November 23, 2019
With the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics set for next summer, many accommodation facilities in Tokyo have been raising their room rates to two to four times the usual levels. As a rush of hotel construction continues in central Tokyo, the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Ga...
TOKYO (AP) — Pope Francis will fulfill his dream to be a missionary in Japan when he arrives for a three-day visit with two main aims: to appeal for nuclear disarmament and minister to a tiny Catholic flock with a rich but bloody history. Francis travels Saturday from Thailand to another Asian ...
SEOUL/NAGOYA (Reuters) —- South Korea suspended a decision to end an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan on Friday, just hours before it was due to go into effect, providing the first signs of compromise after several months of feuding over trade and historical grievances. The late change of h...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Trump administration will consider a new management plan and expanded oil drilling for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an U.S. Indiana-size area that former Inte...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump on Thursday signed a short-term funding bill, averting the threat of a government shutdown until next month. Trump signed the bill, which will extend funding thr...
BEIJING (AFP-Jiji) — China’s demand for donkey skins to make a traditional medicine could wipe out more than half the world’s donkey population in the next five years, researchers said Thursday...
BAGHDAD (AP) — The images are both haunting and inspiring, transforming a once dreary, grim underpass into a vivid, colorful wall of art. “We want a nation, not a prison,” says one painting t...
BOGOTA (Reuters) — Colombian unions, student groups and other protesters marched on Thursday against rumored economic reform plans and amid rising discontent with the government of President Ivan D...
HOUSTON (AP) — Determined to bounce back from an embarrassing loss, the Houston Texans used big performances from Deshaun Watson and DeAndre Hopkins and solid defense to beat the Indianapolis Colts ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Myles Garrett’s goal was to be NFL’s top defensive player this season. He won’t be able to finish it. Garrett’s indefinite suspension for smashing Pittsburgh Steelers quar...
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s main opposition Labour Party promised Thursday to radically expand public spending and state ownership if it wins the Dec. 12 election, trying to close a persistent opinion...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee crowd greeted Carmelo Anthony with a loud ovation when the 10-time All-Star was introduced before the game. It cheered louder after the Bucks extended their winning st...
DUBLIN (Reuters) — The crew of a passenger ferry traveling to Ireland from France discovered 16 migrants of Middle Eastern origin stowed aboard a sealed trailer on Thursday, all of them in good hea...
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Webb Simpson birdied seven of his last 10 holes at the Plantation Course on Thursday for a 7-under 65 and the first-round lead in the RSM Classic, the final PGA Tour ev...
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Sei Young Kim set a goal of winning three times this year on the LPGA Tour, and she’s down to her last chance. Reaching the goal would pay off big at the CME Group Tour Champio...
NAGASAKI (Jiji Press) — A female Catholic in Nagasaki Prefecture has lodged a complaint that she was sexually harassed by a priest in the prefecture, Jiji Press learned Friday. The Archdiocese of...
NEW YORK (AP) — Brock Nelson came through in overtime again for the New York Islanders. Nelson scored his second goal of the game at 4:16 of the extra period, lifting the Islanders to a 4-3 win ov...
LONDON (AP) — After touting his humility and willingness to learn from past mistakes, Jose Mourinho couldn’t resist a flash of the old familiar cheekiness. Even after opening his first comments ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted Thursday in a series of corruption cases, throwing Israel’s paralyzed political system into further disarray and threatenin...
VIENNA (AFP-Jiji) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog on Thursday urged Iran to explain the presence of uranium particles at an undeclared site, as a landmark deal aimed at curbing Tehran’s atomic activit...
MADRID (Reuters) — Real Madrid forward Lucas Vazquez will be out of action for weeks after breaking his toe by dropping a weight on it while working out in the gym, Spanish media reported on Thursda...
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan’s annual core consumer inflation ticked up only marginally in October despite the boost from a sales tax hike during the month, suggesting weak household sentiment is kee...
The decline in South Korean visitors to Japan continues unabated, spurred by the deterioration in bilateral relations. The number of South Koreans who visited in October fell 65 percent from a year ...
The Japan-U.S. digital trade agreement was approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, seeking to prevent nations from intervening in the transfer of data, such as by prohibiting governments...
About 200 kanburi winter yellowtail fish arrived at the Himi fishing port in Himi, Toyama Prefecture, early Wednesday morning, heralding the arrival of the kanburi season. The fish were caught with a...
Kao Corp., a consumer and chemical products manufacturer, and start-up Preferred Networks, Inc. will launch a trial service next March that analyzes the RNA, or ribonucleic acid, in sebum to evaluate ...
TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai was in Tokyo Tuesday to inaugurate the relocation of the company’s Japanese head office to an expansive new complex in the trendy ...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Going through major renovation work for some three years, Shibuya Parco will reopen on Friday aiming to become a new mecca for youth culture in Japan. With 19 floors above the...
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Twenty-two farmers were arrested in northern India on Wednesday for setting fires to clear their fields and contributing to some of the worst air pollution in the country, a g...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) — China raised its coal-fired power capacity by 42.9 gigawatts (GW), or about 4.5 percent, in the 18 months to June, connecting new projects to the grid at a time when capacity i...
Visitors take photos of the Daijokyu, a set of halls built at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, after the halls were opened to the public on Thursday. The site was created for the Daijosai thanksgiving ce...
SEOUL/NAGOYA (Reuters) —- South Korea suspended a decision to end an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan on Friday, just hours before it was due to go into effect, providing the first signs of com...
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. 
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...
OITA — An exhibition showcasing the work of world-renowned architect Arata Isozaki explores the core tenets of a man who has constantly questioned just what architecture should be. “I want people ...
VELES, North Macedonia (Reuters) — Svetozar Bogdanovski built his first violin 35 years ago for his son Kostadin, then aged seven, who had expressed interest in taking lessons. Today Bogdanovski’...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. Those were the slogans of the Party in George Orwell’s 1949 novel “1984” that allowed the superstate of Ocean...
