March 14, 2014
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and IHI Corp. will likely enter into business tie-ups in the field of aircraft engine business, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The two companies plan to establish a new firm because they expect the entry of low-cost carriers (LCCs) and increase in demand for air...
Police arrested a 52-year-old engineer on Thursday on suspicion of leaking key research data about a flagship memory product of Toshiba Corp. to a major South Korean competitor. Yoshitaka Sugita of Fukuoka Prefecture allegedly had access to the data for NAND-type flash memory while working as a r...
KUALA LUMPUR (AP) — A Malaysia Airlines plane sent signals to a satellite for four hours after the aircraft went missing, an indication that it was still flying for hundreds of miles or more, a U.S. official briefed on the search said Thursday. Six days after the plane with 239 people aboard di...
The Autonomous Republic of Crimea in the southern part of Ukraine, having effectively come under the military control of Russia, is poised to proceed with plans to merge with the Russian Federation t...
The U.S. government has decided to extend the operation of the International Space Station at least by four years, keeping it in service until 2024. It has sought the continued cooperation of countri...
A girl who has been singing about the inner struggles of youth has stepped into the world of a mature person—that’s the impression listeners may get from “a boy,” the second album by singer-so...
OSAKA—It’s still early to determine whether Kisenosato is really back in form. Even after the first five days at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka’s Bodymaker Colosseum, fans were sti...
While Japanese food and fashion have long been recognized overseas, the country’s TV programs have yet to fully capture the hearts of people abroad. In an effort to further boost interest in Japan...
The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided Thursday to conduct safety screenings of two reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s Sendai nuclear power plant on a priority basis. The decision increases...
New employees of major retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. practice sign language at a company entrance ceremony held at a Tokyo hotel Thursday. A total of 1,219 employees from 14 group companies attende...
While shunto spring wage negotiations this year have made headlines with many major manufacturers approving their first base pay hikes in six years, there are gaps in hike amounts among various indust...
KYOTO (Jiji Press)—In a very unusual move, Kyoto-based Chinese restaurant chain Ohsho Food Service Corp. has offered a base salary hike far exceeding the level demanded by labor. Ohsho Food annou...
NEW YORK (AP)—A gas leak triggered an earthshaking explosion that flattened two apartment buildings on Wednesday, killing at least six people, injuring more than 60 and leaving four missing. A tena...
Japan and China, two East Asian regional powers, have been unable to hold summit talks since they started feuding with each other over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Japan’s relations...
A close study of their critiques show they all share common patterns, the first of which can be characterized as labeling Abe a “militarist” and spreading accusations that Japan is a dangerous co...
SAO PAULO (AP)—More than two-thirds of the World Cup matches have sold out less than three hours after FIFA opened new ticket sales on Wednesday. Tickets for all Brazil matches were gone in about ...
MIAMI (AP)—Something about facing the Miami Heat still brings out the best in Paul Pierce. Jason Kidd isn’t half-bad against them, either. Pierce scored 17 of his 29 points in the third quarte...
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair’s trial on sexual assault charges began the day after the Senate blocked a bill that would change the way such cases are handled. Sinclair, the former deputy commander...
WASHINGTON—Let’s say you’re the supreme leader of a pariah state. You’re looking to move a few hundred tons of Soviet-era arms across international boundaries, but you’ve been slapped by a h...
As an onnagata, or a kabuki actor specializing in female roles, Nakamura Tokizo V has a growing presence thanks to the breadth of his artistic repertoire. He is the lead actor in a production of “K...
Remember when Disney was a powerhouse of animated musicals? In the 1980s and ’90s, movies such as “Beauty and the Beast” and “Pocahontas” didn’t just win the box office, but songs from Dis...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WASHINGTON—Harvard Medical School Prof. Charles Vacanti, one of the coauthors of the articles on stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) cells, says he has no intention of withdrawing ...
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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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. ...
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...
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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