October 28, 2020
Iwatsuki Ward, Saitama, is known as one of the country’s major doll production areas. Now it is also home to a doll museum that uses more than 5,000 items to introduce the history and charm of dolls, which have been so deeply rooted in the nation’s culture. Among the exhibits at the Iwatsuki N...
To stimulate competition in the mobile phone industry, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry officially announced a reform plan on Tuesday, which includes in principle scrapping the fee to switch mobile phone carriers as well as making the procedure to change to low-cost smartphone servic...
Nissan Motor Co. will increase its production capacity in China by about 30% by the end of 2021, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The capacity will be raised to 1.8 million cars per year from the current 1.4 million. Nissan’s consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2020 ...
The Order of Culture, the nation’s top award for cultural fields, will be given to five people this year, the government announced Tuesday. The five are scriptwriter Sugako Hashida, 95, Japanese l...
About 7,000 cancer patients a year would like to freeze their eggs, sperm and other reproductive cells to preserve the possibility of having children after treatment, if financial support is provided...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, in his first policy speech since taking office, emphasized his intention to carry out various reforms based on his long-held policy of breaking down bureaucratic section...
It is important to restore the nation’s vitality by stacking up concrete reforms. The Cabinet’s ability to implement these reforms will be tested. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivered his fir...
Convenience stores and food manufacturers are selling products featuring “Kimetsu no Yaiba” (Demon Slayer) to share in the TV anime’s popularity. As sales have been strong, expectations are hig...
Oct. 27 is Characters and Print Culture Day. The 14-day Book Week period has also begun. The significance of getting familiar with books must be recognized anew. This is because the impact of the nove...
The animated film based on the manga and TV anime “Kimetsu no Yaiba” (Demon Slayer) earned more than ¥10 billion at the box office in its first 10 days, becoming the fastest domestic release to a...
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said Monday that Japan was wary about participating as an observer in a meeting of countries that signed a U.N. treaty to ban nuclear weapons. The United Nati...
The new target launched by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions to “net zero by 2050” is a significant increase from the previous target. There must be a bold ...
Opinion is split over an ordinance that came into force in Kagawa Prefecture in April this year, calling for children’s online game-playing to be limited to one hour a day. There are more than a few...
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...
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a housewife in my 60s, and I don’t like how much my two daughters depend on me. They’re in their 30s and they used to live alone when they were students, but now th...
The National Governors’ Association is calling on the central government to establish uniform standards on the release of personal information related to people who have died from the novel coronavi...
As Shodai fills his new rank of ozeki, Takanosho was inserted in one of the slots right below him, skipping straight over komusubi to be listed as a sekiwake in the rankings announced Monday for the ...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivered his first policy speech since taking office at plenary sessions of both Diet chambers on Monday, saying Japan will aim to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions t...
SEOUL — Lee Kun-hee, the chairman of Samsung who died on Sunday, learned technologies and corporate management know-how from Japan, helping his company become a global powerhouse that outrivals Japa...
Susuki silver grass in the Sengokuhara district in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, has just reached the peak of its autumnal sparkle. Fields of the grass glistened in the sunlight on a slope of Mt. Daiga...
SASEBO, Nagasaki — The Nippon Maru arrived at Sasebo Port in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Monday, the first port of call by a domestic cruise ship after an eight-month hiatus due to the novel cor...
A ceremony to pay tribute to university students who were mobilized at the frontline of the Pacific War was held at the new National Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 21. The day marked the 77th anniversary o...
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...
Ramen is one of Japan's most iconic, much-loved dishes. The combination of soup, noodles and toppings is diverse and continues to evolve. If you visit Japan, you'll be amazed at the countless ramen sh...
The United Nations marked the 75th anniversary of its establishment on Saturday. Born through the lessons learned from World War II, it has received support from the international community as a driv...
The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry has been putting videos created by its staff on its official YouTube channel, presenting them as “Kasumigaseki’s first bureaucrat YouTubers.” ...
The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus has begun to show signs of increasing. In certain areas the trend has shifted to expansion, and the situation remains unpredictable. At the ...
The United Nations is supposed to prevent conflicts through multilateral cooperation while addressing such global challenges as poverty, infectious diseases, international terrorism and climate change...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivered his first policy speech since taking office at plenary sessions of both Diet chambers on Monday, saying Japan will aim to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions t...
FUKUSHIMA — Vivid murals are going up in front of JR Futaba Station in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, where all the townspeople are still under an evacuation order following the 2011 accident at the ...
A farewell ceremony was held Saturday in Tokyo for Shigeru Yokota, who passed away in June at 87, with hopes for the return of Japanese people abducted by North Korea as soon as possible. Yokota was t...
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. 
Paint containing toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been used in 334 of the 719 large outdoor structures such as bridges examined across the nation, according to figures compiled by the Enviro...
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...
The 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is scheduled to be held from Oct. 31 through Nov. 9, with the Roppongi Hills complex in Tokyo serving as its main venue. Although its film competition...
Miyako Yoshida, a former principal dancer at Britain’s Royal Ballet, assumed the role of artistic director for ballet and dance at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, on Sept. 1, a little more than a y...
Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo is back on stage. The actor is currently touring the country with “Koten e no Izanai” (An invitation to classics), an assortment of famous kabuki scenes and dances. He l...
