By Kyodo The teenager told police he desired to see ‘what would happen when someone is killed’ after he was arrested for attacking the teacher at a junior high school near Tokyo. Source: Student who stabbed Japan schoolteacher wanted to ‘experience killing’
By Anthony Kuhn The complaints allege that Japan advertising giant Dentsu, its main rival Hakuhodo and four other firms and seven individuals rigged bids for Olympic test events. (Image credit: YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty Images) Source: Japan ad giant and other firms indicted over alleged Olympic contract bid-rigging
By Julian Ryall Narise Ishida, a politician in the Mie Prefectural Assembly, says the reason young people aren’t having babies is due to their lack of ‘romantic ability’, rather than the high cost of living. Source: Japan has fewer babies because young people aren’t good lovers, politician says