March 16, 2014
The parents of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea nearly 40 years ago, met her daughter for the first time in Mongolia earlier this month, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. Shigeru Yokota, 81, and his wife, Sakie, 78, met their 26-year-old granddaughter, Kim He Gyung, from March 10 to ...
Kyoto University will publicly seek candidates both at home and abroad for the next president of the university, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. Aiming to attract excellent researchers and students from all over the world, the university concluded that it needs a strong leader, free of the shac...
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP)—Residents of Ukraine’s Crimea region voted on Sunday in a contentious referendum on whether to split off and seek annexation by Russia. The vote is regarded as illegitimate both by the acting Ukrainian government and by the West, but is widely expected to pass. Crimea...
NEW YORK (AP)—Emergency workers sifted through debris Saturday from the site of a deadly explosion at two New York City apartment buildings as they worked to clear the way for investigators to sear...
UNITED NATIONS (AP)—Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution declaring Sunday’s referendum on the future of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula illegal, and close ally China abstained, underlining Moscow’s in...
The move by Kyoto University’s presidential selection committee to choose from among a wide variety of candidates at home and abroad demonstrates the concern felt by top Japanese universities in th...
BEIJING (AP)—China announced on Saturday a modest easing of exchange rate controls that have been criticized by Washington and other trading partners, adding to a flurry of reform initiatives aimed...
LOS ANGELES (AP)—An exploratory subway shaft dug just down the street from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has uncovered a treasure trove of fossils in the land where saber-tooth cats and othe...
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP)—Novak Djokovic beat John Isner 7-5, 6-7 (2-7), 6-1 on Saturday to reach the final of the BNP Paribas Open, where he’ll resume his longtime rivalry with Roger Federer in ...
PANAMA CITY (AP)—It turns out the Miami Marlins had their own way of honoring Mariano Rivera in his home country. Rivera threw out a ceremonial first pitch before Brad Hand and three relievers com...
China’s propaganda campaign to pile pressure on Japan over historical issues has taken on an increasingly strident tone. Japan must remain vigilant on this matter. China’s National People’s Co...
Secrets of Toshiba Corp.’s cutting-edge semiconductor technology have been divulged to a rival South Korean company. How should Japanese manufacturers protect their core technological know-how, pr...
Today is March 14, also known as White Day. In Japan, men and boys who received chocolates on Valentine’s Day are expected to give small presents today to the women and girls who gave the gifts. T...
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a company employee in my 30s. My husband, who is older than me by five years, has become obsessed with a game with in-game purchase requirements. I learned about his obses...
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a woman in my 70s. My husband died unexpectedly in spring last year. After that, I had no one to talk to, and cried every day at home in front of the Buddhist altar that e...
While their fans were limited to supporting them with only their voices, Urawa Reds gave them plenty to cheer about. Shinzo Koroki scored in the 42nd minute and Genki Haraguchi added the second in s...
This is the third installment in a series on the worsening relations between Japan and China. China has relied on a certain pretense in its global anti-Japan propaganda campaign, launched after Pri...
In November, as Cambodia’s rainy season was coming to a close, my girlfriend and I looked at a new apartment in Phnom Penh’s old French district. Located in the central part of the city near the U...
The Yomiuri Shimbun Top maegashira Endo (3-4) wins his third consecutive bout by slapping down sekiwake Kotooshu (1-6) on Saturday’s seventh day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka’s Body...
Those who favor amending the Constitution outnumber those who oppose it by a one-point margin, according to results of the latest opinion poll conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun. The nationwide survey...
LIMA (AP)—Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori suffered a stroke on Friday and was hospitalized in stable condition with some loss of control of his left upper arm, his doctor said. Neurolo...
HOUSTON (AP)—A man who became known for claiming he was the U.S. sailor kissing a woman in Times Square in a famous World War II-era photo taken by a Life magazine photographer has died. Glenn McDu...
A powerful earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.2 jolted wide areas in the west of the nation early Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The quake, which struck at about 2:06 a.m., ...
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...
Senior RIKEN officials bowed deeply during a Tokyo press conference Friday to apologize for the fact research articles about stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) cells were written i...
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 ...
OSAKA—The recent confusion regarding articles published by scientific journal Nature on stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) cells may cause adverse effects on Japan’s studies of...
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...
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s March 6 issue. * * * Haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) supposedly said, “Any 3-shaku-tall [e...
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A few months ago I was on a business trip to Canada with some colleagues, and we ended up being invited to have dinner at a nice Italian restaurant with a friendly and engaging professor, whom I’ll ...
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. ...
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.
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