Kenichiro Fumita won gold in the men's Greco-Roman 59-kg division Tuesday for Japan's first medal of the world wrestling championships in Paris, becoming the country's first male wrestler in 34 years to be crowned world champion. (Japan Times)

Director Hidetaka Inazuka, known for his documentary on the double atomic-bomb survivor, has completed a new film on three Japanese children fighting a very rare and little-known disease that has left them mostly immobile since birth. (Japan Times)

Japan's health ministry is looking to add a new weapon in the fight against cancer. The ministry plans to request about 18 million dollars in its draft budget for next fiscal year in order to promote genomic medicine for cancer patients. (NHK)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 21-year-old man for allegedly recruiting male customers, including a city councilor, for a teenage prostitute last year, reports TV Asahi. (tokyoreporter.com)

The weather agency has slashed the volcanic alert level for central Japan's Mount Ontake to the lowest notch for the first time in about three years following a September 2014 eruption that left 58 people dead and five missing. (Japan Times)

Sorakaze Inc and Japan Weather Association have released WeatherJapan, a simple weather forecast application that supports multiple languages for tourists to Japan. (Japan Today)

Japan's Defense Ministry plans to request a record budget for the next fiscal year as North Korea continues its nuclear and missile programs. (NHK)

A 5-year-old girl is in critical condition and two others are severely ill after eating a supermarket potato salad product infected with O-157 E. coli, Saitama Prefecture said Monday. (Japan Times)

Japanese folk singer Chiharu Matsuyama sang his hit song on a plane that remained grounded over an hour past its departure time at a Hokkaido airport Sunday, in a bid to ease passengers' irritation, according to All Nippon Airways Co. (Japan Times)

The National Cancer Center will establish a system for cooperating on the development of cancer drugs with four medical institutions in South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The scheme aims to expedite the approval of new drugs. (the-japan-news.com)

A 17-year-old youth has been arrested for smashing the glass door of a police koban in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture. (Japan Today)

A 74-year-old man was rescued in the Northern Japan alps on Sunday, a week after going missing, police said. (Japan Today)

Smelly handshake event prompts frank discussion and suggested solutions for common problem at idol appearances. (rocketnews24.com)

The Miyagi Prefectural Government said Monday it will remove an online tourism promotional video that has been criticized as sexually suggestive. (Japan Times)

The government has started holding public hearings nationwide about the establishment of so-called integrated resorts, or IRs, that would include casinos, gatherings that have highlighted again how divided public opinion is over legalizing casinos. (the-japan-news.com)

A temporary police box opened Monday in the Japanese whaling town that was the focus of the Academy Award-winning documentary "The Cove," to monitor activities by antiwhalers ahead of the start in September of the dolphin hunting season. (Kyodo)

Consumption by inbound tourists in Japan has started picking up as retailers and the tourism industry encourage spending on unique experiences and personal items, rather than souvenirs. (Japan Times)

People are crowding into airports and train stations in Japan as they return from "bon" summer holiday travels. (NHK)

Japan has successfully launched a rocket carrying the third satellite for its own version of a global positioning system. (NHK)

Japan has served its time as a symbol of economic failure. Its latest growth surge puts it in a welcome new role. (Japan Times)

Police and firefighters in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Sunday morning resumed their search for a 41-year-old man who went missing on Saturday night after he jumped into a river to search for his two-year–old son whom he accidentally dropped into the river from a bridge. (Japan Today)

The Oita city government in southwestern Japan is working to scare off farm-raiding wild monkeys using a drone decorated to look like a hawk -- their natural enemy. (Japan Today)

A landslide has struck four cars on a highway in central Japan. (NHK)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and new US Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty have agreed to strengthen ties amid rising tensions with North Korea. (NHK)

A Hokkaido-based "kaiten" or conveyor-belt sushi shop chain has received the highest rating in the Oricon Japanese Customer Satisfaction Ranking (Rotary Sushi Division), beating out larger and more famous chains, such as Sushiro and Hama Sushi. (seafoodsource.com)