May 24, 2019
TOKYO — Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike visited the Togoshi-Ginza Shopping Street in Shinagawa Ward on Thursday and experienced shopping using a cashless settlement. Koike and Shinagawa Ward Mayor Takeshi Hamano paid for their coffees at a cafe using a smartphone payment service, scanning a QR code whil...
NAGASAKI — A tourist facility for cat lovers featuring lucky “omagari neko” — bent-tailed cats — has opened in Nagasaki, as many cats of this kind are said to live in Nagasaki Prefecture. The shrine-like facility called Omagari Neko Jinja was established by a local citizens organization,...
No. 8 maegashira Asanoyama’s stay in sole lead of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament lasted just a day after he was dealt his second loss, leaving him tied with yokozuna Kakuryu after 12 days of action Thursday at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan. Kakuryu, the lone yokozuna in the tourney, matched the ...
It’s been five years since the megahit manga “Naruto” completed its run in the Shukan Shonen Jump weekly magazine. Following the series, which sold over 250 million copies worldwide, the author,...
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Over the span of two years, a Chinese national in Oregon sent devices that looked like iPhones to Apple, saying they wouldn’t turn on and should be replaced under warranty. He ...
Ford Motor Co. said on Wednesday it was partnering with walking robots maker Agility Robotics as it designs a planned fleet of self-driving delivery vans that will drop packages at the doorsteps of p...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Financial Services Agency has released a draft report calling for financial products that focus on longevity risk, or when people’s living expenses run short due to a ris...
TORONTO (AP) — Michael Chavis got his team a win and his teammates some rest. Rafael Devers joined an exclusive club of young Red Sox sluggers who have homered in three straight games, Chavis hit a...
BEIJING (Reuters) — China’s top steel maker Baowu Group is studying plans to relocate blast furnaces from remote Xinjiang to Cambodia in a bold example of China’s heavy industry shifting excess...
NEW YORK (AP) — After failing to sign with Atlanta and losing a grievance against the Braves, 19-year-old Carter Stewart has agreed to a six-year contract with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Paci...
NEW YORK (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company will begin buying liquid natural gas from a U.S. company under a 20-year agreement, reflecting the shifting dynamics in the world’s energy...
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP-Jiji) — Amazon on Wednesday confirmed that shareholders rejected proposals to prohibit sales of facial recognition technology to governments and study how it might threaten priva...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Dealing a blow to Olympic boxing officials after months of investigations, the IOC has set up a vote next month on removing the sport’s governing body AIBA from organi...
TOKYO (Reuters) — An overwhelming majority of Japanese firms have no plans to use 5G mobile networks by China’s Huawei or other foreign firms, preferring instead to rely on domestic telecom carrie...
NEW YORK (AP) — Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert and MVP finalists Giannis Antetokounmpo and Paul George were the leading vote-getters for the All-Defensive first team. Boston’s Marcus Sm...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Seven & i Holdings Co. President Ryuichi Isaka said Thursday that he regrets a recent dispute between its convenience store unit Seven-Eleven Japan Co. and one of its franchise...
HONG KONG (Reuters) — Kashima Antlers’ Sho Ito scored a rapid-fire double to salvage their Asian Champions League title defense as the J.League side fought back to beat Shandong Luneng 2-1 on Wedn...
TOKYO (Reuters) — A fun and relaxed atmosphere prevailed at Japan’s training camp on Wednesday as Asako Takakura’s team began their final preparations for the women’s World Cup in France. The...
Qualcomm Inc. illegally suppressed competition in the market for smartphone chips by threatening to cut off supplies and extracting excessive licensing fees, a U.S. judge ruled, a decision that could...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cam Newton still isn’t throwing a football four months after surgery on his throwing shoulder. Panthers coach Ron Rivera isn’t worried. Rivera downplayed Newton sitting ...
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — NFL owners gave the competition committee the go-ahead Wednesday to decide whether to refine the new rule allowing replay challenges involving pass interference. The propo...
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) — The United States is at least a month from enacting its proposed tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese imports as it studies the impact on American consumers, U.S. Treas...
LONDON (Reuters) — British Steel, the country’s second-largest steel producer, has collapsed and put 25,000 jobs at risk after failing to secure emergency government funding, Britain’s Official ...
Let’s go with “Abe Shinzo,” not “Shinzo Abe.” Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Masahiko Shibayama, among others, have proposed a re...
As companies hurry to prepare for the acceptance of foreign workers that they hope will solve their labor shortages, other businesses are offering services to help foreigners obtain visas under the n...
The government on Monday demanded that the South Korean government agree to the establishment of an arbitration committee to resolve a lawsuit filed by former Korean wartime requisitioned workers in ...
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) — Beijing is ready to resume trade talks with Washington, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said, as a top U.S. business lobby in China said nearly hal...
The Heisei era (1989-2019) has experienced kaleidoscopic changes in women’s fashion, which reflects the times in which women are living — gorgeous “sauvage” wavy hairstyles in the days of the ...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will hold an international robotics competition in the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo on the International Space Station in 2020, the Yomiuri Shimbun has learn...
Acceptance of foreign workers under a new system is coming into full effect. It is essential to create an environment in which they can lead stable lives and not cause any friction in local communitie...
The government’s committee on ceremonies relating to the Imperial succession has settled on the parade route the Emperor and Empress will take on Oct. 22 for the Imperial procession by motorcar aft...
KANAZAWA — An Australian woman in Nonoichi, Ishikawa Prefecture, is working hard to learn the skills needed to make “hinoki-zaiku” — traditional crafts made of Japanese cypress — that have ...
Princess Hisako, the widow of the late Prince Takamado, visited a special exhibition titled “Masterpieces of Japanese Art: From Sesshu and Eitoku to Korin and Hokusai” at Tokyo National Museum in ...
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,...
Dear Troubleshooter: I am a man in my 80s. I am worried about my two sons in their 50s. I live with my eldest son. A high school graduate, he’s never had a steady job and hasn’t worked over the...
I’m Colin Gamm, a third-year ALT in Ena, Gifu Prefecture. I teach at five elementary and junior high schools. I’m from Portland, Ore., in the United States, but have also lived in China and Nepal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian’s initiative on documenting Asians in America started humbly enough two decades ago, with a borrowed exhibit in a borrowed museum wing and a tiny staff. There wa...
Art museums all over Japan are reopening after undergoing refurbishments. Museums that have completed construction after a long period of closure are thinking of new ways to cultivate new visitors and...
It’s the graduation season again here in the United States, and my university, too, just went through its commencement festivities. The last few years, I had many com-mencement-related tasks as an a...
