Ex-U.S. Navy employee to pay kin Y14 million for causing man's death
The Yokohama District Court on Thursday ordered a former U.S. Navy civilian employee to pay ¥13.7 million in damages to relatives of a Japanese man who died after being pushed over by the defendant...
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Ichihashi book on life on lam to be made into flick
A movie based on the book written by Tatsuya Ichihashi, whose slaying of a British English teacher in 2007 set off a nationwide manhunt, will debut next year, the publisher and film producer said...
View ArticleSuzuki takes VW before arbitration
Suzuki Motor Corp. said Thursday it started arbitration procedures over its partnership with Volkswagen AG as the domestic carmaker seeks to buy back its shares after declaring an end to their...
View ArticleFemale manager of gentlemen's 'snack club' stabbed to death
Police said Thursday they have arrested a man for allegedly stabbing to death the female manager of a gentlemen's snack club, Snack Reika, in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Wednesday afternoon....
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Greenpeace Japan ranks major supermarkets on seafood radiation
In the past few months Greenpeace Japan has been monitoring the radioactive contamination of land and sea that resulted from the destruction of the Fukushima Daiichi reactors in March this year....
View ArticleBoard members in Olympus cover-up resign
Shares of scandal-plagued Olympus rallied after three board members of the Japanese camera maker quit ahead of today's meeting with a company ex-CEO turned whistleblower. Shares soared as much as 25%...
View ArticleJapan deflation persists
Japan's core consumer prices fell for the first time in four months in the year to October after a cigarette tax hike a year ago dropped out from calculations revealing persistent deflation caused by...
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Playing by ear: Blind tennis, the smash from Japan
For Miyoshi Takei, being blind turned out to be just a minor obstacle when it came to playing tennis. In fact, it's what impelled him to try in the first place. "I wanted to hit a ball that was flying...
View ArticleSea Shepherd prepares to tackle Japanese whalers
Environmental activist group Sea Shepherd is preparing for a three month voyage to the Southern Ocean and is expecting one of its most intense campaigns yet against Japanese whalers. Three Sea Shepherd...
View ArticleNikkei drops 0.06% on uncertain outlook for eurozone debt crisis
Tokyo stocks edged down on Friday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index retreating 0.06 percent on ongoing concerns about a lack of cohesion between leaders in the crisis-hit eurozone. Local brokers...
View ArticleJapanese flock to see latest Chinese pandas in Tokyo
A pair of giant pandas from China have received a vibrant welcome since their arrival at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, despite often-strained ties between the two countries. Since Ri Ri and Shin Shin were put on...
View ArticleBoy, 16, held in girl's stabbing attack
A 16-year-old boy arrested in the stabbing of a 15-year-old girl in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, has said he did not know the victim and was carrying blades to kill pedestrians at random, the Saitama...
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Japan's biggest website, awash in illegal drugs
Drugs, and drug culture, are common and prevalent in much of the West. Kanagawa Prefectural cops arrested Ryuji Ota, 20, and nine others for supposedly trafficking in illegal stimulants. This past...
View ArticleNikkei falls over 1 pct after Europe warning
The Nikkei share average slipped on Tuesday, breaking a three-day rally, after a warning from Standard & Poor's raised fears of possible sovereign credit downgrades of top-rated European nations....
View ArticlePanel urges legal action in damning Olympus report
An independent panel issued a damning report on a $1.7 billion accounting scandal at Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp on Tuesday, urging legal action against the executives responsible for the cover-up...
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Owners bet on Tohoku revival, restart businesses along coast
The day Masahiro Osada reopened his Chinese restaurant, the mayor showed up for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. A local TV station covered the event for the evening news. Osada spoke of the courage it took...
View ArticleArchives' return shows 'repentance'
South Korea considers Japan's handover of more than 1,200 volumes of ancient Korean archives as an "expression of repentance" over its brutal 1910-1945 colonial rule of the peninsula, Seoul's...
View ArticleWelfare recipients reach nearly 2.06 million
Almost 2.06 million people were living on welfare benefits as of August, marking an all-time high for the second straight month, the welfare ministry said Tuesday in a preliminary report. The precise...
View ArticleBribed lawmaker Muneo Suzuki out on parole
Muneo Suzuki was paroled Tuesday after spending a year in prison for accepting ¥11 million in bribes and committing other offenses while serving as a Diet member. Suzuki, a native of Hokkaido, heads a...
View ArticleSpecifics on consumption tax increase due before end of month: Azumi
The government will aim to specify when and by how much the 5 percent consumption levy will be hiked in the social security and tax reform plan it hopes to present by year's end, Finance Minister Jun...
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