May 26, 2019
MOBARA, Chiba (AP) — Golf never seems to be far behind whenever President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe get together. So on Sunday, during a four-day state visit to Japan, the president jumped aboard Marine One in Tokyo and flew south to the Mobara Country Club for a steam...
TOKYO (AP) — In an apparent contradiction of his national security adviser, President Donald Trump on Sunday downplayed recent North Korean missile tests, tweeting from Tokyo that they’re not a concern for him — even though they are for Japan. Trump also said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...
No. 8 maegashira Asanoyama, with a little help from sekiwake Tochinoshin, clinched the title at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday, ending the drama a day before U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the matches at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan. Asanoyama secured his first Emperor’s ...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — Mexico’s economy shrank in the first quarter of 2019 from the previous three-month period, data showed on Friday, dealing a blow to the new government’s drive to convinc...
YANGON (AFP-Jiji) — Myanmar must “show results” to convince Rohingya refugees to return, the U.N.’s High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Friday at the end of his first visit to M...
SEOUL (AFP-Jiji) — A South Korean court on Saturday approved arrest warrants for two vice presidents of Samsung Electronics over an accounting scandal, but rejected one for the head of the conglomer...
DUBLIN (AFP-Jiji) — Populist forces stumbled in the face of surprisingly tough resistance from Dutch pro-EU parties, as Irish and Czechs voters cast ballots Friday in European elections. Europhiles...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Developments in the U.S.-China trade dispute are expected to affect the course of Tokyo stocks next week, market sources said. This week, the key 225-issue Nikkei average on t...
NAIROBI (Reuters) — Kenya’s high court on Friday upheld a law banning gay sex, keeping same sex relations punishable by 14 years in jail in the East African nation and drawing strong criticism fr...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s Financial Services Agency on Friday issued a business improvement order to Seibu Shinkin Bank over its flawed loan-screening system. The small Tokyo lender was found...
Reuters The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging a law enacted by Alabama earlier this month that bans nearly all abortions and makes pe...
CHICAGO/SEATTLE (Reuters) — United Airlines said on Friday it is extending by one month its cancellations of Boeing Co. 737 MAX flights, through Aug. 3, as the jetliner remains grounded following t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he has been considering pardons for several American military members accused of war crimes, including headline-grabbing cases of shoo...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Brokerage giant Nomura Holdings Inc. on Friday admitted to leaking information regarding the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s review of its listing criteria. Nomura announced the misco...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will send hundreds of additional troops and a dozen fighter jets to the Middle East in the coming weeks to counter what the Pentagon said is an escalating campaig...
TOKYO (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump urged Japanese business leaders on Saturday to increase their investment in the United States while he chided Japan for having a “substantial edge”...
TOKYO (Reuters) — U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Saturday North Korea’s recent missile launches violated a U.N. Security Council resolution and urged leader Kim Jong Un to ret...
Kevin Dyson may have come up a yard short in one of the greatest finishes in Super Bowl history, but he never let up on his pursuit of education — his own and that of others. Nearly 20 years afte...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government on Friday revised down its basic assessment of the Japanese economy for the first time in two months, seeing the negative effects of China’s economic decelerati...
LONDON (Reuters) — The contest to replace Theresa May as British prime minister hotted up on Saturday with five candidates now vying for a job whose central task will be to find a way to take a div...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Drew Smyly has had a long road back from Tommy John elbow surgery, and the Texas left-hander put together a quality start on Friday night that helped earn him his first win i...
LONDON (AP) — FIFA is restoring the offense of “corruption” to its code of ethics, almost one year after facing criticism over the symbolic removal of the term. AP has seen a proposal that wi...
TOKYO (AP) — When U.S. President Donald Trump visits Japan, he’ll be able to point to Tokyo’s streets to drive home a sore point in trade relations between the allies: the absence of made-in-US...
U.S. President Donald Trump arrived at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Saturday evening aboard Air Force One, kicking off his stay in Japan through Tuesday as the first state guest since the Reiwa era beg...
NAGASAKI — A tourist facility for cat lovers featuring lucky “omagari neko” — bent-tailed cats — has opened in Nagasaki, as many cats of this kind are said to live in Nagasaki Prefecture. ...
BEIJING — The administration of Chinese President Xi Jinping informed Communist Party members via text early this month that it is ready for a drawn-out confrontation with the administration of U.S....
The Group of 20 major economies is likely to soon adopt its first list of international principles for promoting high-quality investment in infrastructure that contributes to the development of emerg...
TOKYO — Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike visited the Togoshi-Ginza Shopping Street in Shinagawa Ward on Thursday and experienced shopping using a cashless settlement. Koike and Shinagawa Ward Mayor Takeshi...
SEOUL — U.S. President Donald Trump directly urged South Korean President Moon Jae-in to improve Japan-South Korea relations during their April 11 meeting in Washington, according to multiple source...
It’s been five years since the megahit manga “Naruto” completed its run in the Shukan Shonen Jump weekly magazine. Following the series, which sold over 250 million copies worldwide, the author,...
TOKYO (Reuters) — An overwhelming majority of Japanese firms have no plans to use 5G mobile networks by China’s Huawei or other foreign firms, preferring instead to rely on domestic telecom carrie...
Moves to suspend trade related to smartphones and other products made by Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei Technologies Co. are spreading among manufacturers. Panasonic Corp. is suspending tra...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Seven & i Holdings Co. President Ryuichi Isaka said Thursday that he regrets a recent dispute between its convenience store unit Seven-Eleven Japan Co. and one of its franchise...
The Japan News has partnered with media startup inkl, a news service that curates articles from the world’s leading publishers for users to read on mobile devices. A selection of articles from The Japan News and The Yomiuri Shimbun is now available to read on inkl, which hosts titles from about 20 countries. 
As one of the measures to strengthen the national soccer team ahead of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, German coach Dettmar Cramer was invited to Japan. He must have studied the traditional culture of Japan,...
Dear Troubleshooter: I am a man in my 80s. I am worried about my two sons in their 50s. I live with my eldest son. A high school graduate, he’s never had a steady job and hasn’t worked over the...
I’m Colin Gamm, a third-year ALT in Ena, Gifu Prefecture. I teach at five elementary and junior high schools. I’m from Portland, Ore., in the United States, but have also lived in China and Nepal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian’s initiative on documenting Asians in America started humbly enough two decades ago, with a borrowed exhibit in a borrowed museum wing and a tiny staff. There wa...
Art museums all over Japan are reopening after undergoing refurbishments. Museums that have completed construction after a long period of closure are thinking of new ways to cultivate new visitors and...
It’s the graduation season again here in the United States, and my university, too, just went through its commencement festivities. The last few years, I had many com-mencement-related tasks as an a...
