March 8, 2014
SOCHI—Japan celebrated a medal rush on the first day of the Sochi Paralympics on Saturday, with Akira Kano winning the men’s sitting downhill and Takeshi Suzuki finishing third as Kozo Kubo took the bronze in the men’s 7.5-kilometer sitting biathlon. It was the second Paralympic success for...
The Defense Ministry will set up a new section in April to promote joint research with universities to develop defense equipment, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. Many technologies, including the Internet, were originally developed by defense authorities and later commonly used by civilians. The ...
KUALA LUMPUR (AP)—Search and rescue crews across Southeast Asia scrambled to find a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that disappeared from air traffic control screens over waters between Malaysia and Vietnam early Saturday with 239 people aboard. Flight MH370, bound for Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, w...
TRONDHEIM, Norway—Veteran Noriaki Kasai placed third in a World Cup ski jumping meet here Friday, but the joy of making his sixth podium of the season was tempered by the fact that he was eliminate...
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.—Daisuke Matsuzaka suffered a setback in his bid to make the New York Mets’ starting rotation, giving up six hits and two runs—one earned—in two innings of an exhibition g...
DORAL, Fla. (AP)—The new Doral in raging wind looked a lot like an old U.S. Open on Friday. Matt Kuchar played out of the rough to tap-in range for birdie on the 18th hole for a 2-over 74 that al...
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico—Ryo Ishikawa made his first cut in four tournaments, shooting a 3-under 69 to finish the second round of the Puerto Rico Open here Friday tied for 25th place at 5-under 139....
NANJO, Okinawa—Defending champion Rikako Morita and Ritsuko Ryu both shot a 3-under 69 to tie for the lead after the second round of the Japan LPGA tour season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies here Sat...
OSAKA—The Spring Grand Sumo Tournament will start with a bang, as two of the sport’s top stars will face each other on the opening day. Ozeki Kakuryu will begin his drive for a first career Empe...
The government plans to select former high court judge Nahomi Ichimiya, 65, to become the first woman to lead the National Personnel Authority, it was learned Saturday. Ichimiya is currently an NPA ...
East Japan Railway Co. will reportedly try to keep its distance from the management of scandal-tainted Hokkaido Railway Co., despite the selection of former JR East member Yukio Suda as the new chairm...
KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP)—The White House says President Barack Obama has told German Chancellor Angela Merkel he welcomes the unified position of the United States and the European Union on Ukraine. ...
SOCHI (AP)—Ukraine will compete in the Winter Paralympics in Sochi despite Russia’s military moves in Crimea. The Ukrainian Paralympic Committee decided against boycotting the games, announcing...
KIEV (Bloomberg)—Ukraine risks a natural gas dispute reminiscent of a 2009 feud that cut supplies and disrupted flows to Europe in freezing weather after OAO Gazprom said it was failing to make pay...
Constructing interim facilities for the bulk storage of radioactive waste is key to quickly pushing forward with the reconstruction of Fukushima Prefecture. It is indispensable for the Environment ...
Lay judges have handed down a stern decision on the heinous criminal acts committed by a former member of the Aum Supreme Truth cult. Makoto Hirata, a former senior member of Aum, was sentenced to ...
LOS ANGELES (AP)—Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto said Thursday that he is not the creator of bitcoin, adding further mystery to the story of how the world’s most popular digital currency came to...
What is love? How should we face the uncertainty of the future? Musician and artist Yoko Ono conducted a question-and-answer session with her Twitter followers, and the results have recently been pub...
SOCHI, Russia (AP)—With a solitary Ukrainian athlete taking part in the opening ceremony, Russian President Vladimir Putin opened the Winter Paralympics in Sochi on Friday against the backdrop of h...
Being a better singer and person In the 15th year of her career, Mai Kuraki is expanding her singing horizons and giving back through her volunteer work. Also, don’t miss Neko Pitcher, the Eng...
Mamoru Samuragochi, who was supposedly a deaf composer, but whose works were actually written by another person, apologized at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel Friday. “I’m sorry for telling ...
Foreign students participate in a disaster evacuation drill Friday in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. The drill was held in the Akihabara district—a popular destination for foreign tourists—based on the assu...
The Postal Museum Japan has opened on the ninth floor of the Tokyo Solamachi commercial complex at the foot of Tokyo Skytree in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, exhibiting items from Chiyoda Ward’s Communicatio...
When Daisuke Takahashi arrived in Sochi on Sunday, determined to deliver his best performance at the Olympic Games, his parents were back in his hometown of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, planning to...
The Philippine ambassador’s official residence in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, where musician and artist Yoko Ono enjoyed cherry blossom viewing in her childhood, was unveiled as a Philippine national hist...
SOCHI (Jiji-Japan News)—Gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu has given his exhibition program at the Sochi Olympics a theme: resurgence. The 19-year-old, who made history by becoming the first Japanese mal...
SOCHI—Four years since shedding bitter tears after her second-place finish at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Mao Asada shed tears of joy at Sochi after delivering a near-perfect performance in the wo...
After returning from the Sochi Winter Olympic Games on Tuesday, Japanese Olympic medalists expressed their pride in winning big for Japan at a press conference. Among the athletes were Yuzuru Hanyu...
NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—J. Crew Group Inc., the retailer owned by TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners LP, is in talks about a potential sale to Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing Co., two people with kn...
The house of acclaimed writer Kobo Abe (1924-93) in Chofu, Tokyo, is being demolished, after serving as his writing place for many great works, such as “Suna no Onna” (The Woman in the Dunes), “...
The troubled radioactive water cleanup system at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was hit by a new problem Wednesday, operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. An alarm went off at abo...
SENDAI—Clad in a brand-new, dark blue uniform, Iroha Ishikawa, 3, slipped past her mother who was trying to take a photo of her daughter with her smartphone, jumping around in front of the hina doll...
NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo—The Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra is giving fans of the Romanticism movement a musical treat with plans to hold special monthly concerts, each featuring a Schumann sympho...
SHIZUOKA—It seems unlikely that a child would come out of a dental exam saying, “Mom, do we come here again?” as if she couldn’t bear to leave. But one pediatric dental clinic in Shizuoka is e...
The Japan News has renewed its pages from the March 1 issue. The above is our new weekly schedule of main sections and articles on paper editions:
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