inside the plane. (NHK)
View ArticleJapan, U.S. agree cannot let North Korea have nuclear arms
Japan and the United States cannot allow North Korea to possess nuclear weapons, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on Sunday after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. (Global...
View ArticleIAEA inspects crippled Japan nuke plant
A UN nuclear watchdog team is reviewing the cleanup process at Japan's crippled nuclear plant amid growing safety concerns triggered by recent glitches. (indiatimes.com)
View ArticleNikkei moves away from near 5-year highs on weak China, US data
Japan's Nikkei share average dropped on Monday, moving further away from near five-year highs tapped last week as exporters lost ground after weak economic data from China and the United States raised...
View ArticleBOJ lifts views on all regional economies amid recovery hopes
The Bank of Japan simultaneously upgraded its assessments Monday for all of the country's nine regional economies for the first time since July 2012, with growing hopes of economic recovery yielding an...
View ArticleJapan to resume issuance of inflation-linked govt bonds
Japan's Finance Ministry said Monday it has decided to resume issuance of inflation-linked government bonds after a hiatus since autumn 2008, when the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers...
View ArticleTodai, Kyoto University eye reforming entrance exams
Two of the nation's top universities--the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University--have decided to reform their entrance exams to cope with students' changing qualities and a sense of crisis of being...
View ArticleMickey and friends cheer crowds on Tokyo Disneyland's 30th anniversary
Thousands of fans packed Tokyo Disneyland on Monday to celebrate its 30 years in business. (Straits Times)
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