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...
SOCHI, Russia (AP)—With a solitary Ukrainian athlete taking part in the opening ceremony, Russian President Vladimir Putin opened the Winter Paralympics in Sochi on Friday against the backdrop of his country’s military action in Crimea. Ukraine delivered a pointed message by sending out only ...
The government will boost financial support for single-father households from April, establishing a loan program and shouldering some of the costs required for unemployed fathers to acquire vocational qualifications. With irregular workers accounting for 40 percent of the workforce, many single-fa...
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 ...
Lay judges have handed down a stern decision on the heinous criminal acts committed by a former member of the Aum Supreme Truth cult. Makoto Hirata, a former senior member of Aum, was sentenced to ...
LOS ANGELES (AP)—Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto said Thursday that he is not the creator of bitcoin, adding further mystery to the story of how the world’s most popular digital currency came to...
What is love? How should we face the uncertainty of the future? Musician and artist Yoko Ono conducted a question-and-answer session with her Twitter followers, and the results have recently been pub...
Being a better singer and person In the 15th year of her career, Mai Kuraki is expanding her singing horizons and giving back through her volunteer work. Also, don’t miss Neko Pitcher, the Eng...
Mamoru Samuragochi, who was supposedly a deaf composer, but whose works were actually written by another person, apologized at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel Friday. “I’m sorry for telling ...
Foreign students participate in a disaster evacuation drill Friday in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. The drill was held in the Akihabara district—a popular destination for foreign tourists—based on the assu...
The Postal Museum Japan has opened on the ninth floor of the Tokyo Solamachi commercial complex at the foot of Tokyo Skytree in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, exhibiting items from Chiyoda Ward’s Communicatio...
KARACHI (AP)—Humaira Bachal knows firsthand how lack of education hurts her community. She had a cousin that died because his mother couldn’t read the expiration date on a bottle of medicine. She...
Amid fierce industry competition, major automakers have been facing a string of recalls of their hybrid vehicles, which may cast a shadow over consumers’ trust in their leading products. Hybrid v...
This is the sixth installment of the “Message” series, this time featuring Shinichiro Makino, chief executive officer of used car exporter ENG Inc. Some people succeed and some don’t after ...
WASHINGTON—Certain political cliches cry out to join the list of the biggest lies in the world. Today’s candidate: Partisan politics stops at the water’s edge. The sentiment was first voiced by...
As Oscar Pistorius faces trial for murder, a large group of South African women have become like a shadow that the runner seems unable to shake. In this notoriously violent country, a vocal group of ...
The downfall of President Viktor Yanukovych was a victory to many Ukrainians, but it came at a high price: the death of 98 people, according to the Ukrainian health ministry. Who exactly killed most o...
Q: My wife and I are facing a challenge with several boys who are approaching puberty. Their attention spans seem limited, and they disrupt the class. I guess it’s because of hormonal changes. Do y...
High schools are increasingly set on fostering students capable of successfully competing on the global stage by improving their foreign language skills, emphasizing discussions and debate and provid...
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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