June 1, 2020
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk’s company. With test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken poised to take over manu...
TOCHIGI — Nasu-hiougiayame, a variant of the indigenous Iris setosa, have started to bloom in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, and you can see them until the middle of June. These irises were identified in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, in 1962 by researchers from the Imperial Household Agency. In 2004, th...
A 52-year-old man in Fuchu, Tokyo, on May 20 received his first public assistance payment and paid off bills, including his rent, that had fallen into arrears. “Now, I can make ends meet,” he said as an expression of relief appeared on his face. He had worked for a firm in the construction in...
In coordinated statements on May 27, business groups and trade associations underlined the importance of migrant workers to Singapore’s economy, in response to calls to restrict their numbers after ...
NAGOYA — Businesses in Aichi in which the so-called 3C’s — closed spaces, crowded places and close-contact settings — are prevalent have been preparing to reopen on Monday, following guideline...
Since the lifting of the state of emergency on May 25, foot traffic in Japan’s downtown areas has risen on weekday nights compared to the week prior to the lifting, it has been learned. Analysis b...
Toko Bus, a company based in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, has introduced a service that allows the reservation of large buses by individuals and small groups to use freely. For example, the buses, w...
Japan is considering easing the entry ban on Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand in the first relaxation of travel restrictions that were imposed due to the spread of the new coronavirus, gov...
The number of new applications for public assistance in April, when the impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak expanded, rose to 9,680 (some local governments responded with preliminary figures) in ...
The functions of international organizations are deteriorating in the wake of intense discord between the United States and China. If the two major powers persist in putting their own countries first,...
How can regional railway networks be maintained amid a shrinking population? Japan Railways Group companies and local governments should face up to reality and draw up a vision for the future. The s...
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. ...
On Monday, the Tokyo metropolitan government will move into phase two of its roadmap for gradually easing requests for businesses to close to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. This will al...
OSAKA — Three foreign national, full-time employees filed a complaint with the Osaka District Court on Friday to seek nullification of their job dismissals after their employer laid them off citing ...
National team female handball player Shiori Nagata was supposed to retire this summer. But when the Tokyo Olympics were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the capstone of her handball career w...
A large number of surfers gathered at Tsurigasaki Beach, the venue for the surfing competition at the Tokyo Olympics, in the town of Ichinomiya, Chiba Prefecture, early on Saturday morning. The licen...
A research team appears to be closing in on the answer to one of the mysteries of the universe – why did antimatter disappear but matter remained? It is believed that when the universe was create...
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would postpone the Group of Seven summit that he wanted to hold in late June and expand the list of countries invited to inclu...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era in commercial space travel and putting the...
There were 2,812 international cargo flights into and out of Narita Airport in April, the highest since it opened in May 1978, surpassing the number of takeoffs and landings of international passeng...
Famous Japanese Mitsukoshi department stores reopened Saturday, the first day following the lifting of the coronavirus related state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Long lines of visitors...
The welfare ministry on Friday instructed prefectural governments to conduct polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests on all close contacts of coronavirus-infected patients whether they have displayed s...
Seventy-four people tested positive with the novel coronavirus across Japan on Friday, with 26 of those cases reported in Kitakyushu, where the virus has spread rapidly. The 74 cases were confirmed...
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...
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. ...
Japan is considering easing the entry ban on Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand in the first relaxation of travel restrictions that were imposed due to the spread of the new coronavirus, gov...
The government on Thursday released its monthly economic report for May, describing the Japanese economy as “worsening rapidly in an extremely severe situation” due to the spread of the novel coro...
Seven-Eleven Japan Co. decided Tuesday to provide ¥100,000 to all of its 21,000 franchises as special thank-you gift. The company will also give to each franchise ¥60,000 in QUO prepaid cards for t...
At a Cabinet meeting on Friday morning, the government decided on the outline of measures for a society with a low fertility rate, which will serve as a guideline for measures to deal with the issue o...
The Japanese government directly expressed to China on Thursday that it is “seriously concerned” about Beijing’s move on Hong Kong after China’s National People’s Congress adopted a plan to...
A 52-year-old man in Fuchu, Tokyo, on May 20 received his first public assistance payment and paid off bills, including his rent, that had fallen into arrears. “Now, I can make ends meet,” he sa...
The declaration of a state of emergency by the government gave impetus to the rapid spread of telework in Japan. According to a survey of companies in Tokyo conducted by the Tokyo metropolitan govern...
China Central Television reported on Wednesday that China’s first domestically produced aircraft carrier, Shandong, was training at sea, and showed scenes such as the launch of the warship-borne fig...
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. 
Casual, candid chats with the performers after watching a fascinating play is always a big reason for going to small theaters. If you’re looking forward to doing that again in the post-pandemic days...
What should museums in Japan do to assure their survival and significance after emerging from the extended period of closures forced upon them by the restrictive measures to contain the impact of the...
The final issue of the popular manga series “Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer)” created by Koyoharu Gotoge and featured in Shueisha Inc.’s serial manga magazine Shonen Jump (Weekly Jump) went on ...
