November 27, 2020
While exports of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products and food have been negatively impacted by the novel coronavirus outbreak, some items, such as eggs and rice, are continuing to sell well due to an increase in demand for goods to be consumed within the home. The government intends to inc...
The government plans to subsidize the cost of freezing eggs and sperm for young cancer patients, whose treatments could cause infertility. The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to start providing the financial aid from fiscal 2021 as part of measures touted by the administration of Prime Mi...
Tokyo confirmed an additional 570 cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, surpassing the previous record of 539 set on Nov. 21. The number of patients experiencing severe symptoms increased to 61, one more than the previous day’s total. Since the state of emergency ended earlier this year, thi...
NARA — More and more people have been feeding the deer at Nara Park, believing misinformation spread online that the animals have been losing weight because of a decrease in the number of tourists g...
SATSUMA-SENDAI, Kagoshima — Souvenirs made out of fish scales have become a hit with tourists visiting a remote island off the coast of Kagoshima Prefecture. The creator of the colorful works of ar...
Keio University and Tokyo Dental College announced Thursday that they have started discussions to merge their educational corporations, with an April 2023 target date. The move is believed to be pa...
The ruling party on Thursday held a joint meeting of its Foreign Affairs Division and other groups, during which many participants urged the government to counter a statement by Chinese State Councill...
SEOUL — Two years will have passed Sunday since the South Korean Supreme Court ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. to pay compensation to former wartime workers from the Korean Peninsula. As ...
A group of researchers said they have used the Fugaku supercomputer to demonstrate that wearing masks is effective in suppressing the spread of exhaled airborne droplets at such places as in karaoke r...
Japan’s automobile showroom culture is in the midst of a revolution, with virtual reality and artificial intelligence, and the novel coronavirus shaking things up like never before. With VR tech, c...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has instructed Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Norihisa Tamura and other related ministers to strengthen coronavirus countermeasures amid a surge in cases. The gover...
The government and the Bank of Japan have come up with a series of new measures to help regional banks reorganize. Each regional bank must begin full-fledged discussions on how to strengthen its manag...
Japan must urge China to promote economic cooperation and resolve pending security issues. The Japanese government should accelerate its efforts to encourage China to do so through candid dialogue. ...
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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...
The governments’ envisaged digital agency is expected to work on seven major tasks including the standardization of local government digital infrastructure by introducing cloud computing systems, Th...
Two years later than he had hoped, quarterback Jimmy Laughrea was finally reunited with his best friend from high school, who was also his roommate in college. Now the two of them will get a chance ...
A palpable mood of cooperation was evident in a meeting between Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and visiting Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday in Tokyo. Although tensio...
Consultations about child abuse have been on the rise. It is necessary to be ready to protect children while also sharing the awareness that child-rearing should be supported by entire communities. T...
The city of Soka in Saitama Prefecture — Tokyo’s northern neighbor — is especially known for its locally produced senbei rice crackers. Even so, for as many senbei shops as there are in the area...
Ramen is one of Japan's most iconic, much-loved dishes. The combination of soup, noodles and toppings is diverse and continues to evolve. If you visit Japan, you'll be amazed at the countless ramen sh...
Kawaribina, nontraditional hina dolls whose fashions reflect society for a given year, were unveiled Tuesday by Mataro Doll Co. at Ueno Seiyoken, a restaurant in Taito Ward, Tokyo. Six dolls are bei...
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...
Ramen is one of Japan's most iconic, much-loved dishes. The combination of soup, noodles and toppings is diverse and continues to evolve. If you visit Japan, you'll be amazed at the countless ramen sh...
SENDAI — No, they’re not pulling your leg. The discovery of an octopus with nine legs in Shizugawa Bay in Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, has surprised even a local researcher, who said he h...
The ruling political parties have grown concerned in response to the voluntary questioning by Tokyo prosecutors of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s chief public secretary, among more than 20 other...
Touchless services and devices that do not require human interaction are increasingly being used in restaurants as the novel coronavirus continues to spread and hygiene-conscious customers shun face-...
This is the third and final installment of a series on how local entities are proceeding with preparations and the implementation of their ideas. Restaurants are exploring ways to cater to the in...
The Tokyo metropolitan government has decided to ask restaurants that serve alcohol and karaoke establishments to shorten their business hours and close by 10 p.m., in response to the spread of the n...
The Japanese government has welcomed U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet picks for foreign affairs and security, with a senior Foreign Ministry official commending the “group of alliance-mind...
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. 
Paint containing toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been used in 334 of the 719 large outdoor structures such as bridges examined across the nation, according to figures compiled by the Enviro...
Southampton may be known for Japanese football player Maya Yoshida, who plays for Southampton FC, or for its famous port where the RMS Titanic departed before sinking. The reason why I am studying he...
Wednesday marked 50 years since writer Yukio Mishima, a giant in the history of Japanese literature, took his own life at the Ground Self-Defense Force’s Camp Ichigaya in Tokyo. Mishima’s life spa...
On a trip to Okinawa Prefecture more than a decade ago, I ate a type of food I had never had before and was fascinated by the texture. It was umibudo — literally, sea grapes — also known as green ...
Yu Miri’s novel “JR Ueno Eki Koenguchi” (Tokyo Ueno Station) has won the 2020 National Book Award for Translated Literature in the United States. In recent years, there has been a growing tren...
