It may be old news, but Mainichi today had a story about 72 year old microbiologist Taguchi Fumiaki, who was awarded the fluffy (well, foam) dice trophy for the annual Ig Nobel Prize, as announced at the 19th annual ceremony at Harvard on October 1....

According to a Mainichi report today, an internet provider has been sued to provide information on a blogger that posted information about a Fukuoka doctor’s arrest and trial. Apparently an unnamed blogger who follows legal cases online had posted...

According to figures released in a recent government white paper, Mainichi reports, the law abiding spirit of the Japanese people appears to be in decline. Japan has long been proud of its record of relatively low violent crimes and high success rates...

Japanese Box Office: Nov 14 to Nov 20 (Rank, Movie Name, Weekend Box Office (US$), Cume (US$) (Note: US$1=89.85 yen)) 1. A Christmas Carol, $3,186,707, $3,186,707 2. Michael Jackson’s This Is It, $3,017,194, $32,331,133 3. No More Cry (Nakumonka),...

Job offers for graduating job seekers as of October 1 were down to 62.5%, which is almost level with the lowest marks of 60.2% and 61.3% from 2003 and 2004 respectively, which were the lowest marks of the last decade and a half. But the rate of decline...