A Japanese plane landed on the wrong runway where another plane was to take off in Osaka, Japan while a Taiwanese plane with a faulty speedometer returned to an airport in the country's southern island of Kyushu 30 minutes after takeoff. The two near-accidents did not cause any harm, but authorities are investigating the separate incidents and reviewing airport safety procedures. According to Japan Today, miscommunication between the pilot and air traffic controllers caused the All Nippon Airways (ANA) Flight 448 with 165 passengers to land on a 3,000-meter runway at Itami Airport in Osaka. At the same time, a Japan Airlines (JAL) Corp. McDonnell Douglas MD-87 passanger plane was to take off from the runway where the ANA plane was landing. But the pilot of the JAL Flight 2441 with 147 passengers and crew saw the incoming ANA plane and decided not to fly.

The world's oldest man, who turned 112 on Tuesday, said he wants to live forever. Tomoji Tanabe of Miyazaki, Japan made the statement after a Japanese mayor, who brought him a bouquet and congratulations on his birthday, asked the centenarian how many years he would like to live. Japan Today quoted Tanabe as saying, "I want to live indefinitely. I don't want to die. "

In Japan, the Internet café has become a substitute for home. A survey of Japan's ministry of health indicated that the number of people who sleeps over at 24-hour Internet cafes for having no home or job total 5,400 nationwide, the Kyodo News reported. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's findings disclosed on Tuesday reveals what could be a widening of the rich-poor gap in Asia's richest country.

A Japanese man driving a motorcycle severed his right leg after colliding with a concrete highway divider but did not notice the injury until after driving for a few minutes and two kilometers (1. 24 miles) away from accident site, the local media in Japan reported on Wednesday. The accident happened at Nishi Ward in the city of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan. According to Japan Today, police said Kazuo Nagata, 54, was driving along the Hamana bypass of National Highway Route 1 at about 6:30 a. m. on Tuesday (9:30 p. m. , Monday, GMT) when he failed to negotiate a left turn and hit the central divider that severed his right leg about 10 centimeters (3. 94 inches) below the knee. Nagata continued driving unaware of the injury and only noticed his missing right leg when he and his friends stopped at an interchange about 1. 24 miles from the scene of the accident.

"Hello Kitty" - the Japanese animation character has found a new job in the Thai police department. The cute round-faced cat will now punish any officer in Bangkok who is late, parks in the wrong place or commits other minor transgressions. The bad cops breaking the rules will be made to wear the large, bright pink Hello Kitty armband, which has two hearts embroidered on it.