December 24, 2020
The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games approved its latest budget proposal at a meeting of its board of directors in Tokyo on Tuesday. The fifth version of the budget calls for a total of ¥1.64 trillion in expenses to host the games. The budget for the organizing commit...
With only two cardboard boxes needed to move his belongings, 25-year-old Mutsumi Jo relocated to Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in June. Before moving he went to work at a video-related company in Shibuya, Tokyo. But like many others, the novel coronavirus pandemic had affected his work. “After the s...
The government plans to abolish current criteria limiting the amount of time students can use digital textbooks in classrooms, beginning with the next school year starting in April. Current guidelines state that digital textbooks, which display the contents of paper textbooks on tablets and other ...
HADANO, Kanagawa — Kanei Brewery Ltd. has kicked production of its newest batch of sake, made from koji mold exposed to the music of Mozart during growth, into full swing. Sixteen tanks, each conta...
The Emperor Emeritus turned 87 on Wednesday. He is said to have no particular health problems and to lead a peaceful life with the Empress Emerita. This year, birthday celebrations will be canceled ...
The team of directors for the opening and closing ceremonies of the postponed Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games next summer has been disbanded as part of a new plan to simplify the ceremonies, accor...
A series of “politics-and-money” scandals has dealt yet another blow to the administration led by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, which has already been criticized over its inept handling of the sp...
KOBE — The Western-style Guggenheim House was found to not actually be the residence of a man called Guggenheim, but to have belonged to a different person. The house is an early-20th century reside...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga wants to visit the United States early next year to meet with President-elect Joe Biden, but conditions on the ground could scuttle the plan. “I would like to meet w...
Speaking at a symposium of the Yomiuri International Economic Society (YIES) in Tokyo on Tuesday, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga expressed a sense of crisis about the spread of the novel coronavirus, ...
Japan’s death toll from the novel coronavirus has topped 3,000, with those aged 80 or over accounting for about 60% of the fatalities. On Tuesday, 48 new deaths were confirmed, bringing the total...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pushed his ideas for using decarbonization and digitalization as the engine for putting the economy on a growth trajectory in a speech at the Yomiuri International Econo...
Koshigaya in Saitama Prefecture is home to the largest mall in Japan, Aeon Lake Town. At a whopping 224,000 square meters, the mall in itself is impressive enough, but the city is also home to a popul...
Ramen is one of Japan’s most iconic, much-loved dishes. The combinations of broths, noodles and toppings are diverse and continue to evolve. If you visit Japan, you’ll be amazed at the countless r...
The crisis of the novel coronavirus has greatly shaken up politics and society across the world this year. In the list of this year’s top 10 international news events selected by Yomiuri Shimbun r...
The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings said Tuesday that its tender offer for the Yomiuri Land Co. was complete, as it had received applications for the sale of 73% of Yomiuri Land shares in response to the off...
Many teachers and parents and guardians of students are concerned about the digitization of textbooks. It is hard to understand why the government has been so hasty in reaching a conclusion on this is...
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...
The long shadow of the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree stretched from its base in Sumida Ward all the way across the Sumida River in the light of the rising sun on Monday. It was the day of the winter so...
The Tokyo metropolitan government said on Tuesday that it has confirmed 563 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Tokyo, up 171 cases from the previous day and exceeding 500 for the first time in two...
Mobile phone operator SoftBank Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will reduce monthly fees for 5G services, which allow high-speed, large-volume data use, by ¥1,900 to ¥6,580 a month starting in Mar...
On Dec. 2, I went to report on an event at a venue that was not very familiar to me, a member of The Yomiuri Shimbun’s cultural news department. It was the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Par...
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 combinations of broths, noodles and toppings are diverse and continue to evolve. If you visit Japan, you’ll be amazed at the countless r...
The round-shaped capsule entrances stand in rows facing the atrium of a hotel. Each has a large number displayed along the aisle to make it easy for guests to find theirs. Opened in March 2018 nea...
The novel coronavirus pandemic has brought about drastic changes to modes of work in 2020, including an increase in such flexible working arrangements as staggered schedules and telecommuting. Among...
The central government plans to require prefectural and other local governments to set targets for the introduction of renewable energy in their action plans for global warming countermeasures, the Yo...
Traditional Japanese ryotei restaurants are facing tough times. Amid the spread of the novel coronavirus that has compelled the general public to stay at home, ryotei, which have long been a luxuriou...
Clinical trials for Moderna Inc.’s novel coronavirus vaccine will begin in January in Japan, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. said Monday. The U.S. biotech firm’s vaccine will be tested on 200 people ...
Mobile phone operator SoftBank Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will reduce monthly fees for 5G services, which allow high-speed, large-volume data use, by ¥1,900 to ¥6,580 a month starting in Mar...
Interest is growing worldwide in initiatives to utilize hydrogen as an energy source, as it does not produce carbon dioxide (CO2) when burned, thus contributing to efforts to combat global warming. A ...
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. 
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga expressed his intention to strengthen efforts to lend items from the collection of the Sannomaru Shozokan (The Museum of the Imperial Collections) to local museums and ar...
With the Thanksgiving feast a few weeks behind us, another year is about to go by. Christmas is fast approaching, and the customary decorations of red, green and white are everywhere and small twinkli...
Comme des Garcons has inspired the world for years as a leader of the fashion world. Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, president-designer Rei Kawakubo, 78, canceled the brand’s participation in...
