August 11, 2021
Following the end of the Olympic Games on Sunday, organizing committee members and volunteers looked back with satisfaction at their efforts to support the athletes amid a myriad of challenges. Aki Kobayashi, 41, said Sunday, the day of the closing ceremony, that she felt like she had been pelted ...
This series of articles focuses on situations surrounding the logistics industry, which has evolved from an obscure function to a core concern for today’s businesses. This is the second installment of the series. ■ Nesting demand One morning in mid-July, employees skillfully loaded packages,...
The number of students who want to become national public servants has been decreasing, and a growing number of young bureaucrats are leaving their jobs. To improve the quality of public administration, the work style of national public servants must be reviewed. The National Personnel Authority h...
Japan, the United States, Europe and China have set targets for the electrification of the vehicles they produce to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Japanese automobile manufacturers must step up thei...
Sports and spectators go together like sushi and soy sauce. Fans go wild watching players push the envelope, and athletes feed off the crowd’s excitement. But the Tokyo Olympics were held mostly...
For athletes, the voices of fans and members of the general public can be forms of encouragement or pressure, but sometimes, they can cause mental anguish. On the internet, anyone can post personal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the spouse of Vice President Kamala Harris, is taking his first solo trip abroad and will lead a delegation to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo later this month. Pres...
NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation Tuesday over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detaile...
An unusual Games where most of the venues held events without spectators, the Tokyo Olympics demonstrated a new form for the major sporting event — the “Streaming Olympics,” where people could w...
The Olympic flame, lit amid a worldwide pandemic, shined light on the performances of the athletes, who left an indelible impression as they strove for glory. But also illuminated were the wider iss...
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. on Tuesday reported a 39% fall in first-quarter net profit, even as Vision Fund returns were boosted by listings during the period. April-June pro...
Tokyo logged 2,612 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, down 1,097 from a week ago. It was the first time in 17 days the daily tally was lower than the figure logged on the...
A TV Asahi Corp. staff member was injured outside the venue for a party held in defiance of in-house rules to prevent infection with the novel coronavirus, the company announced on Tuesday. Accordin...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s current account surplus in June expanded by 6.1-fold from a year before to ¥905.1 billion, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report Tuesday. The surplus in...
Japanese immigration authorities are preparing to recognize Pyae Lyan Aung, a 27-year-old Myanmar soccer player, as a refugee eligible to stay in the nation. Pyae Lyan Aung came to Japan as a membe...
The Tokyo Olympics achieved a measure of success, but another extremely low approval rating for Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s Cabinet has shown that the Games did not give the administration a boo...
Asukayama in Kita Ward, Tokyo, is known for its popular cherry blossom viewing spot and as the place where Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), the industrialist whose face is set to grace the next ¥10,000 ...
When Tokyo was selected to host the Olympics and Paralympics back in 2013, it’s bid envisioned that the Games would be held under the symbolic banner of the “Recovery Olympics,” championing th...
CHIKUSEI, Ibaraki — Residents of Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, created edible art on July 10 during a “vegefru flower” course at the Akeno branch of the JA Kita-Tsukuba agricultural co-op in the...
IMAICHI, Tochigi — Manabu Yoshida, the 55-year-old chief of the Imaichi police station, Tochigi Prefecture, pours his heart into certificates of appreciation that he writes himself and then gives to...
Tokyo (Jiji Press) — The Immigration Services Agency of Japan admitted medical care system flaws in an investigation report on the death of a Sri Lankan woman under detention at an immigration faci...
The approval rating of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s Cabinet dropped to a low of 35% since it took charge last September, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun nationwide opinion survey conducted between...
Students from 49 high schools form lines Tuesday during the opening ceremony of the 103rd National High School Baseball Championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. Taking place f...
The latest in our series of stories related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccination situation in Japan are presented below. Also, clicking on “Latest coronavirus data” will lead to graphics t...
The following series of graphics can help visualize the spread of the novel coronavirus and the vaccination progress in Japan. Also included is a chart comparing global cases as a percentage of popula...
Need a break from the headlines? Here’s your daily dose of humor, curated by The Japan News. New comics are available every day, so ’toon in to both our print and web editions for a satirical l...
Japan’s economy stands to gain a ¥1.6771 trillion windfall from the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to Takahide Kiuchi, executive economist at Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. The est...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — With the Tokyo Olympic Games set to come to a close on Sunday, all eyes are on the closing ceremony to be held at the Japan National Stadium with no spectators in the stands fr...
The Tokyo Olympics came to an end on Sunday with no end in sight for the coronavirus that continues to spread across the nation. The Tokyo Olympics, which were postponed for a year due to the spread...
The Financial Services Agency will begin offering English-language services to foreign banks and securities companies newly entering the Japanese market by the end of the fiscal year, The Yomiuri Shi...
The curtain has come down on the Olympics, held in Tokyo for the first time in 57 years. It will certainly be talked about for a long time as an extraordinary event that overcame the difficulties of t...
BANGKOK (AP) — With coronavirus deaths rising in Myanmar, allegations are growing from residents and human rights activists that the military government, which seized control in February, is using t...
TOKYO (AP) — The Russian rhythmic gymnastics juggernaut collapsed at the Tokyo Olympics, with dramatic back-to-back losses that sparked furious allegations of injustice in a sport famous for twinkl...
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Ana Maricic shares her experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collaboration of Japan’s local and national government authori...
Celine Chan Hui Juan shares her experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collaboration of Japan’s local and national governmen...
Gwendolen Jones shares her experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collaboration of Japan’s local and national government aut...
Apparel maker Cloudy has been attracting attention recently with products featuring African prints and vibrant colors together with the company’s positive social message. The company was establis...
A long-lost film with camerawork by Eiji Tsuburaya, a pioneer of tokusatsu special effects, is to be shown in Japan for the first time in 85 years. Known for his work on the Godzilla and Ultraman ser...
A little while ago I found an envelope in my mailbox. Attached to it was a message from the post office that said in Japanese, “This piece of mail arrived from another country at the postal authorit...
