September 20, 2021
FUKUSHIMA — The central and local governments have begun encouraging people from outside Fukushima Prefecture to move into areas surrounding Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, hoping that new residents will revive the areas. The central governme...
A growing number of companies are asking employees to refrain from smoking during work hours — even when they’re doing that work from home. The move is aimed at improving the health and productivity of the workforce, at a time when teleworking has been on the rise amid the novel coronavirus pan...
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia’s ruling United Russia party, which supports President Vladimir Putin, retained its majority in parliament after a three-day election and a sweeping crackdown on its critics, despite losing around one fifth of its support, partial results on Monday showed. With 33% o...
BUNGO-ONO, Oita — Even in the so-called “Onsen Prefecture” rich with hot spring resorts like Yufuin and Beppu, there is a city without a single hot spring. The municipality of Bungo-Ono, Oita P...
TSUYAMA, Okayama — A bronze statue has been erected to honor a calf that survived after being swept about 90 kilometers from its home in a flood. The statue is in Shoo, Okayama Prefecture, where the...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The estimated number of people aged 65 or older in Japan stood at a record high of 36.4 million as of Wednesday, an increase of 220,000 from a year before, the internal affairs ...
Newly minted yokozuna Terunofuji spent a brief moment on the edge of the ring on Sunday at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan, but he quickly recovered to stay undefeated....
In addition to previous plans to open Phu Quoc Island to international tourists, Ha Long, Hoi An, Nha Trang and Da Lat will also welcome tourists this year, under a plan developed by the Ministry of C...
With politicians and regulators joining forces to strengthen monitoring of fast-growing IT platforms, shares of South Korea’s two tech giants plummeted Sept. 9, losing a combined 19 trillion won ($1...
China’s central authorities have issued a general plan for building a Guangdong-Macao in-depth cooperation zone in Hengqin. The plan, issued by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the...
The four hopefuls to become the next prime minister squared off in a heated debate in Tokyo on Friday, with Taro Kono having to fend off the constant grilling from his Liberal Democratic Party preside...
JAKARTA (AP) — Overcrowding, mass escapes, protest riots, extremism and corruption: Indonesia’s prisons have long been a hotbed of problems. On Sept. 8, it was tragedy, as a fire ripped through a ...
KAMIKATSU, Tokushima — Viewed from above, the building has an eye-catching question-mark shape. Standing in a mountainous area of Kamikatsu, Tokushima Prefecture, the Kamikatsu Zero Waste Center Why...
Need a break from the headlines? Here’s your daily dose of humor, curated by The Japan News. New comics are available every day, so ’toon in to both our print and web editions for a satirical l...
The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have drawn to a close. This is the third installment in a series exploring the significance and issues of a Games held under quite unusual circumstances. Baron v...
All Nippon Airways will auction off airline parts and equipment, in a bid to generate some extra lift as the airline industry navigates headwinds amid the COVID-19 pandemic. From Tuesday, ANA Trading...
Candidates in the upcoming presidential election for the Liberal Democratic Party are doing their best to win the votes of the LDP’s rank-and-file members and the members of affiliated groups. Some ...
Following the rapid surge in novel coronavirus infections since August, 44 people are known to have died at home while recuperating from COVID-19 as of Sept. 17. Most of the deceased had been unvacci...
Japan is currently facing difficult situations, both at home and abroad. Concrete strategies for overcoming this crisis and securing the national interest must be discussed. Taro Kono, minister in c...
Under the current circumstances in which the use of next-generation vehicles such as electric vehicles is being promoted, how can the gas station network that contributes to a stable supply of gasolin...
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi is likely to meet South Korean counterpart Chung Eui-yong during his visit to the United States from Wednesday to Friday, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. Accordin...
Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to use hydrogen transported by a Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. ship from Australia for the company’s hydrogen-powered cars as early as next year. Hydrogen is expec...
The operator of Universal Studios Japan has relaxed its appearance policy for employees this month, including allowing them to have tattoos and eliminating gender differences for hair color and makeu...
The latest in our series of stories related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccination situation in Japan are presented below. Also, clicking on “Latest coronavirus data” will lead to graphics t...
The following series of graphics can help visualize the spread of the novel coronavirus and the vaccination progress in Japan. Also included is a chart comparing global cases as a percentage of popula...
Need a break from the headlines? Here’s your daily dose of humor, curated by The Japan News. New comics are available every day, so ’toon in to both our print and web editions for a satirical l...
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Honesty boxes — unattended tills set up for customers to pay for purchases on the honor system — might conjure images of stands in rural areas lined with fresh vegetables and fruit, but recently,...
Since last month, the Japanese division of U.S. outdoorwear giant Patagonia Inc. has been selling used items of its own products in a limited-time pop-up store on the first floor of its outlet in Shi...
A start-up launched at the University of Tsukuba has started selling a tomato variety developed with genome editing technology, the first food product of this kind ever to be put on the Japanese marke...
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry decided on Friday to offer a third dose of coronavirus vaccine, possibly before the end of this year. In line with precedent set by inoculation campaigns over...
Digitized certificates for people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 will be issued by the end of this year, which will allow vaccination records to be displayed on smartphone screens, the Digi...
The decision by some Liberal Democratic Party factions not to unify support for one candidate in the presidential election has made the outcome difficult to predict. According to a Yomiuri Shimbun s...
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. 
Daniel Mulcahy shares his experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collaboration of Japan’s local and national government auth...
Ana Maricic 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 authori...
Celine Chan Hui Juan 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 governmen...
American photographer Eugene Smith (1918-1978) showed the world the truth about Minamata disease. On Sept. 23, a film about him titled “Minamata” and starring Johnny Depp will be released in Japan...
An exhibition featuring works by photographer Mika Ninagawa opened Thursday at the Ueno Royal Museum in Taito Ward, Tokyo. Organized by The Yomiuri Shimbun, “Mika Ninagawa — Into Fiction/Reality...
An exhibition featuring Japanese swords from historic temples and shrines started Wednesday at the Suntory Museum of Art in Minato Ward, Tokyo. “The Sword: The Soul of the Warrior” exhibition, w...
