In this week’s news from Japan Today: President Trump claims the PM Abe nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize; Japan to revise child custody laws to enforce the handovers of children to parents — even if they are overseas; a national restaurant chain apologizes as a video surfaces showing an employee exposing himself in the kitchen; a woman killed another resident after she was transferred from one psychiatric facility to another claiming she is “a robot;” the number one annoyance for Japanese train commuters plus Audrey Hepburn — 26 years after her death the iconic film star and UNICEF spokesperson is still idolized by the Japanese as the “eternal fairy.”

This week’s stories:

• Abe Bad Bromance
• Kidnap Custody
• Ms. Robot
• Exposer
• Testy Tubes
• Audrey Hepburn

In this week’s news from Japan Today: New details emerge about officials mishandling the care of a 10-year-old girl killed by her father; Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso blames rising social security costs on people without children; a nationwide restaurant chain apologizes after serving customer a beef bowl filled with cockroaches; a man was arrested for stealing people’s shoes because he gets sexual pleasure from sniffing old footwear plus Japanese companies are banning the practice of giving Valentine’s Day chocolates at work with people saying it is “power harassment.”

This week’s stories:

• Give Mia Shelter
• Update
• Aso’s Hole
• Bowl o’ Roaches
• Shoe Sniffer
  • More weirdo stories of the week:
  • Hair Licker
  • Romance Fraud
  • Sugar Daddy
• Valentine’s Harassment

In this week’s news from Japan Today: Former Nissan head Carlos Ghosn is allowed his first media interview; another child in Japan dies at the hands of a parent; a member of Japan’s military was arrested in Aomori Prefecture for trying to break into a house naked in sub-zero temperatures; one of Japan’s most popular boy bands call it quits plus a look back at Bertrand Russell’s visit to Japan in 1921.

This week’s stories:

• Ghosn Plot
• A Child Dies
• Indecent Exposure
• Arashi Storm
• Bertrand Russell’s Resurrection

In this week’s news from Japan Today: Former Nissan head Carlos Ghosn offers to detain himself in Japan; a sponsor of tennis star Naomi Osaka is accused of “whitewashing” anime characters based on her likeness; an American man sentenced to eight years for killing and dismembering an Osaka woman; a teacher punched a student at a Tokyo high school and the internet reacts; porno mags to be removed from Japanese convenience stores plus a Tokyo-based start-up has sent a rocket to space with all of the supplies for an artificial meteor shower on demand.

This week’s stories:

• Ghosn Fishin’
• Osaka Skin
• Dismemberer
• Teacher Bully
• Porn Hubs
• A Star Is Born