April 19, 2021
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden has described China as “the only competitor” and his administration’s policies toward Beijing are not limited to security and diplomacy. The thinking in Washington is that it is necessary to work with democratic nations, especially allies such as Japan, ...
Tokyo logged 405 newly confirmed positive cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, marking the 19th consecutive day of record week-on-week increases. This was the first Monday since Jan. 25 to record more than 400 new cases, when the tally was 619. According to the Tokyo metropolitan government,...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Monday that he foresees the country having a sufficient supply of the COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate all of those eligible by September. Suga, speaking to reporters at the Prime Minister’s Office, said he spoke by telephone Saturday with Albert Bourla, chairman...
While the pandemic has forced the cancellation of coming-of-age ceremonies across the country, the nearly 4,300 newly minted adults in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, have been able to revel in a conciliator...
Odakyu Electric Railway Co. opened the Romancecar Museum on Monday in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture. The museum showcases 10 cars of five different models of the railway’s signature limited express tra...
Opposition and ruling party candidates are neck and neck in a special election for the Hiroshima prefectural constituency in the House of Councillors, based on the findings of a Yomiuri Shimbun teleph...
It will soon be three years since a bill to revise the National Referendum Law, which stipulates the procedures for revising the Constitution, was submitted to the Diet. The ruling and opposition part...
How much can Japan, with its small land area, increase its use of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power? It is important firstly to set feasible goals and accelerate technological inno...
Discrimination against medical institutions and staff continues to be seen amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. As a result, medical institutions continue to lose employees and are reluctant to acce...
Rhododendrons are in full bloom at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya’s Chikusa Ward. The botanical garden boasts a rhododendron forest that is about 6,000 square meters in size, wi...
TOKYO (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday it will introduce 15 battery electric vehicle (BEV) models globally by 2025, expanding the automaker’s electric vehicle lineup to achieve carbon...
The Osaka prefectural government plans to ask the central government to declare a state of emergency for the prefecture, Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura said Monday, as the rapid increase in novel coronavirus...
Japan, the United States and Australia will work together to set up submarine communications cables in the Pacific region, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned, in a bid to counter China’s rapid expansio...
The government may soon allow dentists to administer injections of coronavirus vaccines. Aiming to secure enough personnel for inoculations, which are about to get into full swing, the government h...
A disruption in the supply of mumps vaccines has caused pediatricians and other medical institutions around the country to halt vaccinations, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned recently. Because of troubl...
A portable medical facility that can test large numbers of people for the novel coronavirus at stadiums and other event venues was unveiled to the press in Yokohama on Thursday. The MC-Cube test...
MOSCOW/PRAGUE (Reuters) — Moscow expelled 20 Czech diplomats on Sunday in a confrontation over Czech allegations that two Russian spies accused of a nerve agent poisoning in Britain in 2018 were be...
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...
“We stand ready for global leadership on climate change with our partners,” Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, which is the EU’s executive arm, emphasized at a virtu...
CHIBA — Sales at vending machines have been brisk amid the prolonged novel coronavirus crisis, because people can buy goods without face-to-face transactions and thus avoid unnecessary infection ris...
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan’s exports posted their strongest growth in more than three years in March, led by a surge in China-bound shipments, in a sign the economy continued to recover from last ye...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that the U.S. government has told Russia “there will...
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...
WASHINGTON — Hamburgers were served for the two leaders at Friday’s Japan-U.S. summit, but Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga didn’t eat his because he was engrossed in conversation with U.S. Preside...
The free and open international order is being challenged by China. The Japan-U.S. alliance must be deepened, and the strength of democracy demonstrated. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga visited Washin...
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Honda Motor Co. unveiled to the press on Friday the GYRO e, an electric business scooter that was launched in March for corporate customers. The three-wheeled electric scooter can run up to 72 kilo...
WASHINGTON — While Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden have affirmed their commitment to strengthen bilateral cooperation in a wide range of areas such as security, economy an...
The latest summit between the Japanese and U.S. leaders was less pyrotechnics and more pragmatics, signaling a symbolic changing of the guard and setting the tone for a new chapter in Japan-U.S. rela...
WASHINGTON — At the Japan-U.S. summit meeting in Washington on Friday, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden affirmed their commitment to strengthening the Japan-U.S. alliance a...
The head of Toshiba, one of Japan’s most prestigious companies, has suddenly resigned. The company needs to settle the confusion under a new management setup and deal appropriately with a proposed b...
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. 
Gwendolen Jones 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 aut...
Jenny Nash 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 authorit...
Leilani Rapaport 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 au...
An all-star lineup of popular characters created by the late Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989) will team up to fight for peace in the universe in a new science fiction manga to be serialized simultaneously in...
Miharu Takizakura is one of Japan’s “three magnificent cherry trees.” Located in the town of Miharu in Fukushima Prefecture, the tree is estimated to be over 1,000 years old. “Takizakura” ...
From the Marx Brothers film “Horse Feathers” (1932) to the more recent movies “Legally Blond” (2001) and “Old School” (2003), popular culture representations depict the college campus as a...
