A 25-year-old man has been arrested by police in connection the discovery last week of the burnt bodies of two people on a riverside north of Tokyo, according to police.
Sales in Japan of supplements claiming to have health benefits have fallen 7.7 percent from a year earlier after reports of hospitalizations linked to a red yeast rice dietary supplement, according to recent industry data.
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda suggests a possible need to raise interest rates again if the yen's depreciation continues and leads to notable price increases.
The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it started releasing a fifth batch of treated radioactive water into the sea from the plant, amid opposition from China.