February 9, 2022
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — The Japanese quartet of Sara Takanashi, Yukiya Sato, Yuki Ito and Ryoyu Kobayashi finished fourth in the Olympic debut of mixed team ski jumping at the Beijing Games on Monday. Takanashi was disqualified in the first round due to a suit violation. As a result, Japan had only...
Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi & Co. plans to apply for government approval to sell its oral COVID-19 drug as early as next week, the company announced Monday. If approved, it will be the first oral drug developed by a domestic company to treat COVID-19 patients. The company, which ha...
BEIJING — Miho Takagi took the silver medal in the women’s 1,500-meter speed skating event in 1 minute 53.72 seconds on the fourth day of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Monday. It was her second consecutive silver in the event, following the Pyeongchang Olympics in 2018. It was the fourth ...
BEIJING (AP) — China has ordered inhabitants of the southern city of Baise to stay home and suspended transportation links amid a surge in COVID-19 cases at least partly linked to the omicron vari...
BEIJING — Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu’s quest for gold at three consecutive Olympics suffered a huge setback Tuesday, as the Japanese superstar placed eighth in the short program of the men’s sin...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan logged a current account deficit of ¥370.8 billion in December last year, against the year-before surplus of ¥1,116.5 billion, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday. The r...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Nominal wages in Japan in 2021 rose 0.3% from the previous year, marking the first increase in three years, the labor ministry said Tuesday. The 2021 average of monthly wages ...
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) — The International Ski Federation (FIS) has come under fire after a slew of disqualifications marred Monday’s first Olympic mixed team event, with one athlete sayin...
The Haruki Murakami Library in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, is a place where any “Harukist,” or a fan of Haruki Murakami, would find irresistible. Here, they can access about 3,000 books and a vast vinyl...
SENDAI — Holding a four-digit tally counter with one hand and his binoculars in the other, researcher Tetsuo Shimada tracks the geese, ducks and swans at wetlands in Kurihara. It is 6 a.m., and the ...
The business community is calling for a relaxation of border restrictions implemented to mitigate the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant, but Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is treading carefully ...
BEIJING — Figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu hit the ice for the first time at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games on Tuesday. Hanyu’s popularity in China is on par with that of local athletes. Copie...
Digital devices have aspects that are beneficial for learning and aspects that are not beneficial. It is important to clearly determine the appropriateness of these features and devise ways to utilize...
Japanese athletes have won a number of medals in the early days of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Their ability to display their strengths on this great stage, which comes around once every four years, ...
Most people use the built-in fish grill usually right under the gas cooker in their homes solely for grilling fish, but you can cook food such as meat and vegetables quickly and easily with it. Cook...
Sushi, tempura and sukiyaki are not the only Japanese foods people crave overseas. People in Europe and other parts of Asia are now also hungering for foods eaten on a daily basis, such as onigiri ric...
New developments are afoot in the world of local currencies, with people increasingly placing more importance on solidarity with their area rather than simply chasing down a good deal. Local currenc...
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Slovenia won the first Olympic ski jumping mixed team gold medal on Monday, taking advantage of jumpsuit violations by German Katharina Althaus and Japanese star Sara Taka...
The government plans to launch educational programs focused on teaching digital skills to unemployed people and nonregular workers whose employment situation has been impacted by the coronavirus cris...
MOSCOW (AP) — In a flurry of diplomacy across two continents, President Joe Biden emerged from a meeting with Germany’s new leader Monday vowing the crucial Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany gas pi...
BEIJING (Reuters) — The Russians may have won figure skating’s first gold medal at the Beijing Games but the most anticipated event on Monday was at the nearby training rink where Japan’s Yuzur...
BEIJING — Speed skater Miho Takagi won a silver medal in the women’s 1,500-meter event at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Monday. This was Takagi’s second consecutive medal in the 1,500 meters,...
As the final competitor for Japan, Kaori Sakamoto ended the team figure skating event on a high note for her country at the Beijing Olympics on Monday. Sakamoto, 21, competed in the women’s free...
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...
The business community is calling for a relaxation of border restrictions implemented to mitigate the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant, but Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is treading carefully ...
The Defense Ministry will start full-scale research and development on high power microwave (HPM) weapons, which can disable an enemy’s military drones, from the 2022 fiscal year that begins in Apr...
A recent surge in coronavirus infections has led to an increase in demand for COVID-19 insurance, which offers a lump-sum payment to policyholders in the event they contract the virus. With premiu...
As the government and the ruling parties discuss Japan’s possession of the “capability to attack enemy bases,” or the ability to destroy missile launch bases for self-defense, the appropriatene...
The government is considering designating about 200 locations, including areas near two Ground Self-Defense Forces’ camps in Okinawa Prefecture — Camp Yonaguni and Camp Miyakojima — as Special ...
The government will boost support for Japanese companies in securing overseas rights to rare metals such as lithium and nickel that are used in batteries for electric vehicles, The Yomiuri Shimbun ha...
Self-assessment of one’s attractive qualities is a critical step to becoming a successful influencer, according to Ryo Chu-hyeop, a 36-year-old YouTuber and South Korea’s first professor of “inf...
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. 
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a company employee in my 30s. I married my wife more than 10 years ago. We live with my wife’s parents at her childhood home, which was rebuilt to make space for us. To ...
Daniel Mulcahy shares his experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collaboration of Japan’s local and national government auth...
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...
Numerous books featuring the words of writer Jakucho Setouchi have been published since her death in November at the age of 99. Jakucho was also a Buddhist nun and focused on life, death and the truth...
Iwanami Hall, a movie theater in Jimbocho, Tokyo, that pioneered the mini-theater boom, will close in July due to deteriorating business conditions amid the spread of the novel coronavirus. Iwanami ...
Critic and anatomist Takeshi Yoro, the author of the longtime best-selling book “Baka no Kabe” (What a fool believes), had his new book published in late December. Titled “Hito no Kabe” (Homo ...
