August 18, 2018
Government ministries and agencies have overstated the rate at which they employ people with disabilities, prompting an investigation by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, it has been learned. Hiring quotas for people with disabilities are established by law. Employees without disability cert...
JAKARTA — The Asian Games, one of the largest sports events in Asia, will officially kick off on Saturday with the opening ceremony in Jakarta. Around 45 countries and regions with about 15,000 athletes and officials will participate in this 18th edition of the Asian Games, held mainly in Jakarta...
The government is considering introducing space situational awareness (SSA) satellites to protect Japanese satellites from collisions with space debris and interference by satellites operated by other nations, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. According to several government sources, launch of the ...
HEMEIMEEM AIR BASE, Syria (AP) — Russian air defense assets in Syria have downed 45 drones targeting their main base in the country, its military said Thursday, after an attack by the Islamic State...
BEIJING (Reuters) — China has sacked a senior provincial official and is probing a former top drug regulator after a safety scandal at vaccine maker Changsheng Biotechnology Co. Ltd., which again w...
DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday her government would step up efforts to deport rejected asylum seekers faster, after hundreds of far-right protesters c...
BRASILIA (Reuters) — Brazil’s top electoral court has been handed a hot potato as it must decide whether the country’s most popular politician can run in upcoming elections, despite being jaile...
Domestic venture companies and companies from different industries are taking steps to enter the space development industry. One standout among them is a new company led by Canon Electronics Inc. Th...
TAIPEI (Bloomberg) — From iPhones to computers, the manufacturing powerhouses behind much of the world’s electronics are preparing to move chunks of production away from China and toward such far-...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry plans to oblige the country’s three major mobile phone operators to unlock used smartphones so that users of such handsets ca...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) — China’s Premier Li Keqiang said the country will step up reforms and roll out new incentives to remove obstacles to private investment and business, the official Xinhua news ...
Sadly, the proposal for a new U.S. Space Force has become a punchline on late-night TV. It is being battered as needless new bureaucracy, a competitor for the private sector, and an idea that will lea...
Paris St. Germain have completed the signing of highly-rated German defender Thilo Kehrer from Schalke 04 on a five-year deal, the Ligue 1 club announced on Thursday. PSG did not provide financial de...
The Davis Cup is getting a radical makeover in hopes of reviving an event that has lost some luster. Beginning next year, the top team event in men’s tennis will be decided with a season-ending, 1...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Retail prices in the nation of saury, an autumn delicacy, are projected to inch down in late September as the Fisheries Agency estimated recently that the country’s catches o...
SYDNEY/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Apple Inc. said Friday no customer data was compromised after Australian media reported a teenager had pleaded guilty to hacking into its main computer network, dow...
LOS ANGELES (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. is in the running to acquire Landmark Theaters, a move that would vault the e-commerce giant into the brick-and-mortar cinema industry, according to people...
PARIS (Reuters) — Air France-KLM named Air Canada executive Benjamin Smith as its new boss on Thursday, opting for an outsider to steer the airline group through a fraught stand-off with unions at ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Brandt Snedeker predicted low scores at the Wyndham Championship — but not this low. Snedeker shot an 11-under 59 on Thursday, falling one shot shy of matching the PGA Tou...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Triple plays are rare enough to begin with. Jurickson Profar and the Texas Rangers turned one that was especially unusual Thursday night. In fact, it had been more than a ce...
BAMAKO (Reuters) — Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won a landslide victory in a runoff against opposition rival Soumaila Cisse, the government said on Thursday, giving him a second term to ...
MASON, Ohio (AP) — Madison Keys used her forehand to beat Angelique Kerber — one of her toughest matchups — and advance to the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open on Thursday night betw...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a Hindu nationalist who set off a nuclear arms race with rival Pakistan but later reached across the border to begin a groundbrea...
The nation marked the 73rd anniversary of the end of World War II on Wednesday. The ceremony held by the government at the Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, was the last of its kind in the...
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of leading Japanese watchmaker Citizen Watch Co. (see below). Tackling a variety of difficulties along the way, it has grown from a small Tokyo co...
WAKAYAMA — A female giant panda cub has been born at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, the park’s operator said Wednesday. It was the first panda birth at Adve...
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — China is expected to overtake Japan as the second-largest contributor to the U.N. regular budget for 2019-2021, a report from the world body showed Tuesday. The calculatio...
An online database of caregivers’ first-hand experiences with dementia patients is being compiled by universities and other entities in a bid to share effective approaches. As many people, includ...
SEOUL (AP) — South Korea will ban driving recalled BMWs that haven’t received safety checks following dozens of fires the German automaker has blamed on a faulty exhaust gas component. South Ko...
This is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Aug. 3 issue. * * * This is said to be a past question from an entrance examination for the University of...
MELBOURNE (AP) — Japan star Keisuke Honda says he planned to retire after this year’s World Cup but changed his mind when offered a contract by the Melbourne Victory in Australian football’s A-L...
Double world champion Fernando Alonso will retire from Formula One at the end of the season, his team McLaren said in a statement on Tuesday. The 37-year-old Spaniard is competing in his 17th Formula...
YAMAGUCHI — A 2-year-old boy has been found safe and in generally good health three days after he went missing near his great-grandfather’s home in Suo-Oshima, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Yoshiki Fuj...
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. 
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This is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Aug. 3 issue. * * * This is said to be a past question from an entrance examination for the University of...
BANGKOK (AP) — A private American collector has returned a dozen ancient artifacts to Thailand as the Southeast Asian country presses for other treasures that were taken abroad to be given back. Cul...
A host of award-winning hula performers and leading Hawaiian musicians will take the stage at Festival Na Hiwahiwa O Hawai‘i 2018 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, in September. The ev...
The first drama series planned and produced by Japanese comedian Sanma Akashiya debuted on video streaming provider Netflix on July 20. Titled “Jimmy — Ahomitaina Honmano Hanashi”( Jimmy: The...
