May 26, 2019
Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to build an automobile factory in Myanmar, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. An official announcement could come before the end of the month, with construction on the plant to start this year. The plant would be located in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (see be...
With an aim of strengthening its capability to transport military units to the Nansei Islands, the government plans to introduce in fiscal 2023 medium- and small-size transport ships operated by newly commissioned joint maritime transport units (see below) between the Ground and the Maritime Self-De...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Sweltering heat struck many parts of Japan on Sunday due to a strong high-pressure system, with the mercury topping 39 C for the first time for the month of May in the country, in the town of Saroma, Hokkaido. Temperatures surged particularly in the eastern part of Hokkaido ...
BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to China urged Beijing to engage in substantive dialogue with exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama during a visit to the Himalayan region over the past w...
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Bronte Law birdied the par-4 18th Saturday for a 4-under 67 and a share of the lead in the Pure Silk Championship for the third straight round. “I led from the start and ...
COLOMBO (AFP-Jiji) — Sri Lanka’s military launched a major hunt Saturday for remnants of an Islamist group which carried out the Easter suicide bombings that killed 258 people, officials said. ...
ST. PETERSBURG (Reuters) — Russia launched a nuclear-powered icebreaker on Saturday, part of an ambitious program to renew and expand its fleet of the vessels in order to improve its ability to tap...
On Sunday afternoon, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump attended the final day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. As he entered the venue, ...
Sportswear giant Nike will waive performance-based targets for 12 months for any of their pregnant athletes after several runners revealed they had their payments frozen, according to a New York Times...
TOKYO (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off the second day of a Japan visit on Sunday with a round of golf with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, engaging in personal diplomacy aimed at smooth...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s president on Saturday appointed Narendra Modi as the prime minister, soon after newly elected lawmakers led by Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party chose him...
GENEVA (AP) — Alexander Zverev saved two match points after waiting out two long rain delays to win his first title this season, beating Nicolas Jarry 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (10-8) in the Geneva Open final o...
BERLIN (AFP-Jiji) — Germany’s government commissioner on anti-Semitism has warned Jews about the potential dangers of wearing the traditional kippah cap in the face of rising anti-Jewish attacks....
LOS ANGELES (AFP-Jiji) — Posh Beverly Hills is poised to outlaw the sale of all tobacco products — except at cigar lounges where the rich and famous like Arnold Schwarzenegger are assured they ca...
NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is in advanced talks to forge ties with Renault SA and may eventually join the French carmaker’s alliance with its Japanese partners, the Financ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has ordered Anheuser-Busch to stop suggesting in advertising that MillerCoors’ light beers contain corn syrup, wading into a fight between two beer giants that a...
TOKYO (Reuters) — Toyota Motor’s Japan Taxi, born in a government committee and designed to be an all-things-to-all-people cab, has become a high-priced icon of Tokyo’s budget-busting 2020 Olym...
COLOMBO (Reuters) — Sri Lanka is in advanced talks with India and Japan to construct a container terminal at the port in Colombo, next to a Chinese terminal built as part of Beijing’s Belt and Roa...
TOKYO (AP) — Melania Trump was perfectly cool Sunday at an air-conditioned interactive digital museum in Tokyo where she drew a purple fish and had it projected on a digital aquarium on the wall, a...
SYDNEY (Reuters) — Winger Ramiro Moyano scored two tries as the Jaguares thwarted a fightback from the New South Wales Waratahs to record a 23-15 victory and extend their lead at the top of the Sout...
TEL AVIV (Reuters) — Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday against legislative steps that could grant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immunity from prosecution and limit the power of the co...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis said Saturday that abortion can never be condoned, even when the fetus is gravely sick or likely to die, and urged doctors and priests to support families to carry ...
DENVER (AP) — Authorities said Friday they raided hundreds of black market marijuana operations in Colorado that flouted the state’s cannabis law by growing tens of thousands of plants in Denver-...
U.S. President Donald Trump arrived at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Saturday evening aboard Air Force One, kicking off his stay in Japan through Tuesday as the first state guest since the Reiwa era beg...
The Group of 20 major economies is likely to soon adopt its first list of international principles for promoting high-quality investment in infrastructure that contributes to the development of emerg...
TOKYO — Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike visited the Togoshi-Ginza Shopping Street in Shinagawa Ward on Thursday and experienced shopping using a cashless settlement. Koike and Shinagawa Ward Mayor Takeshi...
SEOUL — U.S. President Donald Trump directly urged South Korean President Moon Jae-in to improve Japan-South Korea relations during their April 11 meeting in Washington, according to multiple source...
It’s been five years since the megahit manga “Naruto” completed its run in the Shukan Shonen Jump weekly magazine. Following the series, which sold over 250 million copies worldwide, the author,...
TOKYO (Reuters) — An overwhelming majority of Japanese firms have no plans to use 5G mobile networks by China’s Huawei or other foreign firms, preferring instead to rely on domestic telecom carrie...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Seven & i Holdings Co. President Ryuichi Isaka said Thursday that he regrets a recent dispute between its convenience store unit Seven-Eleven Japan Co. and one of its franchise...
No. 8 maegashira Asanoyama, with a little help from sekiwake Tochinoshin, clinched the title at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday, ending the drama a day before U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Police have raised the security alert to its highest level, mobilizing about 25,000 officers, the largest number ever, at major locations in Tokyo and other areas for the visit of U.S. President Donal...
NEW YORK (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company will begin buying liquid natural gas from a U.S. company under a 20-year agreement, reflecting the shifting dynamics in the world’s energy...
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. 
As one of the measures to strengthen the national soccer team ahead of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, German coach Dettmar Cramer was invited to Japan. He must have studied the traditional culture of Japan,...
Dear Troubleshooter: I am a man in my 80s. I am worried about my two sons in their 50s. I live with my eldest son. A high school graduate, he’s never had a steady job and hasn’t worked over the...
I’m Colin Gamm, a third-year ALT in Ena, Gifu Prefecture. I teach at five elementary and junior high schools. I’m from Portland, Ore., in the United States, but have also lived in China and Nepal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian’s initiative on documenting Asians in America started humbly enough two decades ago, with a borrowed exhibit in a borrowed museum wing and a tiny staff. There wa...
Art museums all over Japan are reopening after undergoing refurbishments. Museums that have completed construction after a long period of closure are thinking of new ways to cultivate new visitors and...
It’s the graduation season again here in the United States, and my university, too, just went through its commencement festivities. The last few years, I had many com-mencement-related tasks as an a...
