February 13, 2021
FUKUSHIMA — In a difficult-to-return area of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, where the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is located, there are school buildings that have been left untouched since the nuclear accident following the Great East Japan Earthquake. The schools are Kumamachi Elementary ...
Marine adventurer Kojiro Shiraishi, 53, on Thursday successfully completed the Vendee Globe round-the-world yacht race, becoming the first Asian skipper to do so. Known as the world’s toughest sailing race, Vendee Globe competitors attempt to circumnavigate the globe solo — starting and finis...
The president of the Tokyo Games organizing committee, Yoshiro Mori, 83, announced Friday that he would resign from the post to take responsibility for an inappropriate remark that could be interpreted as sexist. The announcement was made at an emergency meeting of the Tokyo Organizing Committee f...
TAKASAGO, Hyogo — At the Oshiko Shrine in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, there is a megalith of mysterious origin with an estimated weight of 465 tons that appears to be floating on water. Though not a...
A Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) symposium was held in Sendai on Thursday to discuss avenues for women’s employment and the ongoing recovery effort in the disaster-stricken Tohoku region. The...
KUMAMOTO — The towers of Kumamoto Castle have been restored to their majestic pre-disaster appearance and can be viewed for the first time in about five years following extensive damage caused by th...
MINAMI-ASO, Kumamoto — A bridge to replace the Aso Ohashi bridge, which collapsed during the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, is scheduled to open to traffic at 3 p.m. on March 7, the Land, Infrastructure,...
One of the government’s criteria for lifting the state of emergency in Tokyo is a threshold of no more than 500 new daily coronavirus cases, but experts have argued that unless the figure is lower,...
A new law has come into effect to urge tech giants that provide e-commerce and other services to make their businesses more transparent. It is hoped that the new regulation framework will be effective...
The number of novel coronavirus clusters is surging at facilities for the elderly. The central and local governments should provide nursing homes with thorough support, rather than leaving the handlin...
Novelist and Nobel Prize laureate Kenzaburo Oe, 86, has entrusted more than 10,000 pages of his manuscripts with the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo, his alma mater, the university said...
Sports officials preparing for the Tokyo Games were rattled as reports circulated of Yoshiro Mori’s intention to resign as president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic ...
The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines produced by Pfizer Inc. arrived at Narita Airport near Tokyo on Friday. The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry was to decide the same day whether or not to appro...
Here is a summary of what disgraced Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori said on Feb. 3 regarding meetings with many women as participants. Appointing mo...
A small percentage of Ground Self-Defense Force members purchased toilet paper at their own expense due to budget constraints, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi revealed at a House of Representatives Budge...
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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...
Japan and the United States are expected to agree that Japan’s share of the cost of stationing U.S. troops in the country in the next fiscal year will remain at the current level of about ¥200 bill...
Despite some lingering diplomatic animosity between Japan and South Korea, last year saw South Korean TV drama “Crash Landing on You” streamed on Netflix becoming a huge hit in Japan. Pop girl ban...
Tokyu Bus Corp. will start operating a “shared office” bus service this month for telecommuters who need to work on the move. Equipped with free internet access, the bus will make a round trip ...
The Reconstruction Agency is using an educational game to help dispel rumors about the tragic accident that happened at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. The agency has uploaded to its...
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...
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. ...
AKB48 brings you Team 8, a group of idols where each member represents one of the 47 prefectures in Japan. As the group members travel across the nation for meet and greet fan activities, they learn a...
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...
Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) announced Tuesday a major restructuring of its ailing domestic tobacco business, centering on the transfer of its head office’s functions from Tokyo to Geneva, and integratin...
A coronavirus vaccine, which the government considers essential for ending the pandemic, will be available in Japan as early as next week. What kind of vaccine is it and how can we get it? There are m...
Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, has told those around him that he has decided to resign and is expected to announce...
The current state of emergency will remain in place for Tokyo and all nine other applicable prefectures, at least for the time being, the government has informed senior officials of the ruling parties...
Prices continue to soar for condominiums in urban areas, with new condos in the Tokyo metropolitan area marking their highest price level in 2020 since the bubble economy period. The concentration of ...
The fallout continues over inappropriate remarks by Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, with some Cabinet members voicing criticism at Tuesda...
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said it has lowered the number of doses it expects to get from each vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, from six to five. U.S. pharmaceutical comp...
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. 
Surely everyone knows what it’s like to feel shame — that acute warm flush that tingles under the skin of the face, the cringing feeling, the replay of the flinch-inducing scene later in our imagi...
Bunkogawa leatherware is instantly recognizable: colorful patterns painted on white embossed cowhide, with its distinct texture as if weathered from years of use. When holding a top-notch wallet or sm...
An exhibition space re-creating part of the residence of novelist Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) has opened at a gallery in front of JR Mitaka Station in Mitaka, Tokyo. The space at the Mitaka City Gallery...
