Alright, It seems I was a bit to early to call Japanese smoking on a decline
With the smoking rate declining among both men and women in Japan, tobacco companies are releasing new brands in the country to keep the smoking …

Police on Tuesday arrested a manager at a high school in Kawasaki’s Asao Ward on charges of violating the child prostitution and pornography laws after he allegedly paid a 17-year-old student for sexual services.
Police said …

The rate of repeat crimes among offenders marked a record high of 41.5% last year, the Justice Ministry said in a white paper on crime released Friday. Meanwhile, the number of overall Penal Code offenses, …

After graduating from Tokyo Animator College, Yuko Matsui began working at a midscale animation production agency.
Two years later, she earns roughly ¥80,000 a month ( about 900 dollars), averaging 10 hours a day doing the …

Smoking rate in Japan down?
The smoking rate among men in Japan has fallen to a record-low 36.8% since the survey of its kind was launched in 1986, while the rate among women stood at 9.1%, …