March 20, 2019
The details of ceremonies related to the Emperor’s abdication and the crown prince’s accession to the throne have been decided at a meeting of the panel overseeing the ceremonies. For the Oct. 23 banquet to be hosted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, the panel decided on Tuesday to ap...
“Godzilla Japan” has been chosen as the nickname for the Japanese national judo team that will compete in the World Judo Championships set to begin on Aug. 25 at the Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, the All Japan Judo Federation has announced. The federation said on Tuesday it chos...
Japanese Olympic Committee chief Tsunekazu Takeda’s decision to step down at the end of his current term comes after the JOC was sluggish in its attempts to deal with his alleged misconduct, according to observers. The driving force behind Takeda’s move was a gradual change in the Internationa...
JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israeli forces on Tuesday killed a Palestinian suspected of carrying out a deadly stabbing and shooting attack in the occupied West Bank two days earlier, the Israeli Shin Bet...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazil’s new far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro forged a bond over their shared brand of conservative and populist politics on Tuesday, with Tr...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Golden State’s most recent homestand included a 33-point loss to Boston and a startling defeat to last-place Phoenix, reminding the Warriors of the work that’s ahead of them t...
WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — The United States aims to conclude a comprehensive free trade agreement with Japan on areas including services, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a report submitted to C...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin plan to travel to China next week for another round of trade talks with Chinese Vice Premier...
BEIRA, Mozambique (AFP-Jiji) — The death toll from a cyclone that smashed into Mozambique and Zimbabwe rose to more than 300 as rescuers raced against the clock to help survivors and the United Nat...
TOKYO (AFP-Jiji) — Japanese superstar Ichiro Suzuki fired blanks again Monday, but the Seattle Mariners still pipped the Yomiuri Giants 6-5 in a preseason win thanks to David Freitas’s birthday ba...
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two tournaments on different continents illustrate why PGA Tour players are increasingly skeptical about the world ranking. Against a field as strong as some majors,...
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Eleven months ago, Fairleigh Dickinson coach Greg Herenda was seriously ill with life-threatening blood clots. On Tuesday night, he danced on the court and hugged his players af...
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — A father and son who fled the civil war in Syria for “the safest country in the world” were buried before hundreds of mourners Wednesday, the first funerals for ...
TOKYO (AFP-Jiji) — Seals and whales in the Arctic are shifting their feeding patterns as climate change alters their habitats, and the way they do so may determine whether they survive, a new study ...
Yokozuna Hakuho kept his record perfect with his 11th consecutive win by throwing down sekiwake Takakeisho (8-3), who is aiming for promotion to ozeki, at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Linebacker Clay Matthews agreed to a two-year contract with the Los Angeles Rams on Tuesday, returning to his native Southern California after a decade with the Green Bay Packers....
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Unmanned space probe Hayabusa2 has detected small amounts of minerals containing water on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, a Japanese research team has said. The findings ma...
Mike Trout is on the verge of becoming baseball’s first half-billion dollar man. Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are close to finalizing a $432 million, 12-year contract that would shatter the r...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A ceremony was held in Tokyo on Wednesday to mourn the victims of the deadly sarin gas attack by the Aum Supreme Truth cult on the capital’s subway system 24 years ago, which...
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Air pollution is killing more people every year than smoking, according to research published on March 12 that called for urgent action to stop burning fossil f...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The estimated number of visitors to Japan in February climbed 3.8 percent from a year earlier to 2,604,300, a record high for the month, the Japan National Tourism Organization...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook will overhaul its ad-targeting systems to prevent discrimination in housing, credit and employment ads as part of a legal settlement. For the social network, that’s ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Google on Tuesday unveiled a video-game streaming platform called Stadia, positioning itself to take on the traditional video-game business. The platform will store a game-playing ...
South Korea used the name “Japan Sea” for waters it claims should also be referred to as the “East Sea” in nautical charts it released the year after Seoul raised the issue with the internatio...
It is necessary to protect social and economic systems from serious cyber-attack threats. The government must expedite arrangements to do so. Central government offices, local governments and privat...
The recent arrests of two men attempting to smuggle fertilized eggs and sperm from prized Japanese cattle out of the country highlighted Japan’s lack of rules protecting the genetic stock for its fa...
Miso soup, a traditional part of Japanese meals, is enjoying a transformation into more than just soup. Some new recipes treat it as a main dish to serve with rice by featuring filling ingredients, ...
TOKYO (AFP-Jiji) — A Japanese Olympics mega-fan who attended every summer games since Tokyo in 1964 has died, just over a year before his home city was to host its second Olympics. Tokyo businessm...
The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) — Japan’s first domestically produced passenger jet — will be delivered as per its revised schedule, according to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Delivery o...
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. said Monday the amount of “treated water” at the company’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture has exceeded 1 million tons. ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes finished modestly higher on Monday, extending the market’s solid gains from a rally last week. Energy companies notched the biggest gains after the price of U.S...
Thailand’s long-delayed elections to be held on March 24 have stirred concern among some analysts that we will see a fresh round of protests and social unrest. Investors should look past any tempora...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — More than 1,000 people were feared dead in Mozambique four days after a cyclone slammed into the country, submerging entire villages and leaving bodies floating in the floodwater...
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. 
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Feb. 27 issue. * * * There was no concept of “zero” in Japanese mathematics in the past. Th...
Two days before Tim（ティム）leaves Japan for America, his friends are having a farewell party（送（そう）別（べつ）会（かい））for him in the recreation room of the dorm. He has...
Rising director Shuntaro Fujita made his debut in London, a major center of dramatic arts. His production of the musical “Violet” has been running at the Charing Cross Theatre in the British capit...
For those who would like to see noh and kyogen plays but find it a bit daunting to attend a show, a performance aimed at beginners will be held at the Yomiuri Otemachi Hall in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, fro...
The Oxford University Orchestra will make its debut in Japan later this month. The OUO is the flagship orchestra of the oldest university in the English-speaking world and is part of the Oxford Unive...
