January 26, 2021
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has begun full-scale discussions on an elective four-day work week system, in response to the changes in the employment environment caused by the novel coronavirus crisis. The main idea is to encourage full-time employees to take three days off per week if they...
A snowy landscape has blanketed the Kuju Mountains, which extend from the city of Taketa, Oita Prefecture, to the town of Kokonoe. The surface of Lake Miike, located near the summit of the highest mountain in Kyushu, Mt. Nakadake (1,791 meters), has frozen over, creating a peculiar pattern in the ic...
Major map maker Zenrin Co. plans to launch in fiscal 2021 technology to show on maps the flow of crowds predicted from within a few minutes to a few months and begin selling it to operators of trains and buses. The technology also suggests alternative routes to avoid predicted congestions, and thu...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga launched his administration last year with a pledge to basically continue the policies of his predecessor, Shinzo Abe. At a time when the novel coronavirus pandemic was r...
The global supply chain is being gummed up by a shortage of shipping containers, especially in Asia, and transportation costs are soaring. The shortage is also causing delays in Japanese imports and ...
In preparation for this year’s Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM), to be held in Shima, Mie Prefecture, and other places, the prefectural government has decided to use a facility where people ca...
The education ministry made it mandatory for applicants seeking the nation’s largest research grant be required to declare if they have received any foreign research funds, with China’s Thousand T...
TAIPEI — Many Chinese civilian vessels repeatedly approached the Matsu Islands of Taiwan, located off the coast of mainland China, from October to December last year, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned...
Production of shimi-konnyaku, or frozen konnyaku, is in full swing in Daigo, Ibaraki Prefecture. Konnyaku is a jelly-like food made from konjak potato. About 5,000 pieces of it, each the size of a ...
A sightseeing steam locomotive train that runs the 48-kilometer-long distance between Kushiro and Shibecha stations in Hokkaido, passing through the Kushiro Wetlands, began its annual winter service ...
NEW YORK — According to a survey of nearly 630 Japanese companies operating in the United States, 53% of respondents said they expect a positive impact from Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. preside...
Working parents will be able to take time off more easily for childbirth and childcare, under a draft plan that will allow them to use such leave on more than one occasion. Drawn up by an advisory b...
The abuse of elderly people in need of nursing care shows no sign of decline. Stopping the increase in abuse cases at nursing care facilities is an urgent task. The Health, Labor and Welfare Minist...
China is accelerating efforts for its military-led space program. It needs to refrain from actions that threaten other countries and increase transparency in its activities in order not to undermine ...
An international joint clinical trial for a new Alzheimer’s drug developed by a Japanese pharmaceutical company will start in Japan as early as next month, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. Eisai C...
Bustling, noisy and lively — it is how Myeong-dong used to be described as Seoul’s premier shopping district. Packed with tourists, food stands and long lines of shops, it is one of the most expen...
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...
OSAKA — Stores that sell products by weight and volume are gaining popularity amid growing awareness of the problematic quantities of plastic waste linked to shopping. Shoppers who take containers ...
This is the 13th installment of a series in which intellectuals share their thoughts on political issues that the administration of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will tackle this year. For this instal...
BEIJING — The dispute between China and South Korea over the origin of kimchi is heating up. While South Korea claims to be the home country of kimchi, China is trying to turn the tables on South ...
The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry began Tuesday examinations of necessary tasks to resolve the nationwide problem of tight supply-demand conditions for electricity. Its expert panel is discuss...
A collection of about 1,000 dazzling golden items are on display at the Dai Ogon-ten, or Great Gold Exhibition, being held at the Hiroshima branch of Mitsukoshi department store in Naka Ward, Hiroshi...
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...
China is accelerating efforts for its military-led space program. It needs to refrain from actions that threaten other countries and increase transparency in its activities in order not to undermine ...
TONGGUAN, China — Located a little more than 100 kilometers north of Pu’er in China’s Yunnan Province, known for the production of high-grade tea leaves, the mountain town of Tongguan has drawn ...
Nearly 70% of Japanese Twitter posts related to the U.S. presidential election contained unsubstantiated allegations of election fraud, a Yomiuri Shimbun study has found. Of Japanese-language posts ...
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has begun full-scale discussions on an elective four-day work week system, in response to the changes in the employment environment caused by the novel coronavirus...
The first next-generation H-3 rocket is nearing completion, developed as the successor to the H-2A and H-2B. The rocket’s tank and engine sections were shown to the press on Saturday at Mitsubishi...
Record-setting snowfalls along the Sea of Japan coast have left thousands of vehicles stranded for hours on expressways and other roads in a series of incidents this winter. Even in areas regarded ...
Overseas research teams said that antibodies produced via infection or vaccination may not work well against new variants of the novel coronavirus from South Africa and Brazil. However, antibody pr...
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. plans to construct the first large-scale tanker in the world to carry and be fueled by liquefied hydrogen, which is seeing growing demand as a fuel for power generation,...
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. 
It seems as if everyone wants to get their hands on some wildflowers. The kind of wildflowers that are popular in Japan are generally species native to the southern hemisphere, such as from Australia ...
In 2016, not long before Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, influential sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild published “Strangers in Their Own Land,” in which she expresse...
NAGASAKI — A wooden anchor from one of the Mongol Empire’s ships — which attacked Japan in the 13th century and then sank in a storm off Nagasaki Prefecture — will be salvaged in the fall of 2...
