It has been revealed that a Japan Airlines copilot was replaced after failing a preflight alcohol test at an airport in southwestern Japan.
The 54-year-old male copilot was to board a flight from Kagoshima to Tokyo on Saturday.
NHK has learned that a DNA expert has identified remains that were brought back from Siberia by a government mission were not Japanese.
The Japanese health and welfare ministry has not disclosed the findings even though the expert presented them to the ministry about a year ago.
Japan Airlines has been excluded from a list of the world's 20 safest airlines. The carrier had been on the list for 3 years in a row from 2016.
All Nippon Airways was selected as one of the 20 safest airlines by Australian media company AirlineRatings.
On sale in the United States since last summer, the Insight is Honda's alternative to the Toyota Prius. 
A small rocket developed by a Japanese startup company has failed to enter space. It was launched on Saturday but fell to the ground, bursting into flames.
Interstellar Technologies, based in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, developed and produced the 10-meter-long rocket.
The 2018MY Pathfinder went on sale in the U.S. in September 2017, boasting a few interesting upgrades such as automatic emergency braking as standard or the rear door alert system aimed at forgetful parents. 
Japan's space agency says its cargo ship Kounotori 6 has ended its mission after failing to test new technology for removing space debris.
Scotland punctured Japanese hopes of World Cup payback by beating the Brave Blossoms 26-13 with relative ease Saturday in the first of two tests in the Far East. 
Swimming great Kosuke Kitajima indicated he would retire from the sport soon after failing to qualify for this summer’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Friday night. 
A 32-year-old Japanese conductor has failed to capture the top prize at an international competition in France.
On an unseasonably cool day, thousands of scantily clad samba dancers marched through Tokyo’s Asakusa district in a festival, warming the crowds packing the roadside there. 
Japan's two-time double Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima failed to qualify for this summer's world championships in the 100-meter breaststroke after finishing third at the national championships on Wednesday. 
The Japan men’s ski jumping team was close to winning its first medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships since 2009, but slipped from second to fourth in the second round on Saturday. 
Japan's Noriaki Kasai tasted defeat after he failed to advance to the second round of jumps in the men's normal hill event at the world ski championships in Falun, Sweden, on Saturday.