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FALSE-ALARM MISSILE ALERT SPOOKS HAWAII RESIDENTS BUT JAPANESE SANGUINE
A false alarm warning of an incoming ballistic missile sent Hawaii -- a popular destination for Japanese -- into a panic Saturday, with some resi... READ MORE›
BOAT WASHES ASHORE IN AKITA WITH EIGHT ABOARD CLAIMING TO BE NORTH KOREAN FISHERMEN
The discovery of apparent North Korean fishing boats is a fairly frequent occurrence in Japan and doesn't always rate as an urgent matter... READ MORE›
OSAKA GOV. ICHIRO MATSUI HEADS TO PARIS TO BOOST BID FOR 2025 WORLD EXPO
Yoshimura, who called the statue a form of Japan-bashing, has threatened to end the 60-year Osaka-San Francisco sister city relationship over the matter... READ MORE›
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THESE ARE THE AMAZING THINGS YOU CAN DO IN JAPAN ON CAT DAY
The event began in 1987 after an Executive Cat Day Committee polled cat-lovers across Japan and decided that February 22 should be Cat Day... READ MORE›
JAPAN HOLDS FIRST-EVER EVACUATION DRILL SIMULATING NORTH KOREAN MISSILE STRIKE INTO WATERS NEARBY
Amid a growing missile threat from North Korea, the northern city of Oga, Akita Prefecture, held Japan's first-ever evacuation drill for local residents, g... READ MORE›
THE JAPANESE ISLAND WHERE CATS OUTNUMBER HUMANS
Aoshima, a 30-minute ferry ride off the coast of Ehime prefecture, had been home to 900 people in 1945... READ MORE›
JAPAN AVALANCHE KILLS SEVEN STUDENTS AND TEACHER
More than 40 injured after avalanche struck while students were climbing near Nasu Onsen ski resort north of Tokyo... READ MORE›
EIGHT SCHOOL CHILDREN FEARED DEAD IN JAPANESE AVALANCHE
The avalanche occurred early on Monday near Nasu in Tochigi prefecture, 120km 75 miles north of Tokyo... READ MORE›
250 000 JAPANESE STILL DISPLACED 4 YEARS AFTER QUAKE
2 COMMENTEMAILMORE IITATE, Japan When a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered a meltdown at the nearby Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, Yumi Kanno did not hesitate... READ MORE›
BEARING MAKER NSK CLAIMS TO MAKE WORLD'S TOP FIDGET SPINNER
A major bearing maker in Kanagawa Prefecture claims to have developed a fidget spinner that whirls longer than any on the market -- 12 minutes and cou... READ MORE›
MOUNT FUJI GETS FREE WI-FI IN BID TO DRAW MORE VISITORS
The initiative is aimed at attracting more overseas visitors to Shizuoka and Yamanashi the two prefectures that are home to Mount Fuji... READ MORE›
PARROT PICKS JAPAN TO DEFEAT U.S. IN WOMEN'S WORLD CUP FINAL
She was on the money in predicting Japan would beat Switzerland, Cameroon, Ecuador, Netherlands, Australia and England in Canada... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO RESIDENTS PICK UP THE PIECES FOLLOWING KYUSHU'S STRONGEST QUAKE
It was just like the Great Hanshin Earthquake or the Great East Japan Earthquake... READ MORE›
JAPANESE SUSHI CHAIN PAYS $117,000 FOR A TUNA. YES, ONE TUNA.
Sushi Zanmai, a Japanese restaurant chain, just paid 117,000 for a 441-pound bluefin tuna... READ MORE›
AOMORI, NOT KYOTO, IS JAPAN'S TOP FESTIVAL DESTINATION
Aomori, not Kyoto, is Japan's top festival destination online survey... READ MORE›
FUKUSHIMA AFTERSHOCK RENEWS PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT RESTARTING KANSAI'S AGING NUCLEAR REACTORS
Kyoto lies about 60 km and Osaka about 110 km from the old Fukui plants... READ MORE›
ASO ASKS WHETHER SDF SHOULD SHOOT NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES FLEEING HYPOTHETICAL KOREAN CONTINGENCY
Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso has raised the specter of armed North Korean refugees flooding the Sea of Japan coastline after a contingency on the Korean... READ MORE›
DEADLY KNIFE ATTACK STRIKES HEALTH FACILITY IN JAPAN
Police in Sagamihara, in Kanagawa prefecture, have arrested a suspect, local news outlet Kyodo reported... READ MORE›
WORLD'S OLDEST MAN DIES IN JAPAN AT 112
The world's oldest man, Yasutaro Koide, died Tuesday at the age of 112 in Aichi Prefecture, a local official said... READ MORE›
JAPAN EVACUATES 100,000 AS FLOODS SWAMP CITY OF JOSO
Raging floodwaters swamp parts of city north of tokyo after heavy rain pummels japan for second straight day causing kinugawa river to break through flood berm... READ MORE›
FIVE YEARS AFTER DEVASTATING TSUNAMI, JAPAN PAUSES TO REMEMBER
Flags flew at half-mast. The coverage in the Japanese media has been tear-jerking... READ MORE›
IPHONE APP AIMS TO SELL SAKE TO THE WORLD
An iPhone app that can recognize sake labels and display information in Japanese and English on everything from alcohol content to recommended ways of drin... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S RADIATION DECONTAMINATION BUDGET TO HIT RECORD A?522.3 BILLION
The government also plans to book some ?78.3 billion for decontamination costs in a fiscal 2015 supplementary budget proposal... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 100 WOMEN DRUGGED, RAPED AND FILMED IN FAKE CLINICAL STUDY IN JAPAN
Japanese police have arrested 54-year-old Hideyuki Noguchi who they allege tricked dozens of women into volunteering for 'clinical research measuring blood pressure during sleep'... READ MORE›
JAPAN FINALIZES ALL 10 VENUES FOR G-7 MINISTERIAL MEETINGS IN 2016
Last month the government announced that the G-7 foreign ministers gathering would be held in Hiroshima and the finance ministers meeting in Sendai... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 100 WOMEN DRUGGED, RAPED AND FILMED IN FAKE CLINICAL STUDY IN JAPAN
More than 100 women drugged, raped and filmed in fake clinical study in Japan reports... READ MORE›
JAPANESE WEBSITES ALLEGEDLY HACKED BY ISLAMIC STATE GROUP
What looks like the logo for the Islamic State militant group was displayed on several Japanese websites after they were altered in cyberattacks... READ MORE›
BEAU POPS THE QUESTION BY SPELLING IT OUT WITH WITH WORLD'S LARGEST GPS DRAWING
In July 2008, company employee Yasushi Takahashi decided to ask his girlfriend of eight years to marry him and was determined to make it the world's bigge... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 15 KILLED, DOZENS INJURED IN KNIFING NEAR TOKYO
Japan's national broadcaster NHK reported the suspect, 26, is a former employee at the facility, Tsukui Yamayuri-en... READ MORE›
POLICE ARREST MAN IN CONNECTION WITH STRANGULATION DEATH OF GIRLFRIEND IN WESTERN TOKYO
The police arrested Kono on Sunday morning after tracking him down in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture... READ MORE›
BROTHERS CHARGED WITH THROWING 300 EGGS AT CARS ON EXPRESSWAY IN KANAGAWA
According to the Kanagawa Prefectural Police, the brothers threw raw eggs at moving cars from a bridge some 10 meters above the Tomei Expressway on Sept... READ MORE›
JULY SAW RECORD 24,500 PEOPLE TAKEN TO HOSPITALS FOR HEAT-RELATED PROBLEMS
Aichi saw eight people declared dead upon arrival, the most for any prefecture, followed by Iwate and Saga at three... READ MORE›
IN MESSAGE TO NORTH KOREA, U.S. MILITARY SHOWS OFF MASSIVE SURVEILLANCE DRONE
In 2014 and 2015, Global Hawks were temporarily deployed at the U.S. military's Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture for similar reasons... READ MORE›