November 15, 2018
The government presented on Wednesday the estimated maximum number of foreign workers to be accepted in 14 envisaged business fields over the five years from fiscal 2019, releasing such figures as 60,000 people in nursing care, 53,000 in eating out, 40,000 in construction and 36,500 in agriculture....
A man in Hyogo Prefecture holds lectures across the country to share his experience and happiness of being the father of two children. He also talks about how he suffered over having been born physically female, and how he changed the official recognition of his gender status under a special law. ...
The Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk, an affiliate of major U.S. hotel chain Hilton Hotels and Resorts, in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka, refused to accommodate Cuban Ambassador to Japan Carlos Miguel Pereira in October, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The Hilton side, referring to U.S. sanctions on Cuba, explained ...
KYOTO (Jiji Press) — Demand for mobile banks, or vehicles offering ATMs, over-the-counter and other financial services, is growing in Japan following a recent series of natural disasters, while hig...
GENEVA (Reuters) — The “Pink Legacy,” a diamond weighing just under 19 carats, fetched a record 50.375 million Swiss francs ($50 million), purchased by U.S.-based luxury jeweler Harry Winston, ...
YAMAGATA — A serialized novel published in the evening edition of The Yomiuri Shimbun, “Hashiru Otoko,” (A wild runner) depicts the story of Shiso Kanakuri, a pioneer marathoner in Japan. Kanaku...
COLOMBO (Reuters) — Sri Lanka’s parliament passed a no-confidence motion against newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa amid raucous opposition on Wednesday, throwing the country deeper...
GAZA CITY (AP) — Hamas and other militant groups said Tuesday they had accepted an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire to end two days of intense fighting with Israel that had pushed the sworn enemies to th...
COLOMBO (AFP-Jiji) — Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Tuesday overruled President Maithripala Sirisena’s dissolution of parliament in a major boost to sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s ...
LONDON (AP) — Brexit is already having an impact on Britain’s labor market, with the number of people from the European Union working in the country falling by a record amount. The Office for Na...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated a retired Army general to be the country’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, as Washington faces pressure to respond to the killi...
Ichikawa Ennosuke has returned from a serious injury to his left arm to stand out with vigorous performances. Through Nov. 26 at the Kabukiza Theatre in Tokyo’s Higashiginza district, he is playin...
ISTANBUL (Reuters) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said recordings related to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, which Turkey has shared with Western allies, are “appalling” and shocked a Saudi i...
PALERMO, Sicily (Reuters) — Libya’s two main rival leaders met for the first time in more than five months at a conference hosted by Italy on Tuesday and the prime minister endorsed a United Natio...
Tottori Wagyu was praised as having the best meat quality in Japan at the “11th National Wagyu Ability Prize Show” (the Wagyu Olympics). This bacon was made from only the precious chuck rib, which...
With the shape and color of traditional flowers representative of Japan, and shavings that become petals, these are colored pencils with a playfulness. While their practicality has been carefully cons...
LONDON (AFP-Jiji) — British Prime Minister Theresa May was to seek her Cabinet’s approval Wednesday for a long-awaited divorce deal with the EU, but hard-line Brexiteer MPs warned they will seek t...
Roivant Sciences Ltd. raised $200 million in a new funding round that makes it one of the most highly valued private firms in the history of the biotechnology industry at $7 billion, according to the...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The transport ministry is set to keep Subaru Corp. under its increased supervision for the time being, following recent revelations of improper preshipment inspections at the a...
NEW YORK (AP) — The infamous Mexican drug lord and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was alternately portrayed at his U.S. trial on Tuesday as a calculating leader of a bloodthirsty smugg...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) — Deepa Tampi worries a lot about the air her two children breathe. The garment exporter says she believes her 14-year-old daughter Mahika and 12-year-old son Vihaan both became ...
AWAJI, Hyogo — A cottage that evokes the world of Hello Kitty will open Thursday on Awajishima island, Hyogo Prefecture, with expectations high that it will attract many visitors including foreign t...
A C-11 steam locomotive is lowered onto the track at an inspection and repair facility of Tobu Railway Co. in Kuki, Saitama Prefecture, on Wednesday. Tobu Railway plans to restore the locomotive — t...
A total of 89 wooden fishing boats believed to be registered in North Korea have been found so far this year to be drifting in waters off the Sea of Japan or aground along the coast, already nearing l...
An increasing number of companies have banned employees from smoking during their work hours, aiming to resolve low productivity caused by their “smoking breaks” as well as to improve their health...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence agreed Tuesday that Japan and the United States will work together to provide up to $70 billion (about ¥7.98 trillion) for infrastructure ...
Q: I teach junior high school students using textbooks during the lesson. They always keep their heads in the books and make no eye contact with each other when speaking. How can I get them to make e...
KUMAMOTO (Jiji Press) — A vending machine offering insects as snacks on the go in the city of Kumamoto has been enjoying unexpectedly brisk sales. The machine, emblazoned with pictures of ladybugs,...
Female giant panda Xiang Xiang, left, is seen with her mother, Shin Shin, at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo on Monday. The pair was shown to the press ahead of starting preparations for Xiang Xiang becoming inde...
A series of fraud cases have been reported that target Japanese female junior high and high school students, who get ripped off when buying concert tickets and related goods for “K-pop” idol group...
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PARADISE, Calif. (Reuters) — The death toll from wildfires raging in California rose to 31 on Sunday after six more people were found killed in what was poised to become the deadliest wildfire in st...
Yokozuna Kisenosato suffered another setback at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament after losing to No. 1 maegashira Myogiryu at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on the second day Monday, while komusubi Takak...
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Q: I teach junior high school students using textbooks during the lesson. They always keep their heads in the books and make no eye contact with each other when speaking. How can I get them to make e...
11月に入ると、七五三のお参りに神社を訪れる着物姿の親子連れをよく見かけます。今回は、特定の年齢に達した子供の成長を祝う日本の行事を英語...
Ingegerd Raman is widely known as a ceramist and glasswork artist representing Sweden. But an ongoing exhibition in Tokyo offers something more. “Sweden-Japan 150th Anniversary: Ingegerd Raman,”...
KYOTO — As sunlight filters through the sides of the landmark glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris, visitors can’t fail to notice the shimmering gold sculpture at the main entrance of the museum, ...
“Red,” a manga trilogy about the most horrific incident caused by Rengo Sekigun (the United Red Army), has been completed. The author, Naoki Yamamoto, did his best to avoid including anything that...
