September 22, 2018
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese baby goods maker Combi Corp. on Thursday released online an expensive baby stroller adorned with 7,518 crystals from Austria’s Swarovski. The Swarovski crystals are decorated on the canopy and the wheels of the stroller, which is the most expensive item the firm h...
CHIBA — The games industry at home and abroad is putting efforts into electronic sports, or eSports, which involves competitive video gaming. The market for eSports is expected to grow rapidly worldwide going forward, and many companies are focusing on eSports as a new business. Tokyo Game Show ...
Yokozuna Hakuho is on the verge of winning the Emperor’s Cup after defeating fellow yokozuna Kisenosato on Day 13 of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Friday. Hakuho, the sole leader of the basho, can secure his record-extending 41st career championship — and fir...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — If you want a straw with your drink or a soda with a kids’ meal at a California restaurant, you’ll need to ask for them starting next year. A law signed Thursday by Gov. Jerr...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Christine Blasey Ford may testify against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after all, her attorney said Thursday, breathing new life into the prospect of a dramatic Senate sho...
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) — A planet-hunting orbital telescope designed to detect worlds beyond our solar system discovered two distant planets this week five months after its launch from Cape Canave...
CLEVELAND (AP) — For the first time in 635 days, the Cleveland Browns won. Baker Mayfield showed them how. The No. 1 overall pick replaced injured starter Tyrod Taylor and sparked the Browns, who ...
ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) — A woman working a temporary job at a drugstore warehouse in Maryland got into an argument at work Thursday morning and began shooting colleagues, killing three before fatally t...
HANOI (Reuters) — Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang, one of the country’s top three leaders but with mostly ceremonial duties, died on Friday after an illness, state television and radio announced...
NAGA, Philippines (AP) — A massive landslide buried dozens of homes near a central Philippine mountain Thursday, killing at least 21 people and sending rescuers scrambling to find survivors after s...
NEW YORK (AP) — Sitting on Alex Cora’s desk in the visiting manager’s office at Yankee Stadium were two bottles of chilled champagne and a handwritten note congratulating him. After waiting a f...
ATLANTA (AP) — The crowd at East Lake was larger and louder than it has been in five years, which was the last time Tiger Woods was at the Tour Championship. It was no coincidence. Woods played on...
HONG KONG (Reuters) — A Hong Kong cardinal who has spearheaded opposition to the Vatican’s rapprochement with China called on Thursday for the Pope’s secretary of state to step down, saying any...
NEW YORK (AP) — Montreal Canadiens forward Max Domi has been suspended for the remainder of the NHL preseason after punching Florida defenseman Aaron Ekblad during an exhibition game. The NHL’s D...
WASHINGTON / MOSCOW (Jiji Press) — U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday both congratulated Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on winning a third straight term as head...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and comedian Dave Chappelle are among eight people being honored by Harvard University for their contributions to black history and cu...
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes a new immigration law will make it easier for foreign workers to find jobs in Germany, but her push to fill a record number of vacancies risks angering voters...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Hayabusa2 spacecraft delivered two small robotic explorers toward its target, the asteroid Ryugu, Friday afternoon Japan time, the country’s space agency said. After la...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government on Friday approved the resignation of vice education minister Kazuo Todani following a series of corruption scandals involving senior ministry officials. At a ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Canada and the United States showed scant sign on Thursday of closing a deal to revamp NAFTA, and Canadian officials made clear Washington needed to withdraw a threat of poss...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Economic revitalization minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday that Japan and the United States will hold the second round of bilateral trade talks in New York on Monday. At a...
TOKYO (Reuters) — Italian Camila Giorgi once again frustrated Caroline Wozniacki on a hard court as she beat the defending champion 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open i...
OSAKA — The operator of Kansai Airport on Friday reopened all areas of Terminal 1, which had been closed due to damage from the storm surge caused by Typhoon No. 21. A total of 469 flights (128 do...
OSAKA — Railway services were resumed to and from Kansai Airport by West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) and Nankai Electric Railway Co. on Tuesday, two weeks after Typhoon No. 21 damaged the bridge con...
The open-air terrace at the Tokyo Skytree tower in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, will be open to the public for the first time as part of a guided tour that will start on Oct. 23. The terrace is located at a h...
Amazon.com revealed Wednesday its first permanent office in Tokyo dedicated to helping startups and entrepreneurs develop cutting-edge digital-based businesses through the IT giant’s cloud services,...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was reelected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for a third consecutive term on Thursday, defeating former LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba. “I will pu...
Japan’s national security environment has grown more severe as it deals with North Korea’s nuclear and missile development and China’s maritime advances. The government will formulate new “Nat...
About 370 airline passengers have been injured when using evacuation slides (see below) deployed in emergencies over the last 30 years, according to the Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB). Injuries o...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Hundreds of people waited in long lines for water and other essentials Tuesday in Wilmington, still mostly cut off by high water days after Hurricane Florence unleashed epic...
Japan’s whaling is drawing even more severe criticism from the international community. Japan’s proposal, which included a call for partially resuming commercial whale hunting, has been voted do...
MORIA, Greece (AP) — Some 2,000 asylum-seekers will be moved out of a severely overcrowded migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos this month, a Greek official said Tuesday as charities slammed ...
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. 
Recently Tim has been teaching English at an after school facility（学（がく）童（どう）保（ほ）育（いく））attached to the school he is working for. He has just finished his last...
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Sept. 8 issue. * * * Actor Chishu Ryu stuck to his old-fashioned ways and was pretty staunch abo...
柔道や空手は、日本から世界に広まった武道です。空手は2020年の東京五輪から正式種目となります。日本には他にどんな武道があるのでしょうか。A...
TORONTO (AP) — For a festival that can be a hotbed of Oscar-predicting hysteria, the scuttling of the “best popular movie” category by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences barely regi...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” became the first streaming series to win top Emmy comedy honors and HBO’s “Game of Thrones” recaptured the best drama series award...
World Gold Theater 2018, a performing arts festival featuring elderly thespians, will be held from today through Oct. 8 at Saitama Arts Theater and other venues in Saitama. Energetic elderly perfor...
