March 12, 2014
Tuesday marked the third anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The catastrophe left 15,884 people dead and 2,633 missing as of Monday, according to the National Police Agency. Many people in coastal areas of Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures that were struck by massive tsunami praye...
KIEV (AP)—The Crimean parliament voted Tuesday that the Black Sea peninsula will declare itself an independent state if its residents agree to split off from Ukraine and join Russia in a referendum. Crimea’s regional legislature on Tuesday adopted a “declaration of independence of the Auton...
KUALA LUMPUR (AP) — The missing Boeing 777 jetliner changed course over the sea, crossed Malaysia and reached the Strait of Malacca — hundreds of kilometers from its last position recorded by civilian authorities, Malaysian military officials said Tuesday, citing military radar data. The deve...
This is the 10th and final installment of our “Message” series, featuring Hiroko Suzuki, who played a geisha character in U.S. professional wrestling. I was not a professional wrestler but an a...
My career started as an announcer in 1998. My life changed after I married my university classmate, Kenzo Suzuki. After he passed the wrestler tryout, the promoter asked me about geisha. So I did som...
Not long ago, the West African nation of Sierra Leone was home to the world’s biggest peacekeeping mission. Today, troops from that country are donning blue helmets and serving the United Nations ...
If you’ve posted inspiring Pope Francis quotes on Facebook, if you’ve devoured every article about him, if you’re banking on him to revolutionize a tradition-heavy, 2,000-year-old institution by...
WASHINGTON—When the new Ukrainian prime minister visits the White House this week, President Obama should offer continued support—but also ask pointedly why several far-right ultra-nationalists ha...
NEW YORK (AP)—McDonald’s is fighting to hold onto customers in the U.S. and much of the world. The world’s biggest hamburger chain said Monday that sales fell 1.4 percent in February at establ...
The reconstruction of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s business remains a distant goal despite its efforts to reform its management in the wake of the nuclear crisis at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plan...
Cyber-attacks designed to steal valuable business information are becoming more refined and diverse. Examples of new styles of attacks include virus-laced e-mails sent to a mailing list used by emp...
The government adopted at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday a bill to ease requirements for permanent residency to encourage foreign workers with a high level of expertise to settle in Japan. Under the b...
WASHINGTON (AP)—The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill late Monday making big changes in the military justice system to deal with sexual assault, including scrapping the nearly century-old ...
LONDON (Bloomberg)—Chiquita Brands International Inc., owner of the namesake banana label, agreed to buy Ireland’s Fyffes Plc to create the world’s biggest supplier of the fruit for about €40...
VATICAN CITY (AP)—Pope Francis will make his first trip to Asia in August, visiting South Korea to participate in a Catholic youth festival, preside over a beatification ceremony for 124 Korean mar...
SoftBank Corp. President Masayoshi Son will start a “massive price war” if U.S. regulators allow his company to purchase T-Mobile US Inc., he said in an interview with PBS’s Charlie Rose. The...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Monday to promote mental health care for survivors of the March 2011 disasters, many of whom are exhausted from prolonged living as evacuees, saying the government is ...
Japan and the United States sent a joint letter to the International Civil Aviation Organization on Tuesday asking for the body’s opinion on China’s declaration of an air defense identification z...
DALLAS (AP)—The CEO of American Airlines says his company is getting $381 million from selling takeoff and landing rights at New York’s LaGuardia Airport and Reagan National Airport outside Washi...
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP)—The sexual assault case against an army general was thrown into jeopardy Monday when the judge said the military may have improperly pressed ahead with a trial to send a messa...
WELLINGTON (AP)—New Zealanders will soon get to vote on whether to change their national flag, which many view as a relic from a colonial past. Prime Minister John Key on Tuesday announced plans ...
Hitachi Ltd. and Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd., the company’s joint venture with General Electric Co. of the United States, say they have developed two types of robots for work to decommission wre...
SINGAPORE (Bloomberg)—Carlyle Group LP, which completed South Korea’s biggest private-equity buyout in five years, sees more large transactions as the nation sustains its economic growth amid eme...
Today, many Japanese entertainers have multiple skills to add value to their profession. For Ayaka Wada, a member of teenage pop idol group S/mileage, art is her favorite subject, regardless of whethe...
Japan was seen as an international leader in the field of art in the 18th and 19th centuries—the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867)—when ukiyo-e artists produced numerous masterpieces. This was ...
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...
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...
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It’s becoming increasingly difficult to be an effective English teacher these days without an understanding of ESP. I’m not referring to the Extra Sensory Perception that informs teachers as to h...
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...
With his innovative presentation techniques, and a keen eye for beauty and political themes within daily life, German artist Wolfgang Tillmans has broadened the boundaries of photographic expression. ...
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...
The Japan News has renewed its pages from the March 1 issue. The above is the new weekly schedule of main sections and articles in our print editions.
The Japan News is like no other English-language newspaper. Published by The Yomiuri Shimbun, the largest-circulation newspaper in the world, The Japan News is plugged into an extensive national and i...
