July 29, 2014
This is the fourth installment of the “Message” series. Today’s interviewee is nonfiction writer Hideyuki Takano, who travels to remote regions around the world and relates his unusual experiences in a unique, entertaining style. *** I recently wrote about Somaliland, a self-declared inde...
SASEBO, Nagasaki—A 16-year-old girl was sent to prosecutors Monday after she was arrested the day before on suspicion of killing a 15-year-old female classmate. According to the police, the girl confessed that she strangled her high school classmate with a cord after hitting her several times on...
The government will likely set up facilities in major cities around the world to play a key role in promoting Japanese culture, including manga and washoku (Japanese food), according to government sources. The move aims at making various facets of Japan’s culture—contemporary or otherwise—be...
LOS ANGELES (AP)—A judge ruled against Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling on Monday in his attempt to block the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Bal...
Earlier this month, I attended Japan Expo in Paris, the largest event on Japanese culture in Europe. This year, a section named “Kawaii!! Area” was set up by many Japanese companies in the fashion...
The Heat is On! But out in the satoyama countryside, the first of the early-ripening varieties of rice have already started to flower. Rice flowers are small and inconspicuous, and are easily overloo...
AGRA, India—The white marble dome seemed to be floating in the sky. The Taj Mahal, a UNESCO World Heritage site, rises over the Yamuna River in Agra in northern India. The massive, symmetrical Islam...
Here is one of the more astonishing facts of an already fairly astonishing war: The tunnels that Hamas has dug under Gaza’s border with Israel—tunnels designed not for commerce, but for kidnapping...
NEW YORK (AP)—Tibetans living on the “roof of the world” can thank an extinct human relative for providing a gene that helps them adapt to the high altitude, a study suggests. Past research ha...
WASHINGTON (AP)—Raising beef for the American dinner table does far more damage to the environment than producing pork, poultry, eggs or dairy, a new study says. Compared with the other animal pro...
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan—I always had a cup of coffee every morning when I lived in Tokyo, but I have switched to fruit juice since I came to Taiwan. The variety of fruits in Taiwan is surprisingly wide a...
WASHINGTON—The Library of Congress, which can be called the world’s largest treasury of knowledge, is located next to Capitol Hill in Washington. It boasts more than 150 million items, including s...
Nissan Motor Co., Japan’s second-biggest carmaker, reported profit that beat analysts’ estimate as deliveries rose in China and the United States, its two biggest markets. Net income rose 37 perc...
WASHINGTON—Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC), based in Nevada, announced last week that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Under the agreemen...
The government is struggling to decide whether to push forward with the criminalization of the act of conspiracy, which has been stalled for years, with strong international pressure for such a move ...
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird during talks on Monday that Japan is ready to work with other members of the Group of Seven major industrial nations t...
Human bones exposed when an extra-high tide in spring this year washed large amounts of sand from an atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean may belong to Japanese soldiers...
Shigeo Iizuka, head of a group of families of abduction victims, said Monday that he hopes the issue of North Korea’s abductions of Japanese nationals decades ago will be fully resolved by the end ...
CAIRO (AP)—Heavy clashes between Libyan soldiers loyal to a renegade general and Islamist-led militias killed 38 people, health officials said Sunday, as fighting between rival militias around the ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP)—Frank Thomas choked back tears, Joe Torre apologized for leaving people out of his speech and Tony La Russa said he felt uneasy. Being enshrined in the Hall of Fame can hav...
BAGHDAD (AP)—Militants from the Islamic State group blew up a mosque and shrine dating back to the 14th century in Mosul on Sunday, local residents said, the latest casualty in a week that has seen...
SATSUMASENDAI, Kagoshima (Jiji Press)—The city government of Satsumasendai and Kagoshima Prefecture on Sunday provided residents near the Sendai nuclear power station with iodine tablets for use in...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—In a familiar scene from better days, the relief duo of Junichi Tazawa and Koji Uehara finished up a Boston Red Sox victory. Both preserved a one-run lead by tossing a scorele...
This is the third installment of the second “Message” series, featuring Akita International University President Norihiko Suzuki, who strives to cultivate highly motivated and capable individuals...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan for the first time in late August to promote security cooperation with Japan, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. India’s new leader and Prime Mini...
Japan has been importing from China large quantities of European eel, an endangered species whose export from Europe is forbidden, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. Importers of the eels claim the t...
McDonald’s Co. (Japan) said Tuesday the company on Monday stopped selling Chicken McNuggets made by a Chinese food company that is reported to have used chicken meat past expiration dates. McDona...
Japanese high school students racked up a number of medals at this year’s International Science Olympiads (ISO), a group of worldwide competitions in such scientific disciplines as math, biology and...
BEIJING—In the wake of a food scandal involving a Chinese food company that used chicken meat past its expiration dates for McDonald’s Co.’s Chicken McNuggets and other products, FamilyMart Co. ...
The government will start building two Aegis-equipped destroyers with the latest missile defense systems starting next fiscal year, in light of the progress seen in missile development by North Korea...
The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday approved a draft safety screening report that concluded safety measures for the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s Sendai nuclear ...
目線がぴったり合ったイメージを使った表現（ひょうげん）です。意見が合わない場合には not see eye to eye と言う。例（たと）えば、We don’t see eye to...
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s July 19 issue. * * * Soviet dictator Josef Stalin condemned many people as spies without caring ...
Every Sunday morning I join other tennis enthusiasts at a local park for a friendly game of tennis. Some people come in a prearranged group, but many—including myself—show up alone and start hitti...
BIG PINE KEY, Fla. (AP)—Nearly 500 divers and snorkelers submerged in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary earlier this month for a “concert” beneath the sea broadcast by a local radio sta...
With a cheer, the middle school students all hold up their hands, bending their fingers to make the sign language gesture that means “I love you.” In June, the five-member male group “Handsign,...
The Japan News and The Yomiuri Shimbun have published an e-book on the “Diplomatic War in East Asia” between China, Korea and Japan that provides little-known facts on the struggle to prevail on ...
A road leading from the Yomiuri Land Station on the Keio Line in Inagi, Tokyo, to the Giants Stadium is great place for hill climbing for cyclists. Although only about one kilometer long, it has an e...
As we launch a second series of our popular “Message” feature, which reveals unique insights and perspectives from prominent figures through exclusive, candid interviews, The Japan News would lik...
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Recently, I met my friend from Australia for the first time in eight years. In 2006, when I was in university in Australia on a one-year exchange program, we lived i...
