New Zealand doctors said Friday that a 7-year-old Japanese girl was bitten about 100 times during a dog mauling that has horrified many in the South Pacific nation. (USA Today)

An international survey shows Japanese men fell into a group doing the least housework. (NHK)

Fewer than 40 pct of residents and commuters in Tokyo take specific measures to prepare for a possible huge earthquake beneath the Japanese capital, despite high awareness on disaster prevention, a Metropolitan Police Department survey showed Friday. (Jiji Press)

Police in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture, have indicted a man for stealing more than 200 items of women's underwear in three prefectures. (Japan Today)

The man under arrest for fatally stabbing one man and wounding three others during a 10-minute rampage in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on Monday night, told police on Thursday that he wanted to hijack a plane at Haneda airport and fly it into Tokyo Skytree to take revenge on society. (Japan Today)

The 24-year-old suspect in the murder of a man on a street in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on Monday is believed to have posted a profile online in which he identified himself as a "celeb NEET," meaning a celebrity without a job, according to local online news site J-Cast News. (Japan Times)

The proportion of single nonregular Japanese male workers in their 20s who have girlfriends stood at 18.7 pct in 2012, against 30.7 pct for regular employees, a government survey revealed Thursday. (Jiji Press)

Kabuki actors have signed autographs for charity to help rebuild Japan's northeast, which was ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (NHK)

Police in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on Wednesday night arrested a 24-year-old unemployed man over four knife attacks within 10 minutes that left one man dead and three others injured on a street. (Japan Today)

Japanese commercial music juggernaut AKB48 is looking to build on its wildly successful all-girl group by adding a more mature member to its teen-dominated line-up, an advert released Wednesday said. (digitaljournal.com)

The world's oldest woman was celebrating her 116th birthday on Wednesday in a Japanese nursing home with a cake and candles. (inquirer.net)

Saitama prefectural police have arrested five men for their involvement in a case in which an 18-year-old girl was held captive and then forced into prostitution. (Japan Today)

The Chiba prefectural police department has started questioning a man over serial attacks, including a fatal stabbing, that took place in a residential area of Kashiwa late on Monday, it was learned on Wednesday. (Jiji Press)

Crown Prince Naruhito has the flu, the Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday. (Japan Today)

A 27-year-old man wanted in connection with the murder of his mother in Saitama Prefecture, and who was shot by police while trying to escape in a stolen taxi on New Year's Eve, was arrested on Tuesday. (Japan Today)

A 7-year-old Japanese girl was critically injured in New Zealand when four large dogs mauled her in a "horrific" attack on a rural property, officials said Tuesday. (Japan Times)

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox was tapped Tuesday to play a lead role in NHK's upcoming morning drama series "Massan," based on the true story of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Japan's whiskey industry. (Japan Times)

In Japan's underworld of organised crime, there is of course the infamous Yakuza, but there are also foreign nationals, including Iranians. For more than two decades now, they have been dealing drugs on behalf of the lower rungs of Japanese criminals. An Iranian with insider knowledge of these activities explains how this came about. (france24.com)

The Philippine ambassador's official residence in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, where musician and artist Yoko Ono enjoyed cherry blossom viewing in her childhood, was unveiled as a Philippine national historical landmark Monday at a ceremony with diplomats and representatives from Japan and the Philippines. (The Japan News)

British guitar legend Eric Clapton just may be serious about the whole retirement thing. (AAP)