March 16, 2014
Scientists are voicing doubts about the existence of stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) cells as RIKEN admitted Friday that two articles on STAP and images carried in Nature magazine had several critical problems, making their withdrawal from the British science journal increasin...
KUALA LUMPUR (AP)—The Malaysian jetliner missing for more than a week had its communications deliberately disabled and its last signal came about 7½ hours after takeoff, meaning it could have ended up as far as Kazakhstan or the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, Malaysia’s leader said Satu...
WASHINGTON (AP)—The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has sued 16 big banks that set a key global interest rate, accusing them of fraud and conspiring to keep the rate low to enrich themselves. The banks, which include Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the Uni...
PARIS (AP)—Paris court delivered France’s first-ever conviction for genocide Friday, sentencing a Rwandan former intelligence chief to 25 years in prison over the 1994 killings of at least 500,00...
NAHA (Jiji Press)—Three Chinese Coast Guard ships entered Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on Saturday. It was the sixth territorial intrusion by Chinese government shi...
The Emperor and Empress met recipients of the 42nd Yomiuri Awards for Medical Dedication at the Imperial Palace on Friday. The awards are given to medical workers who have shown dedication while work...
DUBAI (AP)—The global industry for halal food and lifestyle products—ones that meet Islamic law standards of manufacture—is estimated to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars and is multiply...
KONAN, Kochi—South Korea’s Song Bo Bae shot a 1-under 71 Saturday to take sole possession of the lead after the second round of the ¥80 million Yokohama Tire PRGR Ladies Cup. Song, one of three...
A robotic arm controlled by computer software moves a piece during a shogi Japanese chess match with pro shogi player Tatsuya Sugai at the third Den-o sen shogi tournament in Koto Ward, Tokyo, on Sat...
PHOENIX (AP)—A man convicted of killing nine people, including six monks, during a robbery at a Buddhist temple where his mother and brother belonged was sentenced Friday to 249 years in prison. ...
MORIOKA—To help create jobs for elderly people affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, business leaders in Kagawa Prefecture, the home of Sanuki udon noodles, helped open an udon noodle r...
Senior RIKEN officials bowed deeply during a Tokyo press conference Friday to apologize for the fact research articles about stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) cells were written i...
Data on all 255 patients who participated in questionable clinical research on a therapeutic drug for leukemia sold by Novartis Pharma K.K. was leaked to the pharmaceutical company, according to the ...
WASHINGTON (AP)—U.S. officials say the Pentagon is sending 25,000 cases of military prepackaged meals to Ukraine, in response to a wide-ranging request from that country for some rifles, ammunition...
SEOUL (Jiji Press)—South Korean President Park Geun-hye welcomes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s pledge to stick to the Kono and Murayama statements offering apologies for Japan’s wartime acts, a p...
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP)—For the first time in four years, Novak Djokovic is without a big title to start the year. Or any title. The Serb is used to arriving at the BNP Paribas Open with the Aus...
NEW YORK (AP)—Steve Smith is eager to continue his NFL career in Baltimore, where he’s just a short flight from his permanent home in Charlotte. The longtime Panthers standout wide receiver did...
HARRACHOV, Czech Republic—Noriaki Kasai rode a big second jump to finish in fourth place halfway through the FIS Ski Flying World Championships on Friday. Kasai, looking to regain the title he wo...
Companies have agreed to raise monthly salary scales by about ¥1,200 per employee on average so far in this year’s shunto nationwide pay negotiations, a survey by the Japanese Trade Union Confeder...
NEW YORK (AP)—U.S. President Barack Obama’s appearance on the “Between Two Ferns” satirical online talk show this week has reached 15 million views—almost at Justin Bieber levels. The web...
Legal affairs bureaus recognized and took remedial action in a record 957 human rights abuse cases involving such issues as online bullying in 2013, up 42.6 percent from the previous year, according ...
HARRACHOV, Czech Republic (AP)—Severin Freund of Germany took the lead after the first two of four jumps at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships on Friday. Severin was second after the first ju...
LONDON (AP)—Swedish hockey star Nicklas Backstrom will receive an Olympic silver medal even though he was suspended from the final in Sochi after a positive drug test. The International Olympic C...
Today, many Japanese entertainers have multiple skills to add value to their profession. For Ayaka Wada, a member of teenage pop idol group S/mileage, art is her favorite subject, regardless of whethe...
A powerful earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.2 jolted wide areas in the west of the nation early Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The quake, which struck at about 2:06 a.m., ...
Japan was seen as an international leader in the field of art in the 18th and 19th centuries—the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867)—when ukiyo-e artists produced numerous masterpieces. This was ...
OSAKA—The recent confusion regarding articles published by scientific journal Nature on stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) cells may cause adverse effects on Japan’s studies of...
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...
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s March 6 issue. * * * Haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) supposedly said, “Any 3-shaku-tall [e...
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A few months ago I was on a business trip to Canada with some colleagues, and we ended up being invited to have dinner at a nice Italian restaurant with a friendly and engaging professor, whom I’ll ...
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...
With his innovative presentation techniques, and a keen eye for beauty and political themes within daily life, German artist Wolfgang Tillmans has broadened the boundaries of photographic expression. ...
The Japan News has renewed its pages from the March 1 issue. The above is the new weekly schedule of main sections and articles in our print editions.
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