January 21, 2021
WASHINGTON — When U.S. President Joe Biden spoke of “Bringing America together” in his inaugural address on Wednesday, I wondered how the message would be received by the American public. Amid tight restrictions, the crowds that would typically be out celebrating the launch of a new administ...
A friend in need is a friend indeed, and Daisen, Akita Prefecture, is taking the adage to heart by offering hundreds of thousands of salmon eggs for free to Miyako, its sister city in neighboring Iwate Prefecture. Fishermen in Iwate Prefecture, which faces the Pacific Ocean, have been experienci...
At least 16 novel coronavirus patients have died at home while recuperating from the virus since December last year, a Yomiuri Shimbun review of data for Tokyo and seven other prefectures has found. The deaths coincide with an ongoing shortage of hospital beds and include multiple patients who were...
All Nippon Airways Co. is looking to spread its wings with online sales of its in-flight meals. The increasing number of novel coronavirus infections has taken a huge bite out of travel opportunities...
The government has set up a database to provide school-related job information to companies that have difficulty keeping workers on payrolls due to COVID-19. By reducing the workload of teachers and u...
President Joe Biden's inaugural address Wednesday, as provided by CQ Transcripts: Chief Justice Roberts, Vice President Harris. Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice President Pe...
Amid seemingly countless barricades and gun-toting security personnel locking down the streets of Washington, the administration of new U.S. President Joe Biden has been launched. The heavy security...
Patients infected with the novel coronavirus can have severe lung inflammation even in cases where their symptoms are mild, warns Tetsuya Matsumoto, an infectious disease expert and professor at the I...
The government is “making every effort to start [COVID-19 vaccinations] as soon as possible,” Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said during a plenary session at the House of Representatives on Wednesd...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, offering a message of unity and restoration to a deeply divided country reeling from a battered economy...
Tokyo wants to make arrangements with Washington for Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to meet U.S. President Joe Biden in the United States at the earliest possible time. Suga is seeking an in-person s...
Hi, everyone. Here are some places I think you should visit when you’re in my home prefecture of Okayama. First, no matter what, you’ve got to check out the Hiruzen Kogen highlands. Not only does ...
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...
With the spread of the novel coronavirus, this year’s labor-management wage negotiations are expected to be more difficult than usual. Labor and management need to strive for wage hikes in line with...
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...
It is the job of politics not only to pursue political mismanagement, but also to devise concrete measures to overcome the issues faced by the nation. The ruling and opposition parties should engage i...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday morning praised the inaugural address given by new U.S. President Joe Biden, calling it “a very powerful speech that appealed to the people for unity.” ...
Game arcades in Tokyo have been falling like dominoes amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, left no choice but to close after what for some have been decades in operation. Despite growing demand for...
Long icicles hang from a crane-shaped fountain in Hibiya Park in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday, catching the eyes of passersby. Wednesday was the first day of Daikan, the coldest of the 24 seasona...
Mitsui Fudosan Co. announced on Tuesday that it has completed a takeover bid for Tokyo Dome Corp. after its tender offer for 84.8% of all shares was successful. The commercial real estate giant pl...
Severe COVID-19 patients are unevenly distributed among the 14 hospitals designated to provide advanced medical care in Tokyo, according to metropolitan government data obtained by The Yomiuri Shimbun...
COVID-19 vaccinations for the bulk of the population will begin as early as May, after the priority vaccinations for medical personnel and the elderly that are expected to start in the next couple of ...
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...
Severe COVID-19 patients are unevenly distributed among the 14 hospitals designated to provide advanced medical care in Tokyo, according to metropolitan government data obtained by The Yomiuri Shimbun...
The government has set up a database to provide school-related job information to companies that have difficulty keeping workers on payrolls due to COVID-19. By reducing the workload of teachers and u...
A Japanese manufacturer has developed a high-power LED that can effectively inactivate the novel coronavirus, the company announced. Nichia Corp., a major light-emitting diode maker based in Anan,...
COVID-19 vaccinations for the bulk of the population will begin as early as May, after the priority vaccinations for medical personnel and the elderly that are expected to start in the next couple of ...
Although more than 300 elementary school children were successfully evacuated in what was hailed as the “miracle of Kamaishi” following the Great East Japan Earthquake, the whereabouts of a woman...
U.S. President Donald Trump leaves office on Jan. 20. International order and democracy have been seriously damaged in the past four years. The “negative legacy” that President-elect Joe Biden wil...
TEHRAN — The Afghan government has issued a postage stamp bearing the portrait of Tetsu Nakamura, the renowned Japanese medical doctor who helped rebuild Afghanistan as the local representative of ...
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. 
It seems as if everyone wants to get their hands on some wildflowers. The kind of wildflowers that are popular in Japan are generally species native to the southern hemisphere, such as from Australia ...
In 2016, not long before Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, influential sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild published “Strangers in Their Own Land,” in which she expresse...
NAGASAKI — A wooden anchor from one of the Mongol Empire’s ships — which attacked Japan in the 13th century and then sank in a storm off Nagasaki Prefecture — will be salvaged in the fall of 2...
