October 14, 2019
Powerful Typhoon No. 19 devastated parts of eastern Japan as it plowed across the Tokai, Kanto and Tohoku regions and passed over the Pacific Ocean on early Sunday morning. According to a Yomiuri Shimbun tally, as of 9 p.m. on Sunday, the typhoon had claimed the lives of 34 people in 10 prefectures...
SEOUL (AP) — South Korea’s justice minister on Monday offered to step down amid an investigation into allegations of financial crimes and academic favors surrounding his family, a scandal that has rocked Seoul’s liberal government and deeply polarized national opinion. The minister, Cho Kuk...
AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Syria’s Kurds said Syrian government forces agreed Sunday to help them fend off Turkey’s invasion — a major shift in alliances that came after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered all U.S. troops withdrawn from the northern border area amid the rapidly deepening chaos...
If the world’s endless wars are getting you down, a dose of Mohammed Hanif’s dark humor might be the medicine you need. After all, how better to demonstrate the absurdity of war than by telling an...
HOUSTON (AP) — Gleyber Torres kept up his October surge with a homer and five RBIs, Masahiro Tanaka polished his playoff resume and the New York Yankees blanked the Houston Astros 7-0 Saturday night...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Max Scherzer was strength and fire. Anibal Sanchez was artistry and deception. Different styles, two absolute gems for the Washington Nationals. Scherzer followed Sanchez’s near...
SUZUKA, Mie (AFP-Jiji) — Valtteri Bottas jumped from third to first with an electric start to win the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and the Finn’s Mercedes te...
FUKUOKA (AP) — A seven-try, 47-5 win over Samoa secured Ireland’s place in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals, removing any doubt about its progression to the knockout stages. Ireland moved atop P...
HUMBLE, Texas (AP) — Lanto Griffin recovered from a rain-delayed double-bogey finish to his second round earlier Saturday to post a 7-under-65 — the day’s best score — and secure a single-stro...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan got the chance to prove it was a worthy quarterfinalist and took it bravely with a 28-21 win over Scotland to bring some joy to a host country reeling from a ferocious typhoon ov...
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Simone Biles won the women’s vault competition at the gymnastics world championships on Saturday to tie the record for most world medals by any gymnast, but couldn’t ad...
QUITO (AP) — Ecuador’s army took to the streets Saturday after President Lenin Moreno ordered the first 24-hour curfew in decades in response to a day of attacks on government buildings and media ...
DUBAI (Reuters) — Iran offered on Saturday to engage Syrian Kurds, Syria’s government and Turkey in talks to establish security along the Turkish-Syrian border following Turkey’s military incurs...
Financial institutions’ foreign exchange operations have fallen into a predicament. Not only do they have to implement measures against money laundering, they are also facing the risk of being subje...
LINZ, Austria (AP) — American teenager Coco Gauff advanced to her first WTA final by beating Andrea Petkovic 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday at the Upper Austria Ladies. The 15-year-old Gauff saved nine of 10...
TOKTO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be considering dissolving the House of Representatives as early as November for a snap general election, sources said. According to some ruling ...
Seven & i Holdings Co. will lower the royalty fees it collects from franchisees in its 7-Eleven convenience store chain from March 2020, a move aimed at reducing the burden of rising labor costs stem...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The profitability of private preschools, nurseries and certified child care centers in fiscal 2018 plummeted from the previous survey for fiscal 2016, a Cabinet Office survey f...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Imperial Household Agency is accelerating work to construct by the end of this month Daijokyu, a set of halls for the key Daijosai thanksgiving ceremony to be performed by ...
LONDON (AFP-Jiji) — A British whistleblower responsible for a dramatic leak in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and now the subject of a Hollywood film hopes it will refocus attention on the ...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government is boosting efforts to rescue people affected by powerful Typhoon No. 19, which struck the country Saturday to Sunday, and restore infrastructure. At a meeting ...
SEOUL (Jiji Press) — A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson demanded Saturday that the Japanese government pay compensation over a recent collision between a North Korean fishing boat and a J...
An extremely powerful typhoon headed north over Japan’s southern sea and made landfall on the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture before 7 p.m. on Saturday as it weakened slightly, according to th...
<table class="rs"><tr><th>DATE & TIME</th><th>POOL</th><th colspan="3">MATCH</th><th>VENUE</th></tr><tr class="heid_1"><td class="data"><span class="sizeup">Sept. 20</span><br><span class="time">19:45...
Powerful Typhoon No. 19 barreled north through the Kanto region, leaving behind record-setting rainfall in some areas and widespread damage from flooding, most notably from the overflowing of the Chik...
As Typhoon No. 19, a powerful super typhoon, is expected to make landfall in the Tokai or Kanto regions Saturday afternoon without losing its intensity, railway operators such as East Japan Railway C...
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said Sunday that its Shinkansen train depot in Nagano was flooded after a dike of the Chikuma River burst in the Hoyasu district in Nagano. The company said it has h...
NAGANO — A dike on a bank of the Chikuma River in Nagano burst from Typhoon No. 19’s torrential rain, allowing floodwater to flow into residential areas, a local branch of the Land, Infrastructure...
In sumo, two rikishi wrestlers square off in a dohyo ring under the watchful eyes of a gyoji referee. I wonder if you know how many people at most sit in places surrounding the ring that comprise the ...
OSLO (Reuters) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his peacemaking efforts with Eritrea. Ethiopia and Eritrea, longtime foes who fought a border war ...
BRASILIA (Reuters) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon jumped for the fifth straight month in September compared with last year, with destruction up 93 percent in the first nine months of the year,...
Seven & i Holdings Co. will lower the royalty fees it collects from franchisees in its 7-Eleven convenience store chain from March 2020, a move aimed at reducing the burden of rising labor costs stem...
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. 
As one of the measures to strengthen the national soccer team ahead of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, German coach Dettmar Cramer was invited to Japan. He must have studied the traditional culture of Japan,...
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...
We were six large bodies crammed inside a five-seat sedan, laughing even as our hearts fluttered at the sudden braking and inconsistent lane-crossing the driver, our classmate, undertook to get throu...
Male vocal duo Chemistry has released their first album since resuming their activities in 2017. The album from the Sony label is titled “Chemistry” — a sure sign of their self-confidence is t...
FUKUOKA — Masterpieces of armor and swords are on display at “The Exhibition of Samurai,” underway at the Fukuoka City Museum until Nov. 4. The exhibition focuses on the items’ functionalit...
An air of menace and a cloud of controversy accompany the arrival of Todd Phillips’ “Joker” like a thick perfume. That, in itself, could be something to celebrate. Danger isn’t a quality often...
