Eight major marriage-service companies, including O-net Inc. and Zwei Co., decided on Friday to adopt a quality-certification system to improve the public trust in the complaint-ridden industry.

A restaurant in Osaka has been flooded with offers from around Japan to buy or rent its popular drum-beating doll since the closing of the restaurant was first announced on April 8.

The last “Ginga” (Galaxy) sleeper express train bound for Osaka left Tokyo Station at 11 p.m. on Friday as some 2,000 railway fans flooded the platform to bid farewell to the train, taking its photos.