A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he dropped a 5-year-old girl from the second floor of a sports center in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Monday night. (Japan Today)

Three giant pandas born and raised in Japan have returned to China under a standard agreement to improve the breeding success of the rare animals. (Japan Today)

Japan's Ministry of Finance seeks to create a market enabling direct exchanges of the yen and other Asian currencies without using the dollar as an intermediary, an idea that could reduce funding costs for financial institutions and businesses. (Nikkei)

A 38-year-old woman and her two children were found dead in their home in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, police said Wednesday. Police said the mother, Yukiko Nakata, her son Ryosuke, 9, and her daughter Miyu, 6, were strangled to death, Fuji TV reported. (Japan Today)

Japan's nuclear regulator says 5 workers at a nuclear research facility have accidentally been exposed to a radioactive substance. (NHK)

Another reactor in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, has been restarted, bringing to 5 the total number of Japanese reactors currently in operation. (NHK)

East Japan Railway has decided to install security cameras on all cars on the Yamanote Line, which circles central Tokyo. (NHK)

A 14-year-old boy from Osaka, western Japan, has been arrested for allegedly creating a type of computer virus called "ransomware." (NHK)

The US Defense Department says 2 aircraft carriers deployed in the Sea of Japan have now left, but that it will continue to monitor moves by North Korea. (NHK)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he hopes that China's "One Belt, One Road" economic initiative will be realized along the lines of international rules. (NHK)

Japan's next-generation mainstay fighter aircraft, the F35 stealth jet, has been shown to the public. (NHK)

Railway operators in and around Tokyo have jointly launched a campaign warning people accused of groping not to flee by running along the railway tracks. (NHK)

In many countries outside Japan, Hitachi is best known as a maker of TVs, PCs, and other consumer electronics. However, the company is actually involved in a wide variety of electrical and mechanical engineering endeavors, including manufacturing and installing elevators. (Japan Today)

In response to the flood of complaints over past weeks, Hulu is has decided to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to contrition. (rocketnews24.com)

Looking nipple-less may just be the next fashion trend. (rocketnews24.com)

Police in Shirako, Chiba Prefecture, on Sunday arrested a 21-year-old woman on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in injury after she plowed into a group of 10 university students, injuring four of them. (Japan Today)

In Japan, where train travel can often be a perilous ordeal for women, an insurance company is reporting a sudden run on a policy that protects men falsely accused of groping. (channelnewsasia.com)

Vacation rental sites like Airbnb were slow to make their way to the country, but have now become the accommodation of choice for many people doing Japan on a budget. Tujia, a Beijing-based operator of one such website, launched a Japan unit about a year ago targeting the growing numbers of Chinese tourists. (Nikkei)

The total fertility rate in Japan in 2016 fell 0.01 point from the previous year to 1.44, while the number of babies born last year slipped below one million for the first time, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said in an annual demographic survey on Friday. (the-japan-news.com)

China said on Friday a Japanese citizen was being investigated for harming national security, following a similar case last month in which China said six Japanese were being questioned on suspicion of illegal activity. (Japan Today)

The number of foreign tourists who traveled on cruise ships to Japan hit a record high in 2016, thanks mainly to more budget tours from China. (NHK)

Investigative sources say a group arrested on suspicion of smuggling apparent gold into Japan on a small boat had met another ship from China on open waters. (NHK)

Japanese business leaders on Friday questioned President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. (Japan Today)

Japanese police have arrested 5 women for allegedly trying to smuggle gold from South Korea through an airport in central Japan. (NHK)

The inflow of international funds into information technology and semiconductors powered the Nikkei Stock Average's recovery Friday to above 20,000. But the automotive and financial sectors are faltering, highlighting the gap between Japanese equities and their foreign peers. (Nikkei)