March 8, 2014
SOCHI—Japan celebrated a medal rush on the first day of the Sochi Paralympics on Saturday, with Akira Kano winning the men’s sitting downhill and Takeshi Suzuki finishing third as Kozo Kubo took the bronze in the men’s 7.5-kilometer sitting biathlon. It was the second Paralympic success for...
The Defense Ministry will set up a new section in April to promote joint research with universities to develop defense equipment, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. Many technologies, including the Internet, were originally developed by defense authorities and later commonly used by civilians. The ...
KUALA LUMPUR (AP)—Search and rescue crews across Southeast Asia scrambled to find a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that disappeared from air traffic control screens over waters between Malaysia and Vietnam early Saturday with 239 people aboard. Flight MH370, bound for Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, w...
Seven political parties are searching for a way to jointly submit a bill during the current Diet session that is aimed at amending the National Referendum Law, which stipulates procedures for a natio...
A government panel approved Friday a proposal on new rates in the government’s feed-in tariff program that requires power suppliers to purchase electricity from renewable energy sources at fixed pr...
Seven Bank will set up a total of 54 automated teller machines in 39 subway stations operated by Tokyo Metro Co. The machines will go into service between Saturday and the end of April, when the ban...
EDMONTON, Canada (AP)—Canadian women’s goalie Shannon Szabados has agreed to a contract with the Columbus Cottonmouths of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The two-time Olympic champion ...
Gamba Osaka picked up their first win in their return to the J.League first division, beating host Albirex Niigata 2-0 at Denka Big Swan Stadium on second-half goals from Keisuke Iwashita and Kotaro O...
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP)—For the second straight day, the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament is having trouble keeping the electricity running. The quarterfinal basketball game between No. 14 Nort...
NTT Docomo Inc. returned to the top spot for mobile phone net subscription growth for the first time in two months in February, data from three major mobile carriers showed. The company posted net ...
ALBUFEIRA, Portugal (AP)—Sweden eked out a 1-0 victory over the United States to end the American women’s 43-game unbeaten run and deny them any chance of reaching the Algarve Cup final, which Ge...
TRONDHEIM, Norway—Veteran Noriaki Kasai placed third in a World Cup ski jumping meet here Friday, but the joy of making his sixth podium of the season was tempered by the fact that he was eliminate...
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.—Daisuke Matsuzaka suffered a setback in his bid to make the New York Mets’ starting rotation, giving up six hits and two runs—one earned—in two innings of an exhibition g...
DORAL, Fla. (AP)—The new Doral in raging wind looked a lot like an old U.S. Open on Friday. Matt Kuchar played out of the rough to tap-in range for birdie on the 18th hole for a 2-over 74 that al...
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico—Ryo Ishikawa made his first cut in four tournaments, shooting a 3-under 69 to finish the second round of the Puerto Rico Open here Friday tied for 25th place at 5-under 139....
NANJO, Okinawa—Defending champion Rikako Morita and Ritsuko Ryu both shot a 3-under 69 to tie for the lead after the second round of the Japan LPGA tour season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies here Sat...
OSAKA—The Spring Grand Sumo Tournament will start with a bang, as two of the sport’s top stars will face each other on the opening day. Ozeki Kakuryu will begin his drive for a first career Empe...
The government plans to select former high court judge Nahomi Ichimiya, 65, to become the first woman to lead the National Personnel Authority, it was learned Saturday. Ichimiya is currently an NPA ...
East Japan Railway Co. will reportedly try to keep its distance from the management of scandal-tainted Hokkaido Railway Co., despite the selection of former JR East member Yukio Suda as the new chairm...
KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP)—The White House says President Barack Obama has told German Chancellor Angela Merkel he welcomes the unified position of the United States and the European Union on Ukraine. ...
SOCHI (AP)—Ukraine will compete in the Winter Paralympics in Sochi despite Russia’s military moves in Crimea. The Ukrainian Paralympic Committee decided against boycotting the games, announcing...
KIEV (Bloomberg)—Ukraine risks a natural gas dispute reminiscent of a 2009 feud that cut supplies and disrupted flows to Europe in freezing weather after OAO Gazprom said it was failing to make pay...
Constructing interim facilities for the bulk storage of radioactive waste is key to quickly pushing forward with the reconstruction of Fukushima Prefecture. It is indispensable for the Environment ...
When Daisuke Takahashi arrived in Sochi on Sunday, determined to deliver his best performance at the Olympic Games, his parents were back in his hometown of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, planning to...
The Philippine ambassador’s official residence in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, where musician and artist Yoko Ono enjoyed cherry blossom viewing in her childhood, was unveiled as a Philippine national hist...
SOCHI (Jiji-Japan News)—Gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu has given his exhibition program at the Sochi Olympics a theme: resurgence. The 19-year-old, who made history by becoming the first Japanese mal...
SOCHI—Four years since shedding bitter tears after her second-place finish at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Mao Asada shed tears of joy at Sochi after delivering a near-perfect performance in the wo...
After returning from the Sochi Winter Olympic Games on Tuesday, Japanese Olympic medalists expressed their pride in winning big for Japan at a press conference. Among the athletes were Yuzuru Hanyu...
NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—J. Crew Group Inc., the retailer owned by TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners LP, is in talks about a potential sale to Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing Co., two people with kn...
The house of acclaimed writer Kobo Abe (1924-93) in Chofu, Tokyo, is being demolished, after serving as his writing place for many great works, such as “Suna no Onna” (The Woman in the Dunes), “...
The troubled radioactive water cleanup system at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was hit by a new problem Wednesday, operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. An alarm went off at abo...
SENDAI—Clad in a brand-new, dark blue uniform, Iroha Ishikawa, 3, slipped past her mother who was trying to take a photo of her daughter with her smartphone, jumping around in front of the hina doll...
NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo—The Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra is giving fans of the Romanticism movement a musical treat with plans to hold special monthly concerts, each featuring a Schumann sympho...
SHIZUOKA—It seems unlikely that a child would come out of a dental exam saying, “Mom, do we come here again?” as if she couldn’t bear to leave. But one pediatric dental clinic in Shizuoka is e...
The Japan News has renewed its pages from the March 1 issue. The above is our new weekly schedule of main sections and articles on paper editions:
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