Japanese police arrested an enlisted Marine on suspicion of auto theft Sunday morning after he was stopped in a car that was reported stolen less than an hour earlier. ( read original story ...)
Skull, bones found in septic tank at vacant Osaka Pref. home
Multiple bones, including those thought to be a human skull, were found in a septic tank beneath a vacant home in this west Japan cit・・・ ( read original story ...)
Japan Weighs Bomb-Shelter Bill With Eye on China, North Korea
With tensions around Taiwan rising and North Korea firing missiles at a blistering pace, lawmakers in neighboring Japan are pushing for a rollout of shelters where its residents can take refuge in the ... ( read original story ...)
As Japan ages, young Indonesians train to fill caregiver jobs
Speaking in Japanese and bowing, 24-year-old Siti Maesaroh offers a tray with a mug and two bowls to a fellow student pretending to be an elderly person, before asking him if he wanted chopsticks and ... ( read original story ...)
Deepest-ever fish caught and filmed off Japan by scientists
Fish have been caught more than eight kilometres under the surface of the ocean for the first time ever — and filmed even deeper — by a joint Japanese-Australian scientific expedition. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM demands release of businessman detained in China
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday the government would continue to strongly demand that Beijing releases an Astellas Pharma employee detained in China, as fears remain over the safety of China's business environment. ( read original story ...)
Southern Tire Mart buys Friend Tire from Yokohama
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Yokohama Corp. of North America (YCNA) has sold its Friend Tire Co. wholesale arm to Southern Tire Mart (STM) Citing Friend Tire's "solid reputation," Southern Tire Mart Co-owner ... ( read original story ...)
Bear meat vending machine is a first for Japan
Different cuts of local black bear are sold from a vending machine in Semboku city, according to a Japanese daily. Customers can buy fatty or lean meat for about 2,200 yen ($17; £13) per 250g, reports the Mainichi Shimbun. ( read original story ...)
Relocating to central Tokyo, expanding faculties, becoming a co-educational school…Keisen Jogakuen has stopped accepting applications: “Even prestigious schools are in danger …
A prestigious women’s university has effectively closed its doors. On March 22, news broke that Keisen Women’s University (Tama City, Tokyo), a mission-oriented university founded in 1929 and formerly ... ( read original story ...)
Konami opens new studio in Osaka as it celebrates 50th birthday
Silent Hill publisher Konami has opened a new studio in Osaka, Japan, to provide “sustainable growth” for the 50-year-old company. The company’s newest branch has been named Konami Osaka Studio, and a ... ( read original story ...)
Scientists find deepest fish ever recorded at 8,300 metres underwater near Japan
Footage of unknown snailfish captured by researchers from Western Australia and Tokyo in Izu-Ogasawara trench ( read original story ...)
China Ships Circle Japan’s Disputed Senkaku Islands for Over 80 Hours
The record-breaking intrusion happened as Japan's foreign minister met with senior counterparts in China over the weekend. ( read original story ...)
China urges Japan not to back U.S. chip export restrictions as Washington tries to rally allies
The U.S. has been trying to rally key countries in the semiconductor supply chain, including Japan, around its sweeping chip export restrictions on China. ( read original story ...)
Osaka court rules prosecutor’s interrogation in non-guilty case malicious
The Osaka District Court has recognized that a public prosecutor's interrogation in an embezzlement case against a former real estate company・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says 1.5m people are living as recluses after Covid
Fifth of hikikomori cases among working-age people attributed to pressures unleashed by pandemic ( read original story ...)
Scientists film deepest ever fish on seabed off Japan
Cruising at a depth of 8,336 meters (over 27,000 feet) just above the seabed, a young snailfish has become the deepest fish ever filmed by scientists during a probe into the abyss of the northern Pacific Ocean. ( read original story ...)