April 13, 2021
Osaka Prefecture recorded 1,099 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest daily tally seen in the prefecture, sources close to the prefectural government have said. It was the first time that the daily number exceeded 1,000 in the prefecture, surpassing the previo...
How to dispose of treated water has been a major barrier to decommissioning work at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. A government panel of experts spent more than six years from 2013 discussing a plan to release the water into the sea. It deemed this “a more reliable method” in its re...
BEIJING/WASHINGTON — The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning has entered the South China Sea, creating an unprecedented situation in which U.S. and Chinese aircraft carriers are deployed simultaneously in the area. The Chinese navy’s increased activity, triggered by the U.S. administration’s gr...
SAGAMIHARA — A research team at the Tokyo University of Agriculture has developed jams using edible flowers, which have seen a drop in demand as a result of the truncated business hours of food-serv...
SHIZUOKA — Shizuoka Prefecture’s status as Japan’s No. 1 tea-producing region is wavering. According to statistics released by the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry in February, the p...
In the past year, I’ve been cooking more than ever before, and I often come across the word umami in recipe books. Umami is one of the five basic tastes, yet it is more difficult to describe than th...
Emergency-level priority measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus infections went into effect in Tokyo on Monday, requiring restaurants and bars to shorten their business hours to 8 p.m. un...
Rumor has it that part of Machida in Tokyo has become part of the neighboring prefecture of Kanagawa. This rumor quickly began to spread around town last December, saying the city of Machida, whose li...
On the first day of emergency-level priority measures against the novel coronavirus, implemented from Monday in 39 cities and wards in Tokyo, Kyoto and Okinawa prefectures, civil servants patrolled re...
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a female civil servant in my 50s. I have decided to run away from my husband, to whom I have been married for almost 30 years. My husband does not tolerate any words or ...
Kei Komuro, who is unofficially engaged to Princess Mako, the eldest daughter of Crown Price Akishino, intends to pay his mother’s former fiance in an effort to resolve a long-standing money scanda...
The Emperor, the Emperor Emeritus and the Empress Emerita have sent a message of condolence on the death of Britain’s Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth, the Imperial Household Agency sa...
Only 0.4% of the total population in Japan had received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine as of April 9, according to Our World in Data, a team of researchers from the University of Oxford and other insti...
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said Monday that an image of him smiling at a press conference immediately after a major earthquake in February posted on Twitter was doctored. The government...
OSAKA — The Tokyo Olympic torch was passed Tuesday to runners in Osaka Prefecture, who followed a course within the Expo ’70 Commemorative Park in Suita, in place of the originally planned route o...
Vaccines are the decisive factor in containing the novel coronavirus pandemic. First of all, efforts to secure medical workers must be expedited to enable prompt vaccinations of the elderly, who are m...
It can be said that his efforts to improve his skills by competing with rivals on difficult courses overseas have come to fruition. The achievement of a long-cherished dream in Japanese golf must be a...
Osaka Prefecture confirmed at least 1,000 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest daily tally seen in the prefecture.
As inoculations for the elderly against the novel coronavirus got underway Monday, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga stressed his desire to accelerate the acquisition of vaccines and complete the inoculat...
Keep track of the coronavirus epidemic as it unfolds in Japan. Relevant stories and graphics appear below covering events up to and including the current state of emergency and the future outlook. ...
The following charts give a visual representation of the spread of the novel coronavirus in Japan and around the world. The first shows the extensiveness of cases in relation to a nation’s populatio...
The prolonged coronavirus crisis has been adding insult to injury for Japan’s regional department stores, which were already on the back foot dealing with declining and aging local populations and ...
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—The Japanese government on Tuesday decided the release into the ocean of treated radioactive water from the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station. The decisio...
Keep track of the coronavirus epidemic as it unfolds in Japan. Relevant stories and graphics appear below covering events up to and including the current state of emergency and the future outlook. ...
The following charts give a visual representation of the spread of the novel coronavirus in Japan and around the world. The first shows the extensiveness of cases in relation to a nation’s populatio...
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan sucked in its breath as Hideki Matsuyama almost blew his chance to win the Masters but the golfer’s one-shot victory at Augusta National sparked a joyous reaction back hom...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) — Hideki Matsuyama overcame a potentially ruinous moment to become the first Japanese man to win a major championship with a one-shot Masters victory over Will Zalatoris at A...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The storms that stopped play for a little more than hour Saturday at the Masters were expected. The masterpiece delivered by Hideki Matsuyama after the break was not. Matsuyam...
Three male Diet members took part in a pregnancy simulation experiment to better understand the hardships pregnant women face and use what they learn when drafting policy proposals. The lawmakers fro...
Conveyor-belt sushi restaurant operator Sushiro Global Holdings Ltd. has been enjoying a strong performance amid the prolonged coronavirus crisis, defying the downward trends felt at other food busine...
A woman working at the Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital in Kanazawa has been confirmed to have been infected with the novel coronavirus despite receiving two doses of the vaccine. According to t...
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. wants to change society through the use of automation technologies and hydrogen energy. Leading the way is former robotics developer Yasuhiko Hashimoto, the president ...
Emergency-level priority measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus infections went into effect in Tokyo, Kyoto and Okinawa prefectures on Monday, expanding the application of the measures to...
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. 
Gwendolen Jones shares her experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collaboration of Japan’s local and national government aut...
Jenny Nash shares her experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collaboration of Japan’s local and national government authorit...
Leilani Rapaport shares her experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collaboration of Japan’s local and national government au...
OSAKA — Internationally renowned architect Tadao Ando, 79, is building a children’s library in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, aiming to create a “cultural renaissance center” for the areas affected b...
The last time I worked in an American office I was 19 years old, earning an hourly wage to do a variety of types of menial support, which I actually enjoyed immensely. I came to Japan at age 20 and go...
Japanese-born British writer Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest novel “Klara and the Sun” was released on March 2. This is his first novel since he was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. A Japanes...
