February 1, 2015
A group believed to be the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) posted a new image of what is believed to be the scene of killing Kenji Goto, who has been taken hostage by the militant group, on early Sunday morning. “It is extremely regrettable. I feel strong indignation at this inhumane...
“Reductions in inequality and increasing growth can go together,” French economist Thomas Piketty, author of the best-selling “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” said Saturday, stressing the importance of engineering policies to eliminate economic inequality. The 43-year-old world-reno...
BERLIN (AP) — Former German President Richard von Weizsaecker, who urged his country to confront the Nazi past, promoted reconciliation and denounced far-right violence during a 10-year tenure that spanned the reunification of west and east, has died. He was 94. President Joachim Gauck’s offi...
The mother of freelance journalist Kenji Goto was overwhelmed with sorrow at the apparent murder of her son by the militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), saying, “All I can...
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia won its first Asian Cup title by beating South Korea 2-1 after extra time Saturday in the final at Sydney’s Olympic Stadium. Substitute James Troisi tapped home the winn...
PHOENIX (AP) — Domestic violence. Questionable discipline. Player safety. Confusing officiating. Deflated footballs. The disturbing headlines that began last February never slowed down for the NFL...
ATHENS (AP) — A day after Greece appeared on a collision course with its creditors, new radical left Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has tamped down the rhetoric by vowing to pay off debts and not ac...
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a woman in my late 50s, and I’m sick of my husband, who behaves like one of those stereotypically overbearing mothers-in-law. After his mandatory retirement, he always w...
Kryzler & Kompany, which earned popularity through performances of classical music innovatively arranged with digital sounds, will be reunited with the release of a new album next month, followed by a...
KOTOHIRA, Kagawa — Plock, plock, plock ... The rhythmic sound of the walking stick I was using to climb the stone steps echoed in the cold, clear air. I was on my way to Kotohira-gu, a popular shrin...
This is the second and final installment of a series on a crisis at Skymark Airlines. “I never said Skymark should remain in the business as a ‘third pillar,’” Land, Infrastructure, Transp...
The cumulative number of influenza patients in Japan this winter is estimated to have reached 10.17 million, topping the 10-million mark, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Friday. T...
Panasonic Corp. has withdrawn from the production of liquid crystal display televisions in China amid fierce competition from South Korean and Chinese rivals, it has been learned. The electronic app...
The Defense Ministry plans to make full-scale efforts to increase the number of female Self-Defense Force officers, in keeping with the policy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet to promote wome...
Research institute Riken said Thursday it has named Osaka University Prof. Hiroshi Hamada as the new head of its Center for Developmental Biology, which was revamped after the STAP cell research deba...
The Federated States of Micronesia seized four Japanese purse seine vessels in October and November last year that were fishing mainly for bonito in the Pacific, sources said. They are accused of us...
WILLENGEN, Germany — Veteran ski jumper Noriaki Kasai did not get the favorable wind he was hoping for, and had to settle for ninth place at a World Cup meet here Friday. Kasai, who was tied for ...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Rain wasn’t the only thing that put a damper on the Phoenix Open on Friday. The rowdiest event on the PGA Tour goes into Super Bowl weekend without Tiger Woods, who had ...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Play was suspended for the second consecutive day at the Phoenix Open on Friday as the balance of players who were unable to complete the first round took the TPC Scottsdale cour...
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Lydia Ko is one round from potentially making golf history. The 17-year-old New Zealander birdied five consecutive holes and shot a 7-under 65 in the third round of the Coates ...
A Japanese woman serving as coordinator for Fuji Television Network Inc. reporters covering the ongoing hostage crisis involving Japanese nationals has died in a traffic accident in Turkey, the TV ne...
OCALA, Fla, — Ai Miyazato carded her lone birdie on the last of the 21 holes she played on Friday, as the Japanese dropped into a tie for 35th place after three rounds at the LPGA tour’s season-o...
After a review of its reports on the so-called comfort women issue, which has become a huge thorn in the side of Japan-South Korea ties, The Asahi Shimbun has admitted its mistakes in the reports—al...
About 99 percent of the bitcoins that disappeared from a virtual currency transaction system operated by Mt. Gox may have vanished due to fraudulent transactions, not from cyber-attacks as the company...
The Asahi Shimbun admitted that its May article on the so-called Yoshida file concerning the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was incorrect and removed Nobuyuki Sugiura from the post...
An in-house review has found that The Daily Yomiuri (hereafter referred to as the DY, and now The Japan News) used “sex slave” and other inappropriate expressions in a total of 97 articles from F...
The government believes a video of two Japanese hostages released on the Internet by the Islamic State extremist group may have been doctored, due to such questionable elements as differing shadows o...
A video claiming to show what appears to be the body of Haruna Yukawa, one of two Japanese nationals detained by a group believed to be the Islamic State, was posted on the Internet on Saturday night....
A group that claimed to belong to the Islamic State, a radical Islamic militant group, threatened to kill two Japanese hostages unless they receive $200 million in ransom within the next 72 hours, ac...
英語に見いだす表現の可能性 サスペンス小説「紙の月」や、直木賞受賞作「対岸の彼女」をはじめ、角田光代さんはデビュー以来、毎年、意欲的に...
The Tokyo metropolitan government has decided that the Athletes’ Village for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be made into a “hydrogen town” where electricity and hot water are supplie...
Toshiba Corp. is likely to export a reactor for a new nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan, one of the world’s resource-richest countries, it has been learned. The deal would mark the first time that...
This column features reports by Japanese students currently studying overseas on their life on and off campus. * * * “Nemo Me Impune Lacessit” (No one assaults me with impunity)....
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Jan. 22 issue. * * * In Japanese, we have seemingly laudatory phrases that could unintentionally ...
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up By Marie Kondo Translated by Cathy Hirano Ten Speed Press, 224 pp Marie Kondo says once you’ve succeeded in abiding by her rules, you will never relapse a...
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of its opening, the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum is holding an exhibition titled “Fantaisie Merveilleuse: Classicism in French Art Deco.” The museum buil...
The exhibition “Masterpieces of Buddhist Sculpture from Northern Japan,” which opened last week at the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno, Tokyo, reflects a renewed focus of attention on the Buddhist s...
Tama Monorail is seen in Hino, western Tokyo, from the cycling path along the Asakawa river. Tama Monorail runs north to south for 16 kilometers in Tokyo’s Tama area, connecting Kamikitadai Station...
The Japan News has published an e-book titled “Verification of ‘Comfort Women’ Issue: How were the historic facts distorted?,” which examines how false information was distributed regarding t...
The Japan News has published an English booklet, “Myth and Truth in East Asia.”
The letter-sized, 22-page booklet is compiled from articles from The Yomiuri Shimbun on such diplomatic issues as...
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