Tag: Japan
Man driven 'crazy' after death of pet cat
A Japanese man drove the wrong way down an expressway for 90 kilometres and broke through five police barricades because his cat had died, he told police.[MORE]
Japanese fishermen begin annual dolphin hunt
A controversial annual dolphin hunt that was depicted in an Oscar-winning documentary has begun in Japan.[MORE]
Japanese police hunt rogue monkey gang
Hundreds of police and officials in Japan have been deployed to catch a band of monkeys responsible for attacking more than 60 people.[MORE]
Anti-whaling game targets Japanese ships
The international debate over whaling in the Southern Ocean has entered a new frontier: video games.[MORE]
200 flights cancelled as typhoon nears Japan
Japan cancelled more than 200 flights and many ferry services to its southern islands today as a typhoon churned in.[MORE]
Bank of Japan acts on strong yen
The Bank of Japan has responded to government pressure to counter a strong yen by extending a multi-billion-dollar loan program, but the move has been viewed with disappointment by markets.[MORE]
Mummified man's relatives arrested for pension fraud
A month after Japanese police found 30-year-old body of a man who had been believed to be 111, they have arrested his daughter and granddaughter for suspected pension fraud, local media reported.[MORE]
Shadow Shogun wants Japan's top job
Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan is facing a leadership challenge from a scandal-hit powerbroker within his own party.[MORE]
Man torches home after mum bins robots
A Japanese man has pleaded guilty to burning down his family home after his mother threw away some of his favourite robot toys.[MORE]
Scientists create smell detector using frog eggs
Researchers in Japan have created a highly accurate sensor that can detect smells and gases using genetically engineered frog eggs.[MORE]
Japanese pilot forgets to lower landing gear
A major Japanese airport has been forced to close for hours after the pilot of a small plane forgot to lower his landing gear while touching down.[MORE]
Miyazato takes back LPGA top ranking
Japan's Ai Miyazato posted her fifth win of the year and reclaimed the world number one ranking by capturing the LPGA Safeway Classic in Portland.[MORE]
Fresh calls for hospital baby hatches
The discovery of the body of a newborn baby abandoned in a shoebox in Sydney has led to calls for hospitals to introduce baby hatches.[MORE]
Centenarian search leads to skeleton in backpack
A nationwide search for missing centenarians in Japan has led to another grisly discovery - the remains of a Tokyo woman, who was believed to be 104, stuffed into her son's backpack for nearly a decade.[MORE]
Japan's economy returns to stagnation
Japanese economic growth has slowed sharply in the second quarter of the year, raising fears that the country could be heading back into recession.[MORE]
Japan's PM shuns controversial war shrine
Japan's prime minister has apologised for the suffering his country has caused in the Second World War on the anniversary of its surrender.[MORE]
Oil tanker blast a terrorist attack
Investigators probing an explosion on board a Japanese oil tanker last week say it appears to have been a terrorist attack. [MORE]
US attends Hiroshima ceremony for first time
It is 65 years since the Japanese city of Hiroshima was ground zero for an atomic inferno. [MORE]
Geeks slice pi to 5 trillion decimal places
A pair of Japanese and United States computer whizzes claim to have calculated pi to five trillion decimal places - a number, which if verified, eclipses the previous record set by a French software engineer.[MORE]
Court drops case against hotdog champ
A New York judge has told Japanese speed-eating champ Takeru 'Tsunami' Kobayashi that he no longer faces prosecution for starting a disturbance at the city's annual hotdog contest.[MORE]
Rice paddy art puts village on the map
A remote Japanese village with rice fields and not much else has put itself on the tourist map with eye-catching artworks painstakingly created one rice stalk at a time.[MORE]
Tokyo's 'oldest woman' missing for decades
Tokyo's oldest woman has not been seen for around 50 years, officials say, days after they found the three-decade-old skeleton of a man who was thought to be celebrating his 111th birthday.[MORE]
Birthday corpse discovery sparks fraud investigation
A home visit by Tokyo officials to a local resident to congratulate him on his 111th birthday instead led to a police search that uncovered his three-decade-old skeleton.[MORE]
First hangings under new Japanese government
Japan has hanged two convicted criminals in the first executions since the election of the centre-left government.[MORE]
Dozens die in Japan heatwave
A heatwave in Japan is being blamed for more than 60 deaths as more than 15,000 people have needed hospital treatment.[MORE]
