Nov. 2, 2018: JAL D.U.I., Warm Biz, get out, up in smoke and Beatlemania.
In this week's news from Japan Today: A Japanese airline pilot was arrested for being 10 times over the legal limit for alcohol when he showed up for his flight to Tokyo; November in Japan means it’s ...
2 Nov 201820min
Oct. 26, 2018: Blogs of war, medical lawsuit, custody battles, making a murderer and fright night.
In this week's news from Japan Today: a freelance Japanese journalist is freed from three years in captivity in Syria; women not accepted to Tokyo Medical University due to their sex are now seeking r...
26 Okt 201818min
Oct. 19, 2018: Data shakeup, artful daughter, Othello champ, bicycle etiquette and Japan Yesterday.
In this week's news from Japan Today: Another big Japanese company admits to falsifying data for its products; a woman in Osaka Prefecture is arrested for the murder of her father then her brother in ...
19 Okt 201816min
Oct. 5, 2018: Discomfort women, Kyoto tax, Kumamoto cough drop, suicide damage and goodfellas.
In this week's news from Japan Today: Osaka severs sister city relationship with San Francisco; Kyoto starts taxing accommodations of visitors to the city; A Kumamoto city councilwoman is censured for...
5 Okt 201818min
Sep. 28, 2018: Japan-U.S trade, no go-karting, coin locker baby, Kanto vs. Kansai and bad tattoos.
In this week's news from Japan Today: PM Abe and President Trump agree to talk trade; Nintendo shuts down a go-karting company using its character likenesses; a woman is arrested in Tokyo for hiding t...
28 Sep 201814min
Sep. 21, 2018: Over the moon, dead cops, all hail Abe, least popular city and Japan Yesterday.
In this week's news from Japan Today: A Japanese billionaire will be the first private citizen to travel around the moon with Space X; another policeman killed at a community police station; Shinzo Ab...
21 Sep 201818min
Sept. 14, 2018: Osaka grand slam, helping foreigners, Abe Putin, hangman pay and tourism pollution.
In this week's news from Japan Today: Naomi Osaka is the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament but people seem obsessed with her nationality here; Japan — overwhelmed by natural disaste...
14 Sep 201816min
Sep. 7, 2018: Hokkaido quake, typhoon, radiation death, the fugitive and cop junk.
In this week's news from Japan Today: An earthquake rocked Hokkaido on Thursday killing 16, causing landslides and knocking out power across the island; a powerful typhoon slammed Japan’s west coast w...
7 Sep 201814min
