July 23, 2019
Following the results of the upper house election on Sunday in which the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito won more than a majority of the contested seats, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also president of the LDP, will focus on the implementation of his campaign promis...
The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito won 71 of the 124 seats contested in Sunday’s House of Councillors election with all winners finalized Monday morning. While the two ruling coalition parties won a solid majority of seats put to a vote, the coalition lost six of the 77 seats it held prio...
VIENNA (Reuters) — U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano has died, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday, the day he had been expected to announce he would step down early because of an illness that visibly weakened him over the past year. The 72-year-old Japanese diplomat had...
GWANGJU, South Korea (AP) — Ariarne Titmus rallied midway through the final lap to upset Katie Ledecky and win the 400-meter freestyle at the world swimming championships Sunday night, denying the ...
Fun and heartwarming. If I had to use two words to describe the show “Hikoboshi no Hoko” (Hikoboshi’s roars) in Osaka, which I’ve been invited to appear onstage in for the past three years, th...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee chairman said Sunday that this week’s hearing with Robert Mueller will air “very substantial evidence” of wrongdoing by U.S. President Donald Tr...
SEOUL (Bloomberg) — South Korea’s exports, a bellwether for global trade, appear set for an eighth straight monthly decline as trade disputes take a toll on global demand. Exports during the firs...
TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. is already getting a headache from its $11 billion Australian foray. Japan’s biggest brewer is buying the Australian assets of Anheuser-Busch InBev ...
CAEN, France (AFP-Jiji) — Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenage activist whose Friday school strikes protesting government inaction over climate change helped sparked a worldwide movement, received t...
SAN JUAN (AP) — Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello said Sunday evening that he will not resign in the face of public furor over an obscenity-laced leaked online chat, but he will not seek reelection...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) — Trading hit a fever pitch, with shares rocketing as much as 520 percent, as China’s new Nasdaq-style board for homegrown tech firms debuted on Monday, with valuations exceedin...
LONDON (AP) — The release Sunday of an audio recording has shed new light on the seizure of a British-flagged tanker at the hands of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as tensions flare in the strategic S...
UNITED NATIONS (AFP-Jiji) — A top British representative to the United Nations has declared in a letter to the Security Council that Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged tanker amounted to “ille...
SEOUL (Bloomberg) — Public backlash in South Korea against Japanese products has dented some sales of beer and tour packages, and analysts say the boycott could spread to luxury cars and retailers a...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) — The far northwestern region of Xinjiang is an “inseparable” part of China despite efforts by extremists to distort history and facts in a bid to split the country, the Chin...
MEXICO CITY (AFP-Jiji) — The spread of HIV as a serious aspect of Latin America’s migration crisis — whether through Venezuelans forced to emigrate to obtain medicine or Central American migran...
MIYAKO, Iwate — Small glass milk bottles are being reused to create a local specialty of this port city east of Morioka. When people usually order donburi, they are brought a large bowl of rice to...
Want a chef to cook for you at home? Services to send professional chefs to homes or other designated places have been diversifying their offerings to meet customers’ needs, from preparing baby foo...
AOMORI — If you want to eat fresh pasta in Aomori, seek out Konkitchen in a residential area near Aomori University. The Italian restaurant has a refreshing mint green exterior and is run by the o...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on the ruling and opposition blocs on Monday to move forward in discussions on constitutional revisions at the relevant commissions of both cha...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Akihiko Okamoto, president of entertainment company Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., said Monday that his company will withdraw its punishments for some of its comedians who received money...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Twenty-eight women were elected in Sunday’s election for the House of Councillors, tying the record high marked in the previous election for the upper chamber of the Diet in ...
SUR BAHER, West Bank (Reuters) — Israeli forces began demolishing buildings near a military barrier on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday, in the face of Palestinian protests and international cr...
BEIJING/WASHINGTON — The Chinese military conducted an exercise on July 1 in which it fired six anti-ship ballistic missiles from mainland China toward the South China Sea, The Yomiuri Shimbun has l...
Dozens of people devoted to animation production have had their lives taken away. It is an outrageous and despicable criminal act over which it is difficult to prevent the feeling of anger emerging. ...
KYOTO (Jiji Press) — Police on Saturday obtained an arrest warrant for a man who has already been held for a suspected arson attack on an animation studio in the western Japan city of Kyoto that has...
To ensure a stable supply of energy, how should various power sources be combined in a balanced manner? Calm and constructive discussions are sought. Japan’s energy policy stands at a crossroads. ...
Following the results of the upper house election on Sunday in which the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito won more than a majority of the contested seats, Prime Minister S...
TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp. and BYD Co. agreed to jointly develop electric vehicles in China, the latest in a series of deals between a major global automaker and Chinese manufacturer. T...
After several years of verbal jousting with the U.S., Turkey accepted an initial delivery of a highly advanced Russian air defense system, the S-400. Supporting equipment to bring the system up to ful...
Shibuya Ward in Tokyo is merging back into one distinct entity again on the occasion of the 2020 Tokyo Games, after having been split apart for the last Olympics in 1964. The Sakuragaoka area on Sh...
The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito won 71 of the 124 seats contested in Sunday’s House of Councillors election with all winners finalized Monday morning. While the two ruling coalition part...
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he remained at the ready to help South Korea and Japan solve their lingering dispute over World War II-era forced labor that has blig...
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,...
Southampton may be known for Japanese football player Maya Yoshida, who plays for Southampton FC, or for its famous port where the RMS Titanic departed before sinking. The reason why I am studying he...
We were six large bodies crammed inside a five-seat sedan, laughing even as our hearts fluttered at the sudden braking and inconsistent lane-crossing the driver, our classmate, undertook to get throu...
“Nessun dorma,” one of the most famous operatic arias of all time, sounded fresh like never before. The renowned aria sung by Teodor Ilincai as Calaf did not stand out disproportionately in the J...
Acclaimed author Haruki Murakami hosted a live music performance in Tokyo on June 26 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his literary debut. Titled “Murakami JAM,” the event revealed a hospita...
Summer break is the blessing of academic life, when we educators get to focus on our own scholarly or creative pursuits, which we put on the back burner during the semester. We also get to squeeze in ...
