December 12, 2019
The government this past summer called on companies to increase the number of employees working remotely — with the aim of alleviating gridlock during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics — but the effort only reduced the average number of commuters per day in Tokyo’s 23 wards by about 268,000, ...
STOCKHOLM — Those who used to work under Asahi Kasei Corp. honorary fellow Akira Yoshino felt a new sense of joy at their former boss receiving this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of lithium-ion batteries, believing the recognition is the result of the effort made as “Team...
Michael Leitch and other members of the Brave Blossoms wave to cheering fans during a parade in central Tokyo on Wednesday to mark the successful Rugby World Cup campaign of the national team, which made its first-ever appearance in the quarterfinals of the tournament. Players posed for photos with ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) — Five foreign experts have quit a panel advising Hong Kong’s police watchdog on an investigation into police conduct during months of pro-democracy protests after raising dou...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say the interference of Chadian and Sudanese fighters in Libya is “a direct threat” to the security and stability of the war-torn country, which a leader of t...
Fourteen years after leaving the Saitama Seibu Lions to play in the major leagues, right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka has returned to the Pacific League club. “I want to put on the Lions uniform as s...
HELSINKI (Reuters) — Social Democrat Sanna Marin said on Tuesday she would restore stability to Finland and keep using social media — but with care — after being sworn in as the world’s young...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump warned Russia not to interfere in U.S. elections in talks with Russia’s top diplomat on Tuesday, the White House said, after meetings where the two s...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission on Tuesday called on the Financial Services Agency to impose a fine of ¥2,424.89 million on Nissan Motor Co. for understati...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Gerrit Cole quickly ended Stephen Strasburg’s tenure as baseball’s highest-paid pitcher. Cole agreed to a $324 million, nine-year contract with the New York Yankees on Tuesda...
RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) — Saudi Aramco shares surged the maximum permitted 10% above their initial public offering (IPO) price on their Riyadh stock market debut on Wednesday, closing in on the $2 t...
STOCKHOLM (Jiji Press) — Japanese scientist Akira Yoshino, 71, received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with two cowinners, at an award ceremony in Stockholm on Tuesday, for their contr...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan and the United States have decided to put their trade agreement and pact on digital trade into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, according to the Foreign Ministry. The two countri...
The London Bridge attacker Usman Khan was buried in his family’s ancestral village in a southern district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. The body of the 28-year-old British national was broug...
MADRID (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government held a ceremony in Madrid on Tuesday to mark the launch of a Japan-led international initiative on the life-cycle management of fluorocarbons, used in ...
Children in the Asia-Pacific region have suffered a great deal due to air pollution and extreme weather events, experts have said. Delegates attending the Asia-Pacific Conference on Early Childhood De...
NARITA, Chiba — Narita Airport is the gateway to Japan for many travelers, but it only became so after years of intense and sometimes bloody conflict. For those who want to learn more, the Narita...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Former vice agriculture minister Hideaki Kumazawa on Wednesday admitted killing his 44-year-old son at his house in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward in June this year. Kumazawa, 76, plead...
SETOUCHI, Okayama — With yachts gently rocking in the harbor under the bright sunlight, a chalky-walled hotel and olive fields, the Seto Inland Sea coastal district of Ushimado in Setouchi, Okayama ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, declaring he “betrayed the nation” with his actions toward Ukraine as the...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Miles Bridges said he spent most of his rookie season thinking about highlight-reel plays. But the ultra-athletic 1.98-meter, 102-kilogram Charlotte Hornets forward, who wa...
MORIOKA (Jiji Press) — Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tokuichiro Tamazawa was shot near his home in Morioka by a man on Tuesday. Tamazawa, 81, was apparently injured in the in...
Earlier this year, one of my friends suffered from tendon sheath inflammation, causing the dominant right arm’s wrist to swell. My friend felt strong pains when moving the thumb to type or when usin...
The Empress pledged to keep up her work with the Emperor “for the happiness of the people” in a statement released on her 56th birthday on Monday. In her first such statement as Empress, she expr...
Negotiations between the Shizuoka prefectural government and Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) over the construction of a tunnel for the linear Chuo Shinkansen line are becoming more and more tangl...
Akira Yoshino, 71, an honorary fellow of Asahi Kasei Corp. and winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of lithium-ion batteries, will attend the awards ceremony in Stockh...
Fashion never gets old. More seniors are appearing on social media, in magazines or in fashion shows, wearing what makes them feel good. Clothing marketed at seniors usually evokes the image of someth...
NARITA, Chiba — The body of aid chief Tetsu Nakamura, who was killed in eastern Afghanistan last week, arrived at Narita Airport on Sunday, accompanied by family members. Nakamura, 73, a doctor an...
The government plans to join forces with the private sector to strengthen Japan’s capability to resolve international business disputes, government sources have said. A specific facility for inte...
TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Xiaomi Corp., the world’s fourth-largest smartphone maker, is entering Japan and taking on Apple Inc. with a budget-friendly smartphone and a connected fitness tracker. The co...
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday he still plans to shift the American military’s focus to competing with China and Russia, even as security threats pile ...
The government this past summer called on companies to increase the number of employees working remotely — with the aim of alleviating gridlock during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics — but the ...
GENEVA (AFP-Jiji) — Four in five adolescents worldwide do not get enough physical activity, to the detriment of their health, the World Health Organization said on Nov. 22, warning that girls espec...
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. 
Kabukicho is known as one of the busiest districts in Japan, and is packed with an abundance of shops, including restaurants, movie theaters and adult-related locations. However, there are no kabuki t...
“Chushingura” is a famous tale of vengeance in Japan. Veteran actor Shinichi Tsutsumi and comedian Takashi Okamura star in “Kessan! Chushingura” (The 47 Ronin in Debt), the latest film adaptat...
Fashion never gets old. More seniors are appearing on social media, in magazines or in fashion shows, wearing what makes them feel good. Clothing marketed at seniors usually evokes the image of someth...
