April 21, 2018
WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — Finance Minister Taro Aso said Thursday he is not considering resigning over the alleged sexual harassment of female journalists by the top bureaucrat of his ministry. Asked about his responsibility for appointing the bureaucrat, Vice Finance Minister Junichi Fukuda, As...
Cars pass through a snowy corridor along National Highway Route 292 in Nakanojo, Gunma Prefecture, on Friday as a 23.1-kilometer section on the route reopened after being closed to traffic during the winter. The reopening came following the thawing of the snow. The highway route was partially design...
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to create a new framework to discuss trade issues between Japan and the United States during their second-day talks in Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday. However, the two leaders appeared to be divided over the way ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Game 4 lacked the intensity of the three before it, and no overtime heroics were necessary. Instead, the workmanlike Washington Capitals turned in their most complete game of t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a series of startlingly candid conversations, U.S. President Donald Trump told former FBI Director James Comey that he had serious concerns about the judgment of a top adviser, ...
ATLIT, Israel/BEIRUT (Reuters) — Waving Palestinian flags and wearing T-shirts proclaiming Jerusalem to be “the eternal capital of Palestine,” thousands of Israel’s Arab minority turned out on...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) —Japan has warned its G-20 counterparts that protectionism and exchange of retaliatory measures will disrupt financial markets and heighten volatility. “I told my G-20 counte...
MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid lost 3-0 at Real Sociedad on Thursday, leaving Barcelona one victory away from clinching the Spanish league title. Barcelona, which drew 2-2 at Celta Vigo on Tuesday w...
TAKASAKI, Gunma (AFP-Jiji) — Hollywood actor Richard Gere, French film star Alain Delon and Russian figure skating sensation Alina Zagitova have one thing in common: They adore Japan’s Akita dogs...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Grayson Murray fixed a flaw in his swing and hit the ball well enough that blustery conditions weren’t an issue for him Thursday in the Valero Texas Open. Coming off a missed ...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Some 80 lawmakers made a group visit to Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine on Friday, a day before the start of the spring festival at the war-linked Shinto shrine. The lawmakers, mai...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Lorenzo Cain credited his Brewers teammates for his big night at the plate. Ryan Braun acknowledged them for helping him achieve a major milestone. Cain homered, doubled twice and ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Super Bowl champion Philadelphia will host Atlanta to kick off the 2018 NFL season on Thursday night, Sept. 6. Green Bay hosts Chicago in the first Sunday night matchup on Sept. 9,...
PALM BEACH, Fla. — An expansion of American-made exports including automobiles and agricultural products will likely be on the agenda of a new framework for discussing trade issues between Japan and...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Playing basketball seemed trivial to the Spurs following the death of Erin Popovich. They competed as best they could Thursday. It just wasn’t enough against Golden State, agai...
An automatic notification system designed to expedite emergency services’ responses to traffic accidents has been launched this fiscal year, and while it is expected to lower the road death toll, on...
The female mayor of Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, presented a petition to the Japan Sumo Association on Thursday, requesting it discuss revisions to a policy prohibiting women from entering the dohyo...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nikola Mirotic scored a career playoff-best 30 points to go with eight rebounds, three steals and a block, and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Portland Trail Blazers 119-102 on ...
Former cycling champion Lance Armstrong on Thursday agreed to pay $5 million to settle a federal suit claiming he defrauded his sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service, by using performance-enhancing drugs, ...
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Masayoshi Son, leader of internet and telecommunications conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp., are among the 100 most influential people in the wo...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Six opposition parties began boycotting debates in both chambers of the Diet on Friday morning, in a show of protest against the responses of the government and the ruling camp...
MELBOURNE (Reuters) — Australian warships were challenged by the Chinese military in the disputed South China Sea earlier this month, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported on Friday, citing Au...
NARITA, Chiba (Jiji Press)—Yuki Kawauchi, who won the Boston Marathon earlier this week, said Thursday that he will quit his job at the Saitama prefectural government next spring to become a profess...
Novelist Haruki Murakami has written a commentary on Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel “The Remains of the Day,” which appears as part of a special Japanese-language edition commemorating Ishiguro’s winn...
PALM BEACH, Fla. — U.S. President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to take up the issue of the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea during a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un planne...
An explosive eruption occurred at Mt. Io in the Kirishima mountain range in Kyushu at around 3:39 p.m. on Thursday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Following the eruption, the agency ra...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Sea urchins caught off the Australian island of Tasmania are gradually becoming popular in Japan, competing with rivals mainly from the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaid...
Hitachi Ltd. has developed technology capable of detecting childhood and other forms of cancer by analyzing urine, allowing checks to be conducted more simply, the company has announced. Hitachi pla...
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed during bilateral summit talks on Tuesday that the two countries would maintain maximum pressure on North Korea....
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to create a new framework to discuss trade issues between Japan and the United States during their second-day talk...
A team led by researchers from RIKEN and Toray Industries Inc. has developed an ultrathin solar cell that remains functional even when pressed by an iron heated to over 100 C. The team announced the...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A project is under way to create kimono illustrating the culture of each of 196 countries including Japan, aiming to showcase them at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. ...
The Takashimaya store in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, is planning to sell a special set of dolls via lottery, in an attempt to prevent a single customer from buying them all up as happened at its Kyoto store. ...
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. 
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s April 11 issue. * * * In ancient Rome, there was a poet named Virgil. I once opened a book of pro...
“Move it or you’ll be slashed!” A stern voice bellowed at men and women in black ninja costumes deftly moving around a training hall at Hokkaido’s Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura theme park, whic...
The Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra’s program for the 2018-2019 season, which began this month, is like an overview of the history of Western music, from baroque to contemporary. It encapsulates t...
Since assuming the post of principal conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in April 2010, Sylvain Cambreling has brought a breath of fresh air to the group — which had previously placed...
