April 24, 2014
U.S. President Barack Obama reiterated Thursday that the Senkaku Islands are subject to Article 5 of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty. At a joint press conference with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the State Guest House in Moto-Akasaka, Tokyo, Obama also said the Japan-U.S. alliance is a foundation ...
President Barack Obama—for the first time as an incumbent U.S. president—clearly stated the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture are subject to Article 5 of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, in a written reply to questions submitted by The Yomiuri Shimbun. “The policy of the United States is...
JINDO, South Korea—One week has passed since South Korea’s ferry Sewol sank with 476 people aboard. Some relatives of victims have been overwhelmed with sadness upon seeing their children’s bodies while other families hope the bodies of their children will be recovered as soon as possible....
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s April 18 issue. * * * A school trip, a ferry, a sinking. These words may remind some elderly rea...
With China’s provocative actions around the Senkaku Islands in mind, a joint statement to be issued after a summit meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama on Thurs...
JASCE, Poland (AP)—In imaginary emergency drills, Polish security forces evacuated the Interior Ministry and rescued foreigners supposedly injured in a cross-border helicopter crash as part of Pola...
Thirty prefectures and eight ordinance-designated cities have allocated a cumulative total of about ¥1.7 billion in their fiscal year’s initial budgets to develop young athletes and bid for traini...
With minutes of a Cabinet meeting disclosed for the first time Tuesday, the government will accelerate efforts to draw up guidelines to oblige government officials involved in 172 government meetings...
New luxury train services from a number of companies offer guests relaxation and fantastic views from panoramic windows. Although these trains are more expensive, they offer passengers a tailored luxu...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ordered relevant Cabinet ministers to review the practice of long working hours, and to begin to study a system that enables a variety of working styles, at a joint meeti...
KAWASAKI—Kawasaki Frontale put one of the J.League’s top attacks on full display Tuesday night, resulting in the club making the knockout round of the AFC Champions League for the first time sin...
WASHINGTON—Years before I met him, Gabriel Garcia Marquez changed my life. “One Hundred Years of Solitude” gave me a new way of looking at the world. The label “magical realism” does not be...
Questions have arisen in recent months about the sustainability of the United States’ rebalance toward Asia. The costly cancellation of President Obama’s trip to the region during the U.S. governm...
The Tokyo High Court ordered the state and a former Maritime Self-Defense Force officer on Wednesday to pay ¥73 million in compensation for the 2004 suicide of a junior crewman of an MSDF destroyer ...
Large boards will be set up at schools and parks so children can learn the basics of baseball and hopefully become talented players in the future. The boards, dubbed “base walls,” will be donate...
GENEVA (AP)—Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis AG launched a major overhaul of its business Tuesday, unveiling a series of multibillion-dollar deals with Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Eli Lil...
The Environment Ministry plans to study the possible impact of debris from the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that has either reached or is floating toward North American shores, as shellfish...
BEIJING (AP)—Workers on strike at a Chinese factory owned by the world’s largest maker of athletic shoes have rejected management’s latest offer in an ongoing labor dispute that is crimping pro...
The Boston Marathon champion crossed the finish line wearing sneakers from Skechers, not exactly a brand associated with sports. The company signed Meb Keflezighi three years ago hoping he could hel...
NAGOYA (Jiji Press)—The Toyota Motor Corp. group has become the world’s first to achieve annual global automobile sales of over 10 million units. Sales by the parent and two units—Daihatsu Mot...
The dollar continued to drift in a narrow range around ¥102.50 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday without major market-moving news, but its downside was supported by higher Japanese and U.S. stock prices...
Japan Tobacco Inc. said Tuesday that it will give almost all of its employees a one-time payment of ¥200,000, as a way of passing on the benefit the company received through the lifting of a special...
Solar Frontier K.K., a unit of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., may build a manufacturing plant for solar panels in New York as part of the state’s efforts to become a leader in clean energy innovation and...
President Barack Obama—for the first time as an incumbent U.S. president—clearly stated the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture are subject to Article 5 of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, in a ...
Japanese manga comics, which are popular worldwide, have been translated into English for foreign readers and fraudulently posted on multiple Internet sites several days before they are published in ...
The fastballing feline is showing his best stuff on our online pitcher’s mound! Check back often for more Neko Pitcher comics. Please remember, he’s a cat that needs his catnaps, his whimsical nat...
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s April 18 issue. * * * A school trip, a ferry, a sinking. These words may remind some elderly rea...
Stay abreast of current events and learn Japanese at the same time through articles originally printed in The Yomiuri KODOMO Shimbun. ＝＝＝＝＝
Stay abreast of current events and learn Japanese at the same time through articles originally printed in The Yomiuri KODOMO Shimbun. ＝＝＝＝＝
“This might be an ideal place to raise cows,” said Yoshiki Kanno, 36, taking a deep breath as he looked over a piece of land, still with patches of snow, in Kuriyama, Hokkaido, a town about an hou...
PARIS—An exhibition featuring world-renowned fashion designer Dries Van Noten reveals how his creative thought processes work and gives an insight into how a single design can inspire him. Exhibits ...
Motivation—or lack thereof—is a perennial issue for anyone trying to get things done, and views and beliefs differ regarding how to induce ourselves or others to take action. In his treatise “Rh...
~Catching up with someiyoshino cherry blossom in Gunma Prefecture~
I suddenly felt like seeing cherry blossom trees and enjoying hot spring in Gunma Prefecture on Thursday. I lived for about a yea...
Here're some more photos from a day trip to Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture on April 13.
The city was not very crowded that day, so my father and I really enjoyed the calm and peaceful atmosphere.
The...
Holiday in Nikko :)
I enjoyed a day trip to Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, with my father on Sunday. It is easy to get there by train, and a rented car was a very useful means to visit sightseeing spo...
