September 16, 2019
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s reshuffling of his Cabinet was met with approval by 46 percent of respondents, against 34 percent who disapproved, according to a nationwide opinion poll conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun. The telephone survey using the random digit dialing method was conducted from Fr...
TAIPEI (Reuters) — The Solomon Islands’ government has voted to cut official ties with Taiwan, its official Central News Agency reported on Monday, as China puts pressure on countries that continue to maintain diplomatic ties with self-ruled Taiwan. Taiwan has formal relations with only 16 co...
Okinoumi entered the ninth day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament as the only undefeated wrestler, but his Monday didn’t end perfectly. The No. 8 maegashira was beaten by No. 5 maegashira Ryuden (4-5) at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, leaving Okinoumi tied with fellow rank-and-file wrestler, ...
WATFORD, England (AP) — Quique Sanchez Flores returned for his second reign as Watford manager and watched his team fight back to earn a well-deserved 2-2 draw against visiting Arsenal on Sunday in...
BERLIN (Reuters) — Germany’s motor vehicle authority (KBA) has told Volkswagen’s premium brand Audi that it faces penalties for its failure to remove illegal software from diesel cars that can m...
Purdue Pharma, the company that made billions selling the prescription painkiller OxyContin, filed for bankruptcy in White Plains, N.Y., days after reaching a tentative settlement with many of the sta...
SEATTLE (Bloomberg) — A House panel investigating big tech companies for potential antitrust violations is seeking information from customers of Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook about the state of...
BEIJING (Bloomberg) — China’s slowdown is deepening just as risks for the global economy mount, piling pressure on the authorities to do more to support growth. Industrial output rose 4.4 percen...
LONDON (Bloomberg) — Japan’s largest bank will this month expand its presence in Europe’s collateralized loan obligation (CLO) market by becoming an arranger for the first time. Mitsubishi UFJ...
MUMBAI (Bloomberg) — JSW Steel Ltd., India’s most valuable steel producer, is predicting declines for iron ore next year as demand from biggest consumer China eases and supplies recover. Prices ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Jedd Gyorko came off the bench late and played a big role in rallying the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-2 victory that damaged the New York Mets’ dwindling wild-card chances Sunday n...
U.S. President Donald Trump would love nothing more than to announce an end to the trade war with China and relief for the country’s farmers, who have been hit especially hard. But history is likely...
A naive administration that created political confusion reached a deadlock after somewhat more than three years in office. Will the opposition camp make use of the bitter lessons learned from the now-...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Joaquin Niemann is going to give International Team captain Ernie Els something to think about when he makes his captain’s picks for the Presidents Cup. Niem...
Our country has entered an era in which more than one in every four people is elderly. The knowledge and experience they have built up through their long lives can be considered a treasure for our soc...
DENVER (AP) — What could’ve been a wild win instead turned into a big-time downer for the Denver Broncos. All thanks to one tick of the clock. The Broncos looked as lucky as a team could get S...
LAUNCESTON, Australia — The attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities have done more than knock out about 5 percent of global crude supplies, they have provided a myriad of lessons for all involved...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his final preelection Cabinet meeting on Sunday in a part of the West Bank he has vowed to annex if reelected and laid out a plan...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Drew Brees went to the sideline holding his injured throwing hand, this NFC championship game rematch — and maybe this season’s Super Bowl race — dramatically changed ...
TUNIS (AP) — A jailed media magnate and an independent outsider appeared likely to face off in Tunisia’s presidential runoff, after a roller coaster first-round race in the country that unleashed...
SEOUL (Bloomberg) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited U.S. President Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang, Joongang Ilbo reported, citing multiple people familiar with the matter. The offer to ho...
AWAJI, Hyogo (Jiji Press) — The city government of Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, unveiled on Sunday a bus painted gold with funds from state subsidies granted 30 years ago under a regional revitalizatio...
MINAMISOMA, Fukushima (Jiji Press) — A two-day test for a future space elevator linking Earth and a space station ended in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sunday. The test, the second of its ...
Immigration facilities have been dealing with a spate of hunger strikes by foreigners who are to be deported for being in the country illegally and other reasons. The detainees’ goal appears to b...
Completely restoring electricity in Chiba Prefecture after the massive outage triggered by Typhoon No. 15 will likely take as long as another two weeks, according to TEPCO Power Grid, Inc. The delay...
Japan and the United States have agreed to scrap a 200-ton annual low-tariff quota for Japanese beef exports under a new bilateral trade agreement reached in principle, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned...
It’s come to be regarded as a social problem that women are often forced to wear high-heeled shoes in the workplace and elsewhere, but Japanese retailers and manufacturers are striving to provide he...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons on Thursday dismissed calls from South Korea to review the design of the 2020 Tokyo Games medals. The medals “hav...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three North Korean hacking groups suspected of perpetrating cyber-attacks around the world were placed on a U.S. sanctions list on Friday, drawing attention to the isolated nation...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Singapore’s air quality deteriorated to “unhealthy” levels on Saturday for the first time in three years, data from the National Environment Agency (NEA) showed, threate...
HONG KONG/MELBOURNE/VANCOUVER (Reuters) — As protests in Hong Kong stretch from summer into autumn with little sign of resolution, a surge in migration applications suggests more locals are making p...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Jiji Press) — A team of Japanese researchers won this year’s Ig Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Thursday for a multiyear study on the total volume of saliva produced per day by a t...
A pep rally for the Japanese national rugby team was held Friday at the Tokyo metropolitan government building ahead of the Rugby World Cup, which will kick off on Sept. 20. The day also saw ceremonie...
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. 
As one of the measures to strengthen the national soccer team ahead of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, German coach Dettmar Cramer was invited to Japan. He must have studied the traditional culture of Japan,...
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...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans left candles and flowers at impromptu offerings last Friday for expressionist painter Francisco Toledo a day after his death at age 79, remembering an artist respected fo...
“Taifu Kazoku” (Stormy Family) starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and directed by Masahide Ichii opens on Sept. 6, after a delay caused by the arrest of a cast member. The film’s production company w...
KYOTO — An international conference on museums wrapped up on Saturday with a resolution stating that museums around the world should play a central role as “cultural hubs” for exchanges that tr...
