HEADLINES
Japan unveils draft social media guidelines to curb ele...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's communications ministry on Friday unveiled draft guidel...
JR Kyushu to open lodging in southwest Japan's Higashi-...
FUKUOKA -- Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) plans to offer travelers the chance to...
Japan's menstrual products market grows despite fewer t...
TOKYO -- Japan's market for menstrual products is continuing to grow even as the...
31% of college graduates leave their jobs within 3 year...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The proportion of workers who graduated from university in Marc...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Nobel Prize draws vi...
The Chiba City Museum of Science in the city's Chuo Ward has an exhibit about th...
SoftBank suspends emergency quake, tsunami alerts over ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese telecom operator SoftBank Corp. said Friday it has tem...
Japan may allow cashless payments for minor traffic fines
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Drivers and cyclists in Japan may be able to pay fines for mino...
Tokyo stocks fall, Nikkei below 63,000 on profit-taking...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks retreated Thursday, with the benchmark Nikkei inde...
AI cameras installed to detect bears, alert public in J...
AOMORI -- Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan on Oct. 21 installed sensor camera...
Japan weighs electricity, gas subsidies for January-Mar...
TOKYO -- Japan's government has begun considering subsidies for electricity and ...
Japan gov't sites partially suspended as patching of PH...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Some Japanese ministry webpages have been partially suspended a...
Japan to set up curriculum to obtain teacher's license ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government plans to establish a new postgraduate c...
2 managers of Tokyo pharmacy arrested for drug sales wi...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two managers of a pharmacy in Tokyo popular with Chinese custom...
Stolen peace bell gifted by Japan city recovered in Tur...
ISTANBUL (Kyodo) -- A peace bell gifted to a Turkish city by its Japanese sister...
Hokkaido gov't weighs discipline over possible sexual h...
SAPPORO -- A Hokkaido Prefectural Government employee repeatedly contacted a fem...
New UN initiative will aim to tackle the military uses ...
(AP) -- The United Nations is launching a new initiative on the military uses of...
