December 11, 2018
A draft report indicating the measures that should be taken by residents, businesses and other parties if a strong earthquake occurs in the hypocentral area for a massive Nankai Trough earthquake, including beginning evacuations in other parts of the hypocentral area as well, was compiled Tuesday by...
The revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law was recently enacted, allowing Japan to accept more foreign workers. Following is a look behind the scenes at how this historic policy change took place. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga did not hide his irritation during a study...
With Nissan Motor Co. itself being charged on Monday with falsifying securities reports, the automaker’s slowness to implement corporate governance reforms has again come to the fore. Though Nissan aims to accelerate drastic across-the-board managerial reforms, including the establishment of a...
BOSTON (AP) — Kyrie Irving’s shoulder wasn’t sore enough to keep him from cheering for Marcus Morris Sr. when he hit three 3-pointers to start the second half and propel Boston to a double-digit...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals and speedy outfielder Billy Hamilton have agreed to a $5.25 million contract for next season that includes up to $1 million in incentives, a person fam...
BEIJING (Reuters) — China and the United States discussed the road map for the next stage of their trade talks on Tuesday, during a telephone call between Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and U.S. Treasu...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Sentiment among so-called economy watchers in Japan, or people working in industries sensitive to changes in economic trends, improved for the second straight month in November...
BERLIN (AP) — Import growth outpaced that of exports in October in Germany, narrowing the trade surplus of Europe’s largest economy. The Federal Statistical Office said Monday that October expor...
They said it would never sell, with its six-minute playing time, operatic passages and lyrics about Galileo and Scaramouche, but the Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody” on Monday became the most strea...
HONOLULU (AFP-Jiji) — Pacific island nations have vowed to oppose U.S. efforts to increase its catch limit in the world’s largest tuna fishery, saying the proposal does nothing to improve sustaina...
GoPro Inc. on Monday took the first steps to move most of its U.S.-bound camera production out of China by the summer of 2019 to counter the potential impact from any new tariffs. The company had pr...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Detroit automakers and labor unions on Monday insisted that any U.S. trade deal with Japan contain strong provisions to combat currency manipulation and pry open Japan’s la...
Everton’s France defender Lucas Digne scored with a superb free kick deep into added time to salvage a 2-2 draw with Watford in a frenetic Premier League clash at Goodison Park on Monday. Richarlis...
ABU DHABI (Reuters) — A general cooperation agreement between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC countries will be signed in three months’ time in Saudi Arabia, the...
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish League has given up on its plan to play a regular-season match in the United States next month because Barcelona backed down from its commitment. The Catalan club said on ...
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, a joint venture between Hitachi Ltd. and U.S. conglomerate General Electric Co., said Monday that it will buy U.S. reactor decommissioning company...
An Olympus Corp. subsidiary pleaded guilty on Monday and agreed to pay $85 million to resolve charges that it failed to file reports with U.S. regulators regarding infections connected to its duodenos...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Juntendo University treated unfairly applicants, mostly women, in its medical school’s entrance examinations for the 2017 and 2018 school years, a report by a third-party com...
OSLO (AFP-Jiji) — Nobel laureates Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad called on the world to protect victims of wartime sexual violence in their Peace Prize acceptance speeches on Monday, slamming indiff...
PARIS (Reuters) — France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced wage rises for the poorest workers and tax cuts for pensioners in further concessions meant to defuse weeks of often violen...
TOKYO (Reuters) — Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that any discussion with the United States over foreign exchange would take place between his ministry and the U.S. Treasury Department, i...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Sascha Bajin has been chosen as the first winner of the WTA Coach of the Year award after helping Naomi Osaka collect the U.S. Open title. The women’s tennis tour ann...
The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry plans to foster start-ups in the field of nuclear power, providing funds and human resources to researchers who have developed promising technologies, to help...
OSAKA — Kinoshita Circus kicked off its three-month-long show on Saturday at a site specially set up near JR Osaka Station, dazzling spectators with performances featuring aerial bars and white lio...
VANCOUVER (AP) — Teenage Japanese star Rika Kihira won the Grand Prix Final women’s title Saturday. The 16-year-old had a combined score of 233.12, despite stumbling on a jump in her free skate...
Only three days after Takanoiwa assaulted his stablemate, the sumo wrestler in the uppermost makuuchi division retired from the professional sumo world to take responsibility for the latest incident....
BEIJING (AP) — China summoned the Canadian ambassador to protest the detention of a top executive of leading Chinese tech giant Huawei, calling it “unreasonable, unconscionable, and vile in natur...
BEIJING (AP) — China’s export growth sank in November as global demand weakened, adding to pressure on Beijing ahead of trade talks with Washington. Exports rose 5.4 percent over a year ago to ...
Carlos Ghosn, former chairman of Nissan Motor Co., his aide Greg Kelly, former representative director of Nissan, and the automaker itself were charged on Monday with falsifying the firm’s securitie...
PARIS (AP) — The rumble of armored police trucks and the hiss of tear gas filled central Paris on Saturday, as French riot police fought to contain thousands of yellow-vested protesters venting the...
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There are fears that the new system to expand the acceptance of foreign workers will further undermine the ideal of the existing technical intern training system, which aims to transfer technology to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump will tap Gen. Mark Milley as his next top military adviser, choosing a battle-hardened commander who has served as chief of the army for the last three...
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. 
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日本からの人気のお土産のひとつに招き猫があります。様々な色やタイプの招き猫には、それぞれ異なる意味があるようです。Aiko と Beth の会話を読...
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Nov. 23 issue. * * * Soon after I thought cold days would continue, the warm sunshine suddenly ...
BERLIN (AP) — The German Historical Museum has opened an exhibit in Berlin chronicling how Christmas tree ornaments since the 19th century have reflected the times, from traditional baubles to swast...
PARIS (AP) — African artworks held in French museums — richly carved thrones, doors to a royal kingdom, wooden statues imbued with spiritual meaning — may be heading back home to Africa at last....
NEW YORK — In what may be just the first of many such sweeps, Alfonso Cuaron’s masterful, memory-drenched drama “Roma” dominated the New York Film Critics Circle Awards last week, winning best...
