Hiroko Tamura, 60, the mother of Runa Tamura, was arrested on a charge of collusion and told investigators her 29-year-old daughter had been victimized by the murdered man, identified as Hitoshi Ura, ... ( read original story ...)
Man found beheaded inside Japanese ‘love hotel’ in red light district, doctor and family arrested
A Japanese doctor was arrested along with his wife and daughter this week in connection with the grisly discovery of a decapitated body at a love hotel. Psychiatrist Osamu Tamura, 59, and his daughter ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Photo Journal: Fireworks fly for Osaka’s Tenjin Matsuri, wowing festivalgoers
Fireworks light up the sky and the Okawa River during the climactic "motomiya" celebration of the Tenjin Matsuri -- one of the country's three biggest festivals -- in Osaka's Miyakojima Ward on July ... ( read original story ...)
E. coli found in soybeans from China; Osaka issues sales ban, recall
The city health center here on July 25 imposed a sales ban and recall of products from a local food trading company after E. coli bacteria wa ... ( read original story ...)
Stock market today: Asian shares mixed, Tokyo falls as Bank of Japan adjusts bond purchase policy
Asian shares are mixed after the Bank of Japan adjusted its bond purchase policy but kept its negative benchmark interest rate unchanged. Tokyo and Sydney fell while Hong Kong and Shanghai ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan pledges to guide yield curve control with ‘greater flexibility’
The BOJ also kept its ultra-loose interest rate intact and revised core consumer inflation forecast upward for the current fiscal year.
Yen and Japanese bond yields rise amid reports Bank of Japan may tweak policy
The Japanese yen rose on Friday morning in Asia, on the back of a report that the Bank of Japan could potentially "discuss tweaking" its yield curve control policy today.
Japan’s central bank keeps its benchmark interest rate unchanged but pledges greater flexibility for bond purchases
Japan's central bank keeps its benchmark interest rate unchanged but pledges greater flexibility for bond purchases ...
Japan’s central bank retains key interest rate while fine-tuning bond purchases for more flexibility
Japan's central bank has opted to keep its benchmark interest rate at minus 0.1% but will fine-tune its bond purchases to allow greater flexibility.
Bank of Japan Keeps Rate Targets; Will Be Flexible in Executing Rate Policies
The Bank of Japan kept its interest-rate targets unchanged, but said it would operate its interest-rate policies more flexibly.
Bank of Japan likely to move ‘incrementally’ on yield curve control later this year, but not in July
Eric Robertsen of Standard Chartered Bank says there's a chance that the Bank of Japan will shift the maturity control of its yield curve control to 5 years from 10 years.
Japan Finance Minister Suzuki expects BOJ to steer policy appropriately
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday he expected the Bank of Japan to conduct policy appropriately although he won't comment on central bank's policy decision. (Reporting by ...
A massive Pokémon art event has taken over Yokohama this summer
Check out thousands of Pokémon cards and artworks scattered across Yokohama’s shopping centres for free ... ( read original story ...)
Japan raises alarm over China’s military, its Russia ties and Taiwan tensions in new defense paper
Japan has stepped up its alarm over China’s assertiveness in the region, its growing military ties to Russia and its claims on Taiwan in a defense paper that is the first under Tokyo’s new security strategy calling for a major military buildup. ( read original story ...)
Japan says North Korea threat more serious than ‘ever’
Japan said Friday that North Korea posed a more serious threat to its national security than "ever before", as nuclear-armed Pyongyang rattles its neighbours with repeated missile tests and belligerent rhetoric. ( read original story ...)
Japan welcomes thaw with South Korea in gloomy annual security assessment
Japan welcomed a thaw in relations with South Korea in its annual defence paper on Friday but otherwise offered a gloomy assessment of the threat of China's territorial ambitions, its security partnership with Russia and a belligerent North Korea. ( read original story ...)