March 21, 2019
The design of the torch for the relay leading up to the 2020 Tokyo Games has been unveiled by the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The committee announced Wednesday that the torch’s shape and color are based on a cherry blossom. It was made partly with aluminium t...
The Los Angeles Philharmonic is currently in Tokyo with Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel as part of the global tour celebrating the orchestra’s centenary. “We are very happy to be back,” Dudamel said at a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday. This is the ninth time for the LA Phil t...
OSAKA — The Osaka prefectural police on Wednesday arrested a livestock farmer from Tokushima Prefecture on suspicion of providing sperm and fertilized eggs of wagyu Japanese beef cattle that were almost taken to China. Tetsuyuki Matsudaira, 70, from the city of Yoshinogawa was arrested on suspic...
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Mike Trout was back on the baseball field Wednesday, getting at-bats during an intrasquad minor league game against other Los Angeles Angels players. He finished his six plate ap...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The main center-right alliance in the European Union’s parliament refrained from expelling Hungary’s ruling party Wednesday, opting instead to suspend Fidesz following a long di...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A 31-year-old woman from Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, was stabbed to death at the Tokyo Family Court on Wednesday, and police arrested her 32-year-old American husband. The ...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting the United States and Europe in late April, government sources have said. Abe would meet with U.S. President Donald Trump to d...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government will keep records on the process of selecting Heisei as the name of the current era undisclosed for at least five more years, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday. ...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japan Meteorological Agency declared Thursday the start of cherry blossom blooming in Tokyo and Fukuoka. Checking the sample Someiyoshino cherry tree at Yasukuni Shrine in...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — With a spate of public offices elections scheduled this year in Japan, findings from a unique study by a university professor may be good news for those planning to run in the p...
Won’t this situation cause the risk of an economic slowdown? Now is the time for careful discernment. The government has revised down its assessment of the economy for the first time in three year...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government’s current sanctions against Russia violate the 1956 Japan-Soviet Joint Declaration, Russian Ambassador Mikhail Galuzin claimed Wednesday. In his spee...
With a little over a year to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the head of the Japanese Olympic Committee had become unable to fulfill his work duties. Stepping down was his only choic...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired Maral Javadifar and Lori Locust as assistant coaches, becoming the first NFL team with two female coaches on their staff. Locust and Javadifar...
Ozeki Takayasu threw down yokozuna Kakuryu (9-3) in Thursday’s finale to collect his 10th victory through 12 days of action at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka, while yokozuna Hakuho won to...
British weightlifter Sonny Webster was given an additional three-year ban from all sports for coaching three athletes during his period of ineligibility, which was in breach of anti-doping rules, Unit...
SEOUL — A draft ordinance that would require elementary, junior high and high schools to place stickers saying “This product was produced by a Japanese company that committed war crimes” on prod...
A three-way conference involving the court, the prosecutors office and lawyers for former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn was held Wednesday at the Tokyo District Court regarding the dispensati...
As part of efforts to clamp down on money laundering, financial institutions are bolstering checks and confirming additional details when individuals and companies open bank accounts and send money ov...
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s March 9 issue. * * * Kazuo Tokumitsu never lost his grip on his microphone as he fell on his ba...
JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strongest election rival, former army general Benny Gantz, said on Tuesday he would seek peace with the Palestinians but stopped ...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Wig maker Aderans Co. said Tuesday it has teamed with bioventure firm Spiber Inc. to develop protein-based artificial hair that is similar to natural hair. Tokyo-based Aderans...
ALMATY (Reuters) — Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev unexpectedly resigned on Tuesday after three decades in power, in what appeared to be the first step in a choreographed political tr...
South Korea used the name “Japan Sea” for waters it claims should also be referred to as the “East Sea” in nautical charts it released the year after Seoul raised the issue with the internatio...
The recent arrests of two men attempting to smuggle fertilized eggs and sperm from prized Japanese cattle out of the country highlighted Japan’s lack of rules protecting the genetic stock for its fa...
Miso soup, a traditional part of Japanese meals, is enjoying a transformation into more than just soup. Some new recipes treat it as a main dish to serve with rice by featuring filling ingredients, ...
TOKYO (AFP-Jiji) — A Japanese Olympics mega-fan who attended every summer games since Tokyo in 1964 has died, just over a year before his home city was to host its second Olympics. Tokyo businessm...
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. said Monday the amount of “treated water” at the company’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture has exceeded 1 million tons. ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes finished modestly higher on Monday, extending the market’s solid gains from a rally last week. Energy companies notched the biggest gains after the price of U.S...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — More than 1,000 people were feared dead in Mozambique four days after a cyclone slammed into the country, submerging entire villages and leaving bodies floating in the floodwater...
Thailand’s long-delayed elections to be held on March 24 have stirred concern among some analysts that we will see a fresh round of protests and social unrest. Investors should look past any tempora...
The details of ceremonies related to the Emperor’s abdication and the crown prince’s accession to the throne have been decided at a meeting of the panel overseeing the ceremonies. For the Oct. 2...
UTRECHT, Netherlands (Reuters) — Dutch police arrested a Turkish man suspected of shooting dead three people and wounding five on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday. Police said the sus...
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. 
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s March 9 issue. * * * Kazuo Tokumitsu never lost his grip on his microphone as he fell on his ba...
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Feb. 27 issue. * * * There was no concept of “zero” in Japanese mathematics in the past. Th...
Rising director Shuntaro Fujita made his debut in London, a major center of dramatic arts. His production of the musical “Violet” has been running at the Charing Cross Theatre in the British capit...
For those who would like to see noh and kyogen plays but find it a bit daunting to attend a show, a performance aimed at beginners will be held at the Yomiuri Otemachi Hall in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, fro...
The Oxford University Orchestra will make its debut in Japan later this month. The OUO is the flagship orchestra of the oldest university in the English-speaking world and is part of the Oxford Unive...
