JAPAN TODAY
 
LONDON - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday that the world did not want to see a disorderly Brexit and that he fully supported British Prime Minister Theresa May's withdrawal deal from the European Union now facing defeat in parliament.
Some of Japan's leading compa...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Japan’s quest for a record fifth Asian Cup title got going Wednesday with a 3-2 victory over Turkmenistan.
After giving up an early goal, the Japanese scored three in quick succession to turn the game around.
 
Yuya Osako scored in the 56th ...

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NEW YORK TIMES
 
The first tuna auction of the year at Tokyo’s new fish market set a record price — more than $3 million — for a giant bluefin tuna, a critically endangered species.
The first tuna auction of the year at Tokyo’s new fish market set a high bar on Saturday after a restaurant chain p...

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AL JAZEERA
 
Japanese PM hopes for deal with Vladimir Putin to end 70-year-old dispute over four islands at an upcoming summit.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to push forward towards a peace treaty with Russia to formally end a decades-long territorial dispute that began during Worl...

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MYRTLEBEAH ONLINE
 
TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Akihito waved on Wednesday to throngs of well-wishers eager to see his final New Year's appearance before abdicating in several months.
"I am truly happy to celebrate the New Year with all of you under such cloudless skies," the 85-year-old emperor tol...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
OSAKA - A flying fireball was seen over a wide area of western Japan early Thursday, with astronomical experts saying it may have been caused by a meteor.
Masayoshi Ueda, a 67-year-old amateur astronomer, successfully captured images of the object around 4:50 a.m. Thursday at his ho...

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BBC
 
A small van has ploughed into pedestrians celebrating the New Year on one of Tokyo's most famous streets.
Eight people were injured, one seriously, by the attacker who struck in the Harajuku fashion district shortly after midnight.
The street, which was sealed off to traffic, was packed wit...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Year-end train services were greatly disrupted in Tokyo and its vicinity Sunday due mainly to a fault detected on a shinkansen bullet train car at Tokyo Station, affecting nearly 228,700 passengers, the operator said.
A total of 376 bullet trains were suspended or delayed fo...

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ARAMA JAPAN
 
Today marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most exemplary Asian singers of all time. On December 9th, 1998 Utada Hikaru released her debut Japanese single “Automatic/time will tell“.
Shortly after the landscape of the J-pop and Asian music scene would be changed forever. “Automa...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
For better or worse, the holidays bring people together.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather at the famed ‘scramble crossing’ in front of Shibuya Station in Tokyo on Monday to count down the last moments of the year together.
However, problems can arise when so ma...

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