September 26, 2018
Applications for volunteers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics began to be accepted Wednesday. Officials of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Tokyo metropolitan government said volunteering would be a valuable opportunity to support the Games and an...
Tokyo Medical University on Tuesday announced the selection of its first woman president in a decision seemingly aimed at restoring public trust in the university in the wake of a series of scandals, including its unfair treatment of female applicants. Yukiko Hayashi, 56, chief professor of the un...
SHIZUOKA — Manga artist Momoko Sakura, who died in August aged 53, will be posthumously presented with the people’s honor award by the city of Shizuoka, the city’s mayor said Wednesday. “We’d like to praise her achievements — she greatly contributed to the city by communicating the beau...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis acknowledged Tuesday that his landmark deal with China over bishop nominations will cause suffering among the underground faithful. But he said that he ta...
DETROIT (AP) — A 20-year-old food service worker at Comerica Park in Detroit has been charged after a video was posted online that appeared to show him spitting on a pizza intended for customers dur...
The National Police Agency has instructed police headquarters across the nation to intensify the crackdown on organized crime syndicates in response to a spate of “special fraud cases,” including ...
Family members of victims who were killed or went missing when Mt. Ontake erupted on the border of Nagano and Gifu prefectures in 2014 climb the mountain Wednesday, as entry restrictions for the 3,067...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Wednesday the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant in Ibaraki Prefecture has officially passed NRA screenings for restart. The NRA formalized...
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in an address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, expressed his hope that Japan and the United States will maintain their “win-...
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — South Korean President Moon Jae In told Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday that North Korea is ready for talks with Japan. In their 50-minute meeting at a New York hotel...
LONDON (AP) — Harvey Elliott has become the youngest player in history to feature for Fulham at 15 years and 174 days. The striker made his debut for the Premier League club after coming on in the ...
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — Trade ministers from Japan, the United States and the European Union agreed Tuesday to jointly make proposals to reform the World Trade Organization. Meeting in New York, ...
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — Japan and the United States agreed on Tuesday to create a framework, including tariff talks, for expanding trade between the two countries. The two governments reached the ...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The benchmark Nikkei average finished above 24,000 for the first time in eight months on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, extending its winning streak to an eighth sessio...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Financial Services Agency issued a business improvement order to cryptocurrency exchange operator Tech Bureau Corp. on Tuesday over a cyber-attack that stole about ¥7 bill...
NEW YORK (AP) — Nine sports franchises from Major League Baseball, the NBA and the NFL are encouraging fans to register and vote. Sacramento Kings owner and chairman Vivek Ranadive spearheaded the ...
NEW YORK (AFP-Jiji) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday urged world leaders to reject “the law of the most powerful,” offering a rebuke to Donald Trump’s go-it-alone approach to glo...
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s main opposition Labour Party announced Tuesday it will reject Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed divorce deal with the European Union if it comes to a vot...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Nissan Motor Co. reported to the transport ministry Wednesday the results of its investigation into manipulation of vehicle emission test data and measures to prevent similar m...
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Canada is not making concessions needed to reach a deal with the United States for a trilateral NAFTA pact and is running out of time before Washington proceeds with a Mexico-o...
Nike Inc. topped first-quarter profit on Tuesday, but a small rise in gross margins and no change in its 2019 forecast despite the launch of a successful ad campaign was not enough for some investors...
MILAN (Reuters) — Michael Kors agreed to buy luxury designer Versace for €1.83 billion ($2.15 billion) including debt on Tuesday, as the U.S. fashion group positions itself to take on larger Euro...
WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Home-price gains in 20 U.S. cities grew in July at the slowest pace in almost a year, a sign demand is increasingly bumping up against affordability constraints, according ...
OSAKA — Over 100 Vietnamese and other foreign students who entered a tourism-related vocational school in Osaka in April were not allowed to renew their residency status and subsequently expelled fr...
The approval rating for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stood at 50 percent in a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey, unchanged from the previous survey conducted last month. According to the lat...
Q: I started a school five years ago by myself. As enrollment increased, the number of teachers did as well. My focus now is on creating a brand for the school vs. my own teaching persona. Many parent...
AIZUWAKAMATSU, Fukushima (Jiji Press) — A monument commemorating a Japanese man who served as head of a World War I camp and was known for his humanitarian treatment of German prisoners of war at t...
Sept. 15 marked 10 years since U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, sending shock waves across the globe. IT companies in the United States have since made rapid progress, but the manuf...
SAPPORO — A large number of tourists flocked to Hokkaido from various parts of the country on Autumnal Equinox Day on Sunday. Although the effects of the Hokkaido earthquake, which registered a max...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration would be required to set new minimum requirements for seats on airplanes under legislation to be considered in the House of Representative...
OAKVILLE, Canada (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu made a successful return from an ankle injury that sidelined him after the Pyeongchang Games by winning the Autumn Classic figure skati...
Harassment of nursing care workers — including sexual harassment and verbal abuse from the people under their care and care recipients’ family members — is becoming a serious problem. The indust...
もう一度、基礎から学んでみる 今春日本で公開されたスティーブン・スピルバーグ監督の映画「レディ・プレイヤー１」(Ready Player One) でハリウッ...
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. 
もう一度、基礎から学んでみる 今春日本で公開されたスティーブン・スピルバーグ監督の映画「レディ・プレイヤー１」(Ready Player One) でハリウッ...
Q: I started a school five years ago by myself. As enrollment increased, the number of teachers did as well. My focus now is on creating a brand for the school vs. my own teaching persona. Many parent...
Recently Tim has been teaching English at an after school facility（学（がく）童（どう）保（ほ）育（いく））attached to the school he is working for. He has just finished his last...
KYOTO — Which place in Kyoto is most favored by foreign tourists? Americans and Chinese will probably visit Kinkakuji temple in Kita Ward on arriving at this ancient capital. The temple’s Golden ...
TORONTO (AP) — For a festival that can be a hotbed of Oscar-predicting hysteria, the scuttling of the “best popular movie” category by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences barely regi...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” became the first streaming series to win top Emmy comedy honors and HBO’s “Game of Thrones” recaptured the best drama series award...
