The University of Hawaii revealed new footage of an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine that was deliberately sunk by the U.S. outside of Pearl Harbor following the end of World War II.

The I-400, which could carry three plane bombers inside, was built during the final days of the war. According to the Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology, the sub was originally built to attack the Panama Canal but the war ended before the plan could be carried out. Read More »

The Japan Football Association on Friday named Homare Sawa to the national soccer team, which will compete in the Women’s World Cup in Canada next month.

This will be Sawa’s sixth appearance in a World Cup, the most ever for any player, male or female. Read More »

Given the ongoing weakness in Japanese growth and inflation, most Bank of Japan watchers believe the prospect of added stimulus by the central bank is a question of when rather than if.

But many analysts are now pushing back their forecasts for when the trigger will be pulled, following the central bank’s extension of its self-imposed deadline for hitting its inflation target. Read More »

Japan’s education ministry on Thursday released the results from its first ever survey on the sleeping habits of students and how it affects their daily routine. The survey of fifth graders to high school students at 800 different schools was conducted in November.

Here are five findings from the study.

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As previewed in this Wall Street Journal article, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is using his U.S. trip to promote Japanese high-speed rail technology. Read More »

Your daily roundup of news from The Wall Street Journal related to Japan:

Japan Post Holdings Co. has reached a deal that could put Apple Inc.’s hardware and International Business Machines Corp.’s software in the hands of many elderly Japanese, the companies said on Thursday. Read More »

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to bring a little Silicon Valley swagger to the Japanese business world.

Speaking at Stanford University on Thursday, Abe said Japan should emulate the spirit and creativity of Silicon Valley’s technology scene.

“We want to learn from the culture that exists in Silicon Valley,” said Abe, speaking in Japanese with a translator. “We’d love to capture the dynamism of Silicon Valley and bring it to Japan.” Read More »

Apple is leaning on a Japanese company, Nidec Corp., for supplies of a key component in its new Apple Watch. The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has had quality problems with a Chinese supplier of “taptic engines”–designed to produce the sensation of being tapped on a wrist–and has moved nearly all production to Nidec. Repeated inquiries to Nidec on Thursday went unanswered.

Here are some facts about the little-known company behind the Apple wearable product. Read More »

Japan Real Time published a list of five things to watch before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Washington this week, where he met with President Barack Obama and addressed the joint session of the U.S. Congress. Here are five takeaways from his weeklong U.S. tour so far. Read More »

In his Wednesday speech before a joint session of the U.S. Congress – the first by any Japanese prime minister – Shinzo Abe declared, “History is harsh. What is done cannot be undone.”

But while he declared he felt “deep repentance” regarding Japan’s actions during World War II, citing the Pearl Harbor bombing, he stopped short of the outright apology for Japan’s wartime aggression that China has long agitated for. Read More »