July 21, 2019
KYOTO (Jiji Press) — Police on Saturday obtained an arrest warrant for a man who has already been held for a suspected arson attack on an animation studio in the western Japan city of Kyoto that has claimed the lives of 34 people and injured many others. The suspect, Shinji Aoba, 41, is hospital...
LONDON (AP) — British Airways and Lufthansa both said Saturday they were suspending flights to Cairo for unspecified reasons related to safety and security. The British carrier said it was canceling flights to the Egyptian capital for a week. The German airline said normal operations would resu...
This is the third and final installment of a series on the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan. “As rugby is now in the spotlight, I want it also to be on foreign players on the Japan team. They have chosen Japan over their home countries, and fought for Japan. They are the best comrades [teammates...
HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government on Friday expanded its requirement that asylum seekers wait outside the country to a part of the Texas Rio Grande Valley across from one of Mexico’s most danger...
TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp. and BYD Co. agreed to jointly develop electric vehicles in China, the latest in a series of deals between a major global automaker and Chinese manufacturer. T...
BEIJING (Bloomberg) — A Chinese official pushed back against concerns that the nation’s plan to grade individuals on their behavior would violate its citizens’ legal rights and limit access to b...
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he remained at the ready to help South Korea and Japan solve their lingering dispute over World War II-era forced labor that has blig...
LONDON (AP) — Iran seized a British-flagged oil tanker Friday and briefly detained a second vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, intensifying tensions in the strategic waterway that has become a flashpoi...
BEIJING (Bloomberg) — SAIC Motor Corp. expects annual sales to fall for the first time in at least 14 years as China’s biggest automaker battles through a slump in demand roiling the world’s lar...
SEATTLE (AP) — A week after the worst start of his career, Mike Leake came back with his best. Shockingly so. Leake took a perfect game into the ninth inning, losing his bid at baseball immorta...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow will host a meeting with semiconductor and software executives on Monday to discuss the U.S. ban on sales to China’s Huawei Techno...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo stocks are expected to be swayed by earnings announcements by major export-oriented Japanese companies this week. Last week, the benchmark 225-issue Nikkei average lost ...
SINGAPORE (Bloomberg) — Surging oil and gas prices, skyrocketing insurance costs and attacks on energy and banking infrastructure are likely to be some of the initial impacts if the current Iranian ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) — Hong Kong’s extradition bill demonstrations have mutated into a much bigger and more complex animal, ripping open old wounds and expanding a political fight as the city batte...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) — The United States should reject “prejudice” and respect facts instead of vilifying China’s record on religious rights, the Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily said...
After several years of verbal jousting with the U.S., Turkey accepted an initial delivery of a highly advanced Russian air defense system, the S-400. Supporting equipment to bring the system up to ful...
BERLIN (AP) — Germany is marking the 75th anniversary of the most famous plot to kill Adolf Hitler, honoring those who resisted the Nazis — who were stigmatized for decades as traitors — as pil...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Supreme Court upheld Friday a lower court’s ruling that the Netherlands is partially liable in the deaths of some 350 Muslim men who were murdered by Bosni...
Sophisticated phony videos called deepfakes have attracted plenty of attention as a possible threat to election integrity. But a bigger problem for the 2020 U.S. presidential contest may be “dumbfa...
To ensure a stable supply of energy, how should various power sources be combined in a balanced manner? Calm and constructive discussions are sought. Japan’s energy policy stands at a crossroads. ...
Dozens of people devoted to animation production have had their lives taken away. It is an outrageous and despicable criminal act over which it is difficult to prevent the feeling of anger emerging. ...
In response to the severe heat of recent summers, high school sporting events are taking steps to prevent health problems, such as instructing players to sit during baseball opening ceremonies and con...
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — Everyone in the massive grandstand rose to cheer and celebrate a bold performance by Rory McIlroy, who longed for such support and affection on his walk toward his ...
KYOTO — More than two dozen people died when a fire, possibly caused by arson, broke out at a studio managed by animation production company Kyoto Animation Co. in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, on Thursday m...
ROME (Reuters) — Italy has bowed to pressure from Chinese telecoms equipment makers Huawei Technologies and ZTE and will drop emergency legislation strengthening state powers to intervene in the de...
KYOTO — The death toll from an apparently deliberate fire at a studio of animation production company Kyoto Animation Co. in Kyoto has climbed to 33, while 35 people were injured and at least four a...
KYOTO — Roaring flames and the sounds of explosions ripped through the studio building of animation production company Kyoto Animation Co. in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, on Thursday morning, killing 33 and...
A record-breaking lack of sunshine is causing changes in domestic spending habits that are hurting sales of beer, air conditioners and other summer items but bringing cheer to dehumidifier makers and...
URAYASU, Chiba — The Tokyo DisneySea theme park will open on Tuesday its new motion-simulator attraction “Soaring: Fantastic Flight,” in which guests feel as if they are traveling in the air. ...
LOS ANGELES (Bloomberg) — Netflix Inc. shocked investors by reporting a drop in U.S. customers and much slower growth overseas, raising fears that the streaming giant is losing momentum just as comp...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major break with a longtime ally, the Trump administration on Wednesday said Turkey is being kicked out of an American-led fighter aircraft program because it is buying a Rus...
There is a possibility of significant changes in the global financial order. Each country should work in close cooperation to clarify problems and swiftly prepare international rules to deal with them...
The government is attempting to build a framework to enable elderly people and others to use low-speed electric vehicles to go shopping, to the hospital and elsewhere. Using vehicles that do not emit...
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,...
Southampton may be known for Japanese football player Maya Yoshida, who plays for Southampton FC, or for its famous port where the RMS Titanic departed before sinking. The reason why I am studying he...
We were six large bodies crammed inside a five-seat sedan, laughing even as our hearts fluttered at the sudden braking and inconsistent lane-crossing the driver, our classmate, undertook to get throu...
“Nessun dorma,” one of the most famous operatic arias of all time, sounded fresh like never before. The renowned aria sung by Teodor Ilincai as Calaf did not stand out disproportionately in the J...
Acclaimed author Haruki Murakami hosted a live music performance in Tokyo on June 26 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his literary debut. Titled “Murakami JAM,” the event revealed a hospita...
Summer break is the blessing of academic life, when we educators get to focus on our own scholarly or creative pursuits, which we put on the back burner during the semester. We also get to squeeze in ...
