May 29, 2020
KITAKYUSHU — The Kitakyushu city government closed 43 public facilities on Thursday, just a couple of days after reopening them, due to a resurgence in coronavirus infections in the city and fears over a second wave of the pandemic. “We’re sure to be hit by a second wave if [new cases] cont...
The popular show “Terrace House” will stop airing its current season following the death of one of its cast members, Fuji Television and the East Entertainment production company have announced. Hana Kimura, a 22-year-old professional wrestler, was found dead last week in an apparent suicide. ...
There are mounting concerns that a wave of temporary workers could lose their jobs at the end of June as companies struggle to cope with the impact of the new coronavirus outbreak. Temporary workers contracted to work at companies until the end of June will find out if their contracts will be ren...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has accused a network of North Korean and Chinese citizens of secretly advancing North Korea’s nuclear weapons program by channeling at least $2.5 billio...
With the compiling of a massive second supplementary budget bill for fiscal 2020, the government is apparently trying to alleviate public dissatisfaction with the economic downturn caused by the nove...
The government is bracing for a long-term battle against the impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak and is throwing truckloads of money at projects designed to shore up the economy and strengthen th...
TOKYO (Reuters) — Nissan Motor Co unveiled a plan to become a smaller, more cost-efficient automaker on Thursday as it looks to recover from four years of tumbling profits that culminated in its fi...
Farmers across the country are suffering from a shortage of workers this harvest season due to the coronavirus crisis, which has depleted the foreign labor force. The situation has lead to an increas...
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Three employees at Musashino Central Hospital in the Tokyo city of Koganei have tested positive for the new coronavirus, it has been learned. About 20 patients who were in contact with them also co...
KYOTO — More than 10 months have passed since the fatal arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio shocked anime fans around the world. On Wednesday, the Kyoto prefectural police arrested 42-year-...
Fifteen new cases of the new coronavirus were confirmed in Tokyo on Thursday. This is the first time that the number of people infected with the virus has reached 15 in a day since 30 new cases were c...
The Emperor Emeritus ventured out Thursday for the first time after vacating the Imperial Palace to live in the Takanawa Imperial Residence in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in late March. He visited the biol...
Nissan Motor Co., Renault SA and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. announced Wednesday plans to strengthen their alliance. They decided to review the alliance based on their reflections that the existing coope...
Daisuke Okeda, a lawyer representing Kyoto Animation Co., which suffered a deadly arson attack on one of its studio facilities last year, held a press conference on Wednesday night in Kyoto. At the ...
Makoto Hasebe, a Japanese midfielder for Eintracht Frankfurt, revealed that he will try to obtain his coaching license in Germany while playing for his club in the Bundesliga, the Yomiuri Shimbun lear...
Preparations are underway at elementary and junior high schools throughout Tokyo as they are set to reopen on Monday after months-long closures due to the coronavirus. To help prevent students from...
Tokyo Tower, which has been closed since April 8 due to the coronavirus, reopened on Thursday. In order to avoid the “three Cs” – closed spaces, crowded places and close-contact environments, ma...
A view emerged within the government and the ruling parties Wednesday that shifting the start of the school year from April to September by next year would be difficult. During a meeting of senior o...
Shinji Aoba, the suspect in the murder of 36 people employed at the Kyoto Animation Co. studio last year, underwent five skin graft surgeries before regaining the ability to speak, according to one o...
A new law to urge giant IT companies to make their trade transparent was passed at a plenary session of the House of Councillors on Wednesday and enacted. Under the law, companies will disclose cond...
Although there was an increase in people outside Tuesday after the state of emergency related to the novel coronavirus was lifted for Tokyo and surrounding prefectures and Hokkaido, the numbers only s...
Harassment complaints related to video-conferencing, as well as problems involving misunderstandings caused by email exchanges without face-to-face meetings have been on the rise as teleworking has s...
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...
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. ...
People returned to city streets in Tokyo and the three neighboring prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama, as well as in Hokkaido, on Tuesday, the day after a state of emergency due to the new cor...
The novel coronavirus pandemic has revealed various weaknesses in how Japan handles emergency situations and how society reacts to them. Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Tsuyoshi Oyabu interviewed Shinich...
The government will demand that, in principle, all independent administrative agencies and designated corporations that handle the people’s private data not use Chinese telecommunications equipment,...
Following the apparent suicide of professional wrestler Hana Kimura, who was repeatedly defamed online for her behavior on a popular reality show, Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Sanae Ta...
Vigilance against the new coronavirus must not be lowered yet. It is important to put the economy on a recovery track while strengthening medical care and virus testing systems to prepare for a new ou...
The Rainbow Bridge over Tokyo Bay was lit up in rainbow colors around 8 p.m. on Monday, in response to the lifting of the government’s state of emergency declaration. The seven colors of the rainb...
Ten people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Tokyo on Tuesday, according to sources. The figure was also in double digits on Sunday, when there were 14 newly confirmed cases. Eight people...
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. 
Casual, candid chats with the performers after watching a fascinating play is always a big reason for going to small theaters. If you’re looking forward to doing that again in the post-pandemic days...
What should museums in Japan do to assure their survival and significance after emerging from the extended period of closures forced upon them by the restrictive measures to contain the impact of the...
The final issue of the popular manga series “Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer)” created by Koyoharu Gotoge and featured in Shueisha Inc.’s serial manga magazine Shonen Jump (Weekly Jump) went on ...
