February 29, 2020
The Fair Trade Commission is seeking, under the Antimonopoly Law, an emergency court order to block Rakuten Inc.’s plan for free delivery of purchases over a certain amount on its online shopping site. The move on Friday is the first time since June 2004 that the antitrust watchdog has made a f...
“How would you survive for 72 hours after an earthquake?” This is the question posed by the Sona Area facility at the Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park in Koto Ward, Tokyo, which runs free immersive tours focusing on survival after a major earthquake. Staff offer guidance only in Japanes...
HIGASHI-KAGAWA, Kagawa — A pair of gloves is a must during a cold winter. Surprisingly, it is not well-known that the eastern part of Kagawa Prefecture is the largest glove-producing area in the nation, with a history going back 130 years. Glove-making in this area is centered in the city of Hi...
Baidu Inc., China’s biggest search engine company, said first-quarter revenue could fall as much as 13% from a year earlier as the coronavirus epidemic puts the brakes on economic activity and adve...
Fear of the spreading coronavirus has led to a global run on sales of masks despite medical experts’ advice that most people who aren’t sick don’t need to wear them. Many businesses are sold ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With LeBron James sidelined, Anthony Davis knew he had to do a little more — everybody had to do a little more to pick up the slack. Davis had 23 points and six rebounds in t...
NASHVILLE (AP) — The Nashville Predators gambled that keeping Mikael Granlund instead of trading the pending free agent at the deadline could help them play their way into the postseason. Granlund ...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Two-time swimming world champion Filippo Magnini was cleared of doping and had his four-year ban annulled by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday. “I WON. ...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Madison Bumgarner showed the Arizona Diamondbacks he’s more than a rodeo star. The team’s marquee free-agent acquisition of the offseason was solid in his first spring ...
GENEVA (AP) — Chinese swimmer Sun Yang was banned for eight years on Friday and will miss the 2020 Tokyo Olympics because he broke anti-doping rules in a late-night incident in which a blood sample ...
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Youssef El-Arabi scored in the last minute of extra-time as Olympiakos knocked Arsenal out of the Europa League on Thursday on a night when four former European champions were eli...
MILAN (AP) — The voices of the players and both coaches could clearly be heard at an empty San Siro as Inter Milan beat Ludogorets 2-1 on Thursday to advance into the last 16 of the Europa League. ...
QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand (AP) — LPGA major winner Pernilla Lindberg of Sweden has missed the cut at the New Zealand Golf Open after becoming the first woman to play in the 101-year-old men’s profes...
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Sponsor exemptions are basically free-play gifts handed out by the people in charge of golf tournaments, a handful of invitations available most weeks to those who wo...
After Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called Thursday night for all elementary, junior high, high schools and special-needs schools nationwide to close temporarily starting from March 2 until spring break, ...
SOFIA (Reuters) — Bulgaria’s national men’s basketball team has cancelled its summer tour of China following the coronavirus outbreak, its coach said Thursday. “We had to play between six an...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A female wrestler has made history by winning a state high school wrestling championship in North Carolina. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association said on its web...
VENICE (AP) — Still reeling from the effects of major flooding just a few months ago, Venice faces a new emergency: the threat of a new virus outbreak across Italy that is worrying international vi...
BEIRUT (AP) — An airstrike by Syrian government forces killed 29 Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria, a Turkish official said Friday, marking the largest death toll for Turkey in a single day since...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) — Strategy simulation game “Plague Inc.,” which surged in popularity in China when the coronavirus epidemic first started, has been removed from the China app store after reg...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The National Tax Agency on Thursday decided to push back the deadline for the 2019 income tax return filing by one month to April 16, as the coronavirus crisis is deepening. T...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. intelligence agencies are monitoring the global spread of coronavirus and the ability of governments to respond, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday, warning t...
BANGKOK (AP) — Saudi Arabia cut travel to Islam’s holiest sites, South Korea toughened penalties for those breaking quarantines and airports across Latin America looked for signs of sick passenger...
AKB48 brings you Team 8, a group of idols where each member represents one of the 47 prefectures in Japan. As the group members travel across the nation for meet and greet fan activities, they learn a...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — With the new coronavirus continuing to spread in Japan, many patients are being passed around from hospital to hospital as some medical institutions refuse to see patients suspe...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Thursday that the government has decided to call for all elementary, junior high and high schools in the nation, as well as special-needs schools, to close from Mon...
Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) unveiled Tuesday to the press a mass-produced car for its new Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train. The about 27-meters-long front of the N700S model was slowly lifte...
With the spread of the new coronavirus, Nihon Sumo Kyokai plans to make a final decision on whether to hold the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament from March 8 in the usual manner, hold it with no spectator...
SAPPORO — In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, the Hokkaido Board of Education has requested all municipal boards of education in Hokkaido to temporarily close elementary and junior hig...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at a Wednesday meeting of a coronavirus task force at the Prime Minister’s Office, revealed a plan to call for the cancellation, postponement or downsizing of national-lev...
The decision on Thursday to request school closures “was made in a top-down fashion, solely by the prime minister, including the period of closure,” a senior government official said. The govern...
With masks in short supply due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus, some Kokumin drugstores were selling masks as part of expensive sets with other items, it was learned Thursday. Operating comp...
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 famous Eleven-Headed Kannon, a national treasure, will be shown in Tokyo for the first time at a forthcoming exhibition of Buddhist art that opens in June at Tokyo National Museum. The Buddhist...
KYOTO — Masatsugu Suga wears two hats. He runs an apparel shop while also serving as the secretary-general of a committee organizing a biannual art festival at temples and other venues around the Ni...
Methods to promote the appreciation of works of art have been changing in schools. Attention is being focused on class activities designed to foster the students’ power to think logically by making...
