Mans remains found in vinyl bag by river in Tokyo
According to police, a man going fishing came across the bag at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday. He noticed a foul odor coming from the bag and notified police, NTV ...
View ArticleAdditional body found encased in concrete in Hyogo warehouse
Investigators on Thursday announced the discovery of a second body in a warehouse in Hyogo Prefecture, a continuation in the string of grisly deaths surrounding two sisters. The victim is the ...
View ArticleNow even Japan beats Hong Kong when it comes to English
The English proficiency of local youths has declined and the SAR is now placed seventh among 12 Asian neighbors, falling behind even Japan and South Korea. According to an international English study ...
View ArticleM5.6 earthquake hits northeast Japan
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale shook northeastern Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of ...
View ArticleMcDonalds staff trained to throw tracking balls at armed robbers
Police in Saitama have teamed up with McDonald's Japan to offer staff training to cope with a possible armed robbery taking place at their ...
View ArticleSheba the Japanese Akita saves life of teenage owner by jumping on her back...
A pet dog has saved the life of her teenage owner by jumping on her back when she started choking on her dinner. Sheba the Japanese Akita bounded into the room to help 18-year-old Aysha Perry when ...
View Article2 Gifu men arrested for dumping body of Aichi hostess inside refrigerator in...
Aichi and Fukui prefectural police arrested two men for the dumping of the body of bar hostess Madoka Morioka, whose corpse was discovered earlier this year in Fukui ...
View ArticleSmoking takes 10 years off life expectancy in Japan not 4 as previously...
Smoking reduces life expectancy by ten years in Japan, but much of the risk can be avoided by giving up smoking, a paper published on bmj.com today ...
View ArticleJapan Healthy man of Asia
Although Japan has long been regarded as the sick man of Asia, a trip to Tokyo finds a city that is efficient, modern, well run and filled with people who show no particular sign of distress despite ...
View ArticleJapan electronics makers raise hope for Window 8 but mood subdued
Hit by steeply falling prices of flat-panel television sets, struggling Japanese electronics companies appear hopeful that Microsoft Corp.'s just-launched Windows 8 operating software will boost ...
View Article2 killed 34 injured in crash involving 2 buses SUV
According to police, the crash occurred just after 7 a.m. on a two-lane bridge along route 230 at Kimobetsu in Abuta-gun. The two occupants of the SUV, a man and woman in their 70s, were killed, but ...
View ArticleCops KO pro boxer for touting hostess clubs during massive Kabukicho sweep
In a sweep of Tokyo's red-light district of Kabukicho between Monday and Thursday, officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan police arrested a professional boxer for causing a public ...
View ArticleSurvey balloon flown inside Fukushima reactor
The operator of the defunct Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has flown a balloon inside the No.1 reactor building to check the upper part of the ...
View ArticleJapan seeks to jumpstart economy with fresh cash
In an effort to stop falling prices and sagging growth, Japan will pump billions of fresh yen into its economy. The stimulus will mainly target regions hit by the 2011 earthquake and ...
View ArticleJapan urged not to flare up regional tension
Beijing on Thursday urged Tokyo not to "blindly show off military might" or to flare up regional tension by conducting frequent military drills with "extraterritorial nations" ...
View ArticleWrong choice for Japan to stage any provocation against China
Robert D. Kaplan's new book, The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate, makes bold claims ...
View ArticleWilliams extending stay in Japan
Former Ospreys and Wales wing Shane Williams has revealed that he might extend his stay with Japanese club Mitsubishi Dynaboars for another season. The 35-year-old was set to retire from rugby in ...
View ArticleForex Flash Japan highlights morning action – BTMU
Kiplinger's Andrea Browne highlights the best cities for various stages of life: young adults, mid-career professionals, families, second acts and ...
View ArticleJapan embraces budget airlines
news ) is good news for expats living in the country.Expats living in Japan now have access to cheaper air travel as the country embraces budget airlines. Japan has been slow to introduce cheap ...
View ArticleJapanese baseball prodigy wants US move
A precocious schoolboy pitcher has set feathers flying in Japan's staid baseball establishment by vowing he will leapfrog straight to the US leagues.Shohei Otani, 18, very publicly snubbed the ...
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