November 26, 2020
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 tension continues over the issue of the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, the desires of both countri...
Tokyo confirmed 481 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus on Thursday, exceeding 400 for the second day in a row. The number of seriously ill patients increased by six from the previous day to a record 60 since a state of emergency was lifted, and 83 of the people found to be infected o...
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 being displayed this year and some of them wearing masks, which have become ubiquitous following the no...
— 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 chan...
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...
A free, self-driving bus began running in Sakai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Thursday. This is the first regular operation of a self-driving bus in Japan, according to the town. The town purchased Frenc...
A government subcommittee on measures against the novel coronavirus compiled its proposals on Wednesday, which include asking people to refrain from traveling to and from the areas where infections ar...
Over 150 people in Japan have purchased sperm from the world’s largest sperm bank, Cryos International, since it began offering services in Tokyo in February last year, the company said. About 70...
Debate in the Diet between the ruling and opposition parties over issues related to the novel coronavirus pandemic did not go well. The government should present clear guidelines to the public about h...
RIO DE JANEIRO / SHENYANG, China — Chile, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia issued a joint statement this month to strengthen measures against illegal fishing, amid a growing outcry in South America over ...
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...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga met visiting Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday at the Prime Minister’s Office and conveyed his intention to place emphasis on Japan-Ch...
With more and more people doing things remotely, I’ve been focusing on Instagram. I use Twitter too, but Instagram is also nice because you can see lots of pictures on the screen at once, and fans c...
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...
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 automotive industry has been shaken by the pandemic but is now on the road to recovery faster than any other industry. The experience of overcoming repeated disasters, such as the Great East Japa...
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...
Dear Troubleshooter: I am a homemaker in my 40s, and I would like to ask for your advice about my husband, who’s in his 50s and keeps changing jobs. My husband is a proud man. He is a gentle and ...
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-...
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...
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...
Two major U.S. pharmaceutical companies have released promising results from large-scale clinical trials of novel coronavirus vaccines. These companies will soon submit applications to the U.S. govern...
The Japanese government plans to secure enough coronavirus vaccine for every registered resident of the nation by the first half of next year. It has signed a contract or reached an agreement with P...
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...
