August 21, 2019
The fiscal 2020 national budget is likely to include funding to develop a successor to the Air Self-Defense Force’s F-2 fighter, multiple government sources said. The goal is for Japan to lead the development process, which at present is estimated to cost at least ¥1.5 trillion ($14 billion). ...
According to the original version of the Japanese government’s 2019 white paper on defense, North Korea is believed to have already achieved the miniaturization of nuclear weapons and the development of nuclear warheads, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. This is the first time such statements ha...
The Fukushima prefectural government decided to end in fiscal 2020 its health survey of expectant and nursing mothers, which began in the wake of the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. At the end of that fiscal year, ten years will have...
BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) — The French seaside resort of Biarritz will be transformed into more of a fortress than a surfers’ paradise as organizers of this weekend’s G7 summit prepare to shie...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called off a visit to Denmark scheduled for early September after the country’s prime minister rebuffed his idea of purchasing Greenl...
RIYADH (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia has begun allowing adult women to travel without permission and to exercise more control over family matters, state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday, following a ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $8 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Tuesday in an official notifi...
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — At least 2,300 people, mostly young men, have been detained in Indian-administered Kashmir during a security lockdown and communications blackout imposed to curtail unrest af...
KHARTOUM (AFP-Jiji) — Sudan’s generals and protest leaders on Tuesday formed the sovereign council that will steer the country through three years of transition toward civilian rule. The body r...
MEISSEN, Germany (Reuters) — A surge in support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party before regional elections next month in two former communist eastern states threatens to wreck ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that greater cooperation and “fresh thinking to solve old problems” are needed in the Middle ...
BEIJING (Jiji Press) — Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his Chinese and South Korean counterparts, Wang Yi and Kang Kyung-wha, on Wednesday affirmed their countries’ close cooperation toward the com...
The website “TSUMUGU: Japan Art & Culture” (https:// tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp/en) debuted in Japanese and English on Tuesday as the official portal of the “Tsumugu Project: Promoting, Restoring an...
Since the introduction of the Specified Skilled Worker residence status, which came into effect in April to allow companies nationwide to employ more non-Japanese workers, a foreign trainee who did no...
LOS ANGELES — Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend, became a movie star in his own right after both writing and starring in the counter-culture classic “Easy Rider.” Fonda died Friday at h...
LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) — Boris Johnson is about to feel the pinch of Brexit Britain’s new global status: squeezed on one side by Europeans in no mood to yield, and on the other by a United Sta...
BEIJING (Reuters) — A Chinese national working at Britain’s Hong Kong consulate has been detained in China’s border city of Shenzhen for violating the law, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on ...
ADEN (Reuters) — Southern separatists seized most Yemeni government security and military bases near the port of Aden on Tuesday after clashes between nominal allies that have complicated U.N. peac...
KABUL (AP) — A suicide bombing at a wedding party in Kabul claimed by a local Islamic State affiliate has renewed fears about the growing threat posed by its thousands of fighters, as well as their ...
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has given the first more-or-less specific assessment of the fiscal stimulus that could be unleashed if the country slips into a recession: €50 billion ($55.5 bill...
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Maybe it’s good the Browns and Giants won’t play this season. They’re already trash-talking. Comments by brash Cleveland quarterback Baker Mayfield and star receiver Od...
The time has come when the summer holidays end, and a new term begins at school. Adults who are close to children should keep a watchful eye for any changes in their behavior. According to the gover...
There are concerns this year as well that there will be a poor catch of saury, an autumnal treat on the dining table. Efforts should be made to ensure relevant nations abide by an international agreem...
The government is considering launching a satellite to intercept foreign countries’ military satellites in the event of an emergency, as part of efforts to strengthen deterrence amid a rapidly incre...
Non-English foreign language education at Japanese high schools often reflects characteristics of the schools’ regions. Fushiki High School in Toyama Prefecture is located near Fushiki Port, which...
Emperor Showa mentioned the necessity of rearmament and constitutional revision, according to newly disclosed documents detailing exchanges between the emperor and Michiji Tajima, the first grand ste...
Japan had more than 30 million foreign visitors in 2018, but its nightlife is not as extensive as in other nations. Spurred by the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, efforts are spreading to diversify to...
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, who set a Japanese record of 9.97 seconds in the men’s 100-meter race, discussed his dream of one day breaking the world record currently held by Usain Bolt in a recent inter...
MITO (Jiji Press) — Police arrested a 43-year-old man on a nationwide wanted list on Sunday on charges of causing bodily injury to a driver in a road rage case on an expressway in Ibaraki Prefectur...
The government is making final arrangements to include the promotion of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy led by Japan and the United States in a declaration at the upcoming Tokyo International Co...
CHIBA — In a bid to keep milk production from dropping due to the heat, the Chiba prefectural government is testing ways to protect dairy cows from summer fatigue. Damp cloths are being placed aro...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is expected to visit Japan later this month at the earliest for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Taro Kono, it was learned. Zar...
SEOUL (Jiji Press) — Korean Air said Tuesday that it will suspend all flights on some routes linking Japan and South Korea as part of a drastic review of its services to respond to a fall in travel...
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. 
As one of the measures to strengthen the national soccer team ahead of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, German coach Dettmar Cramer was invited to Japan. He must have studied the traditional culture of Japan,...
Southampton may be known for Japanese football player Maya Yoshida, who plays for Southampton FC, or for its famous port where the RMS Titanic departed before sinking. The reason why I am studying he...
We were six large bodies crammed inside a five-seat sedan, laughing even as our hearts fluttered at the sudden braking and inconsistent lane-crossing the driver, our classmate, undertook to get throu...
Remember the film “The Bodyguard,” the blockbuster movie starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner? It was turned into a musical in London, and it’s coming to Japan in September. “And I —...
LOS ANGELES (AFP-Jiji) —The release of a film criticized by conservatives as portraying a group of liberals hunting supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump has been indefinitely postponed, Univers...
Young people today hate to carry things. They prefer going out empty-handed if possible. Middle-aged or elderly people will likely think, alright, this jacket has a lot of pockets, so you can put y...
