September 25, 2018
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump raised hopes at the United Nations on Monday that a second meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un could occur “quite soon,” striking a conciliatory tone one year after he used his debut at the U.N. to deride the autocrat as “Little Rocket ...
LONDON (AP) — Luka Modric broke a decade of award dominance by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi after being crowned world footballer of the year by FIFA on Monday. Modric was voted FIFA’s best player in the 2017-18 season after winning the Champions League for a fourth time in five seasons ...
JAKARTA (AP) — An Indonesian teenager who survived 49 days adrift at sea after the wooden fish trap he was employed to mind slipped its moorings says he ran out of food within a week and survived on fish and seawater he squeezed from his clothing. Aldi Novel Adilang told The Associated Press on...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jose Briceno delivered a pinch-hit homer leading off the 11th inning, and the Los Angeles Angels snapped their five-game skid with a 5-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Mond...
Doors are slamming all over the Western world; we shall not see them opened again in our life. This sentiment — borrowing and adapting a remark attributed to British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Gre...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Garoppolo’s addition last season immediately turned around the fortunes of the San Francisco 49ers. Now the 49ers will have to go back to life before Garoppolo fo...
UNITED NATIONS (AFP-Jiji) — New Zealand’s prime minister, who shot to international fame for giving birth while in office, turned heads Monday by bringing her 3-month-old daughter into the U.N. as...
OSLO/MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia’s foreign ministry summoned Norway’s ambassador on Monday to protest against the arrest of a Russian citizen in Oslo on suspicion of spying while Norwegian authori...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia announced Monday it will supply Syria’s government with sophisticated S-300 air defense systems after last week’s downing of a Russian plane by Syria forces responding to a...
ROME (AP) — Italy on Monday tightened criteria for migrants receiving humanitarian protection as its populist government deepened its crackdown on those seeking asylum. A new law, in the form of a...
LONDON (Reuters) — Prime Minister Theresa May and her ministers have agreed to focus Britain’s post-Brexit migration system on high-skilled migrants and will not offer preference to European Union...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Brett Kavanaugh says he won’t let “false accusations drive me out of this process” as he, U.S. President Donald Trump and top Republicans mount an aggressive drive to rally t...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nelson Mandela’s widow challenged world leaders celebrating his life on Monday to put their egos and partisan politics aside and honor his legacy by ending the “senseless v...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.S. government investigation has found that Myanmar’s military targeted Rohingya civilians indiscriminately and often with “extreme brutality” in a coordinated campai...
NEW YORK (Reuters) — The president of Honduras said on Monday cuts in U.S. support for Central America would hinder efforts to stem illegal immigration as he welcomed China’s growing diplomatic pr...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. State Department has approved the sale to Taiwan of spare parts for F-16 fighter planes and other military aircraft worth up to $330 million, the Pentagon said on Mon...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump raised hopes at the United Nations on Monday that a second meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un could occur “quite soon,” striking a concil...
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Already the most intense competition in golf, the Ryder Cup doesn’t need help to boost the excitement. Tiger Woods managed to take it to another level. ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday he was seeking a way ahead for military ties with China after Beijing postponed military talks in protest at last week’s U.S...
Commenting on U.S. President Donald Trump’s intention to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a second round of summit talks, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday that North Kore...
Craftspeople in Chofu, Tokyo, add finishing touches on Tuesday to ceramic bells shaped like boars, the Chinese zodiac sign for 2019. The Musashino Jindaiji Gama kiln, located by the approach to Jindai...
HIROSHIMA (Jiji Press) — A high court on Tuesday accepted an appeal by Shikoku Electric Power Co., overturning a provisional injunction that last year ordered the suspension of a reactor at the com...
YOSHIKAWA, Saitama (AP) — It’s drawing time at this suburban nursery school, but instead of crayons, tiny fingers are tapping on colors on iPad screens and taking selfies. Digital schooling has a...
KYOTO — The urban heat island effect and severe hot weather in recent years have likely had an adverse effect on the so-called moss gardens of temples and other locations in Kyoto that are popular s...
Two long-established Japanese department store firms are scheduled to open newly refurbished stores in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi district this autumn in an attempt to develop a wider customer base in ligh...
TANEGASHIMA, Kagoshima — An H-2B rocket carrying a Kounotori unmanned cargo spacecraft, heading for the International Space Station, successfully took off from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima ...
The approval rating for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stood at 50 percent in a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey, unchanged from the previous survey conducted last month. According to the lat...
AIZUWAKAMATSU, Fukushima (Jiji Press) — A monument commemorating a Japanese man who served as head of a World War I camp and was known for his humanitarian treatment of German prisoners of war at t...
Sept. 15 marked 10 years since U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, sending shock waves across the globe. IT companies in the United States have since made rapid progress, but the manuf...
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros toasted a playoff berth in a private moment, and then moved on to their next goal. “You’ve got to take it step by step so it’s nice to acknowledge and celebr...
OAKVILLE, Canada (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu made a successful return from an ankle injury that sidelined him after the Pyeongchang Games by winning the Autumn Classic figure skati...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration would be required to set new minimum requirements for seats on airplanes under legislation to be considered in the House of Representative...
Q: I started a school five years ago by myself. As enrollment increased, the number of teachers did as well. My focus now is on creating a brand for the school vs. my own teaching persona. Many parent...
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. 
もう一度、基礎から学んでみる 今春日本で公開されたスティーブン・スピルバーグ監督の映画「レディ・プレイヤー１」(Ready Player One) でハリウッ...
Q: I started a school five years ago by myself. As enrollment increased, the number of teachers did as well. My focus now is on creating a brand for the school vs. my own teaching persona. Many parent...
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...
KYOTO — Which place in Kyoto is most favored by foreign tourists? Americans and Chinese will probably visit Kinkakuji temple in Kita Ward on arriving at this ancient capital. The temple’s Golden ...
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...
