July 13, 2020
KAGA, Ishikawa — A liqueur made from Ajihei kabocha pumpkins, a specialty fruit of Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, has been developed by JA Kaga, a local agricultural cooperative. Kaga Ajihei Kabocha Liqueur, like the pumpkin itself, has a perfect balance of sweetness and aroma, and is especially sui...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in rain-battered Kumamoto Prefecture on Monday morning to ascertain the status of the damage in the wake of the disasters for the first time. Abe visited and offered a silent prayer at Senjuen, a special nursing home in the village of Kuma, where 14 residents wer...
Operators of offshore wind power generation in Japan must be domestic corporations, the Japanese government has decided, as it moves to prevent information about its territorial waters from leaking out to other countries. Furthermore, if the operators use foreign vessels for offshore research, the...
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...
Cases continue to emerge of depression caused by work. It is essential for both the public and private sectors to create workplaces where employees can have peace of mind. According to the Health, L...
Credit Saison Co., a leading credit card issuing company in Japan, is slated to begin a new service as early as this year that will enable its users to make purchases via smartphone, without the issua...
Japanese living abroad are not allowed to participate in the national review of Supreme Court justices. Such inequalities have not been resolved for many years. It is hoped a recent court ruling will ...
Tokyo University of the Arts, popularly known as Geidai, has established a fund to help young artists present their work amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, which had led to the cancellation or postp...
HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents turned up over the weekend to vote in an unofficial primary election held by the city’s pro-democracy camp as it gears up to field c...
An ancient giant cedar has fallen at Shinmei Jinja shrine in Mizunami, Gifu Prefecture. Police were alerted to it on Saturday night by an emergency call from a local resident. No one was injured, bu...
The retail sector has been pummeled by the spread of the novel coronavirus, with a drastic reduction in companies’ net profit. Financial results for the March-May 2020 period for supermarkets, dep...
Tokyo’s number of newly confirmed novel coronavirus cases was reported as 206 on Sunday, the same as the day before and the fourth day in a row it has surpassed 200. There have now been 7,927 cases...
Goats have begun grazing on a fenced-in grassy area near Tama-Center Station in Tama, Tokyo, as they have been since 2014. New Town Center Development Co., which operates a commercial facility nearb...
One more death has been confirmed in the torrential rains that have hit the Kyushu region, the Kumamoto prefectural government announced Sunday. It brings the death toll in Kumamoto Prefecture to 62...
The Yomiuri Giants played in front of fans for the first time this season on Saturday in Kobe. The Nippon Professional Baseball regular season started with fans not allowed in stadiums to prevent th...
The U.S. military in Okinawa has been hit by 61 confirmed novel coronavirus infections, the Okinawa prefectural government announced Saturday. The prefectural government said that it received report...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recomm...
Merpay Inc., the smartphone payment settlement service company affiliated with online flea market Mercari Inc., will introduce on a trial basis this summer a system that allows employees to work wher...
SHINCHI, Fukushima — A Fukushima Prefecture town once destroyed by a giant tsunami is now on course to produce future Olympians. The town of Shinchi on Saturday marked the opening of a new roller ...
UTSUNOMIYA — Sake lovers will once again be able to taste the samples of an Utsunomiya brewery, which has introduced a unique system in line with measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. ...
A total of 206 new cases of novel coronavirus infection were confirmed in Tokyo on Saturday. This marks the third consecutive day that the daily figure has exceeded 200, bringing the total number of c...
Saturday marked one week since a special heavy rain warning was issued in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures, but people in the Kyushu region remained on the alert against heavy rain that has already...
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 trade ministry eventually won a fierce arm wrestle with the Environment Ministry over the wording of a government plan to tighten the conditions under which public funding will be provided for exp...
KIRYU, Gunma — A group of researchers has developed a helmet-like, full face mask that can curb coronavirus infections — and is expected to make people free from the self-restraint of going out. ...
The government plans to increase the number of people who can receive PCR tests for the novel coronavirus at airports to about 10,000 per day in September, aiming to gradually resume international tr...
The heavy rains that hit Kyushu this month led to flooding in multiple rivers in the region, causing incredible damage. Municipalities are now faced with the need to rapidly revise flood control mea...
SHIRAOI, Hokkaido — A national center for Ainu culture opening Saturday in Shiraoi, Hokkaido, carries the hope of resurrecting the Ainu language, which UNESCO designated as a critically endangered l...
The government presently has no plans to declare another state of emergency in response to the 224 new coronavirus cases confirmed on Thursday in Tokyo, citing that the medical care system is not und...
The daily number of people confirmed to be infected with the novel coronavirus in Tokyo recorded its highest level, exceeding 200 on consecutive days. If the increase is not stopped, a second wave of ...
An expert panel of the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry proposed Friday that the telephone numbers of people who have defamed others on the internet be added to information victims can de...
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 use of hanko personal seals has become a focus of attention amid the coronavirus-enforced expansion of telework. Hanko are often raised as one of the main obstacles to teleworking, including such...
SHIRAOI, Hokkaido — A national center for Ainu culture opening Saturday in Shiraoi, Hokkaido, carries the hope of resurrecting the Ainu language, which UNESCO designated as a critically endangered l...
Performers from the musical and stage play versions of “Touken Ranbu Online” will get together for a special joint event at Tokyo Dome in August. “Touken Ranbu Online” is a popular adventure...
