November 13, 2019
The Imperial Household Agency on Wednesday unveiled to the press the Daijokyu, a set of halls built at the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace for the Daijosai thanksgiving ceremony, a key Imperial succession ritual. The Daijosai is scheduled to be held on Thursday and Friday. In the ceremony, a...
Amid a surge in foreign visitors, over-tourism is increasingly causing problems in the lives of local residents. In Hokkaido, there have been complaints about foreign tourists trespassing on agricultural land, and many communities have had to deal with problems such as harmful behavior, littering ...
YOKOHAMA (Reuters) — Nissan Motor Co. reported a 70 percent profit drop on Tuesday and cut its full-year outlook to an 11-year low, as the Japanese automaker was hit by falling sales that highlight its ongoing turmoil after the ouster of former head Carlos Ghosn. The latest weak showing from Ni...
Nissan Motor Co. has reported a massive 85 percent decline in operating profits — an area that indicates the strength or weakness of a company’s main business — in its midterm consolidated finan...
LONDON (Reuters) — A global inquiry into how mining companies store billions of tons of waste in huge dams, launched after a collapse in Brazil killed hundreds, shows about a tenth of the structures...
CARVER, Mass. (AP) — Plummeting cranberry prices and the country’s ongoing trade wars have America’s cranberry industry eyeing a possible new savior: solar power. Some cranberry farmers in Mass...
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Modern humans emerged 200,000 years ago in a region of northern Botswana, scientists claimed on Oct. 28, in what appeared to be the most precise location of mankind’s “ancestr...
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — The undying popularity of sport-utility vehicles has made them the second-biggest contributor to the growth of global CO2 emissions in recent years, just behind the power sector, ...
SYDNEY (Bloomberg) — The male-dominated finance industry is missing out on more than $700 billion a year in revenue by failing to listen to or tailor products for women, according to management cons...
WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. said it will extend the “core rights” in California’s new privacy law to customers across the U.S. and called for legislators to go further than the st...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Russell Wilson high-stepped his way down the sideline before hugging coach Pete Carroll after Jason Myers’ kick split the uprights. After a wild overtime that featured...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government will consider disclosing the names of companies that illegally employ foreign technical trainees who fled their initial workplaces, the Immigration Services Agenc...
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams’ offensive line is coming apart, and so is their season. The durable unit that was the bedrock of the Rams’ offensive success over the past t...
SEATTLE (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. plans to launch a new supermarket brand distinct from the Whole Foods Market chain the company acquired two years ago, a sign of the retail giant’s hunger for...
NEW YORK (Reuters) — WeWork has started a search for a new chief executive following the departure of co-founder Adam Neumann, people familiar with the matter said on Monday, as the U.S. office-shar...
Buying a one-day ticket for the Setagaya Line the other day reminded me of the excitement of visiting an amusement park in my childhood. Although Sangenjaya Station, the streetcar line’s terminal, i...
Tara Westover, born to a Mormon fundamentalist family in 1986, received no formal schooling but taught herself enough to enter college, eventually earning her PhD in history at the University of Cambr...
Yokozuna Hakuho avoided two straight losses while two ozeki wrestlers managed to earn their second win on the third day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Tuesday. ...
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com reported nearly $70 billion in sales Monday on Singles Day. The day was a temporary relief to retailers that face fading demand as Chin...
LONDON (AP) — After being thoroughly outplayed by defending champion Alexander Zverev at the ATP Finals, Rafael Nadal refused to make any excuses. The top-ranked Spaniard wouldn’t blame the abd...
Burger King is introducing a plant-based burger in Europe. But it’s not the Impossible Whopper that’s been a hit with U.S. customers. Instead, a Dutch company called The Vegetarian Butcher will ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched 60 mini satellites Monday, the second batch of an orbiting network meant to provide global internet coverage. The Falcon rocket blasted into the mornin...
BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) — China’s Jingye Group said Monday it has reached a provisional deal to buy British Steel and promised to invest £1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) over the next decade and save...
A proposed system for taxing large multinationals, including global tech giants, unveiled by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) last month has drawn mixed views on how i...
Yokozuna Hakuho left the ring with his fingers intact and a victory on the opening day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, while fellow yokozuna Kakuryu never made it after pulling out prior to the ...
Amid a surge in foreign visitors, over-tourism is increasingly causing problems in the lives of local residents. In Hokkaido, there have been complaints about foreign tourists trespassing on agricul...
HONG KONG (AP) — Police in Hong Kong shot a protester as demonstrators blocked subway lines and roads during the Monday morning commute. Online video showed a police officer collaring one protest...
Yokozuna Hakuho and the two ozeki have already suffered their first loss on the second day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Monday. Hakuho (1-1), the lone y...
Temporary housing is being swiftly constructed in disaster-hit regions as the nation marks one month since powerful Typhoon No. 19 landed in Japan. Each unit will have double windows, and measures s...
YOKOHAMA (Reuters) — Nissan Motor Co. reported a 70 percent profit drop on Tuesday and cut its full-year outlook to an 11-year low, as the Japanese automaker was hit by falling sales that highlight...
Buying a one-day ticket for the Setagaya Line the other day reminded me of the excitement of visiting an amusement park in my childhood. Although Sangenjaya Station, the streetcar line’s terminal, i...
LONDON (Reuters) — A global inquiry into how mining companies store billions of tons of waste in huge dams, launched after a collapse in Brazil killed hundreds, shows about a tenth of the structures...
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...
My name is Amy Lin. I was born and raised in Taiwan, and I immigrated to the United States in 2005. I came to Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher on the JET Programme and was placed in Yokkaichi C...
On Oct. 3, it was reported that Onward Holdings Co., a major listed Japanese apparel company on par with World Co., would close 600 of its approximately 3,000 stores. Sixty percent of Onward Holding...
Masaharu Fukuyama stars in “Matinee no Owari ni” (At the End of the Matinee), a film adaptation of the romantic novel of the same title by Akutagawa Prize-winning novelist Keiichiro Hirano. A ma...
