March 8, 2021
After guest numbers dwindled during the pandemic, Ayabe Onsen, a lodging facility in Ayabe, Kyoto Prefecture, has decided to build a giant maze on their unused tennis courts in a move that they hope will help get guests to come back. “Even in the novel coronavirus crisis, people can enjoy [the ...
The Tokyo metropolitan government has prohibited outdoor parties while viewing cherry blossoms in all parks run by the government and installed nets on Saturday in Ueno Park in Taito Ward, Tokyo, around trees to nip in the bud such revelry. Saturday marked the start of the first weekend since the...
Houses accounted for nearly 30% of about 30,000 public housing units built for disaster victims after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the per-unit cost was about ¥5.5 million less than the apartments constructed, according to a recent survey conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun. It takes longer ...
The municipal Kumamachi Elementary School in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, is the only school in the area with many interim nuclear waste storage facilities nearby, where soil from decontamination is t...
The Japanese Bankers Association (JBA) has compiled its views on the money deposited by customers with dementia. The JBA says that even relatives who do not have the legal authority to represent a cus...
Poor hauls of sanma saury, which is called the “flavor of the people,” are becoming increasingly serious. It is important for the economies concerned to abide by international agreements and preve...
At least 10 major companies posted their ads on a curated content website considered to be the source of unsubstantiated rumors that spread across Japan regarding the U.S. presidential election last ...
Mutations that may reduce the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines have occurred in novel coronavirus samples collected from people in Japan last year, a research team from Keio University has found. T...
BEIJING — Tam Yiu-chung, a pro-Beijing heavyweight in Hong Kong and a member of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress, said Saturday that an overhaul of Hong Kong’s ele...
The tourism ministry has decided to require airline passengers to undergo security checks before boarding, and intends to revise the Civil Aeronautics Law to clarify the legal position of such checks....
The government’s new tracking system for COVID-19 vaccinations is expected to allow local governments to track people’s vaccination status even if they move and change their place of residence bet...
Nippon Steel Corp. plans to cut its domestic production capacity by 20% by fiscal 2025, while tripling its overseas capacity to a total of 100 million tons, as part of moves to reduce its greenhouse ...
KAWAGOE, Saitama — Flowers are woven into the hair of Marie Ogawa, 33, a professional figure skater from Tokyo, at Saimyoji temple, which has become the unlikely setting for a photo shoot in Kawagoe...
It is noon on a weekday in February, and Takumi Takase has a sautee going in the fry pan in his food truck parked in an office district of Tokyo’s Minato Ward. What makes his menu unique is the lon...
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 two-week extension of the state of emergency in Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures might cause a ¥700 billion drop in consumer spending, according to executive economist Takahide Kiuchi of ...
Though it came late, it is commendable that the government has announced the expansion of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing and the strengthening of public health centers. However, what is impor...
The government held a meeting of the Novel Coronavirus Response Headquarters Friday night and formally decided to re-extend the state of emergency imposed on Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa prefe...
Fast Retailing Co. announced Thursday that it will cut the prices of all products in its Uniqlo and GU casual clothing stores by about 9% starting March 12. Companies have been rethinking their prici...
The international community’s concerns about China have increased further. The administration of President Xi Jinping should be aware of the reality that its hard-line stance is disadvantaging itsel...
MESA, Ariz. — Right-hander Shohei Ohtani got five outs in his first mound appearance of the spring. What made the outing so promising was all of the outs came on strikeouts, and the pitches he used ...
March 11 will mark 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The Yomiuri Shimbun spoke with Naoto Kan, who served as prime minister when the unprecedented disaster occurred, and asked h...
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...
Fast Retailing Co. announced Thursday that it will cut the prices of all products in its Uniqlo and GU casual clothing stores by about 9% starting March 12. Companies have been rethinking their prici...
The Emperor and Empress met virtually on Thursday with residents of Rikuzentakata and Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture who survived the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, ahead of the 10th anniversa...
The first COVID-19 inoculations were administered in Japan on Feb. 17, but the general public is skeptical about whether the vaccine is safe. While vaccines are seen by many as an effective measur...
A dress rehearsal to test a new method for efficient mass vaccination of elderly people against the novel coronavirus was conducted in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Thursday. In a primary schoo...
Honda Motor Co. released the world’s first commercially available vehicle equipped with Level 3 automated driving technology on Friday. When Honda’s Legend luxury sedan is in self-driving mode,...
At the end of January, anison (anime song) singers Ichiro Mizuki and Mitsuko Horie held a joint concert at the Yomiuri Otemachi Hall in Tokyo. The concert, “Futari no Anison” (Anison by the two of...
U.S. forces stationed in Japan planned to conduct an emergency supply drill in the waters around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture in February, but it was canceled due to bad weather, The Yomi...
The government held a meeting of the Novel Coronavirus Response Headquarters Friday night and formally decided to re-extend the state of emergency imposed on Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa prefe...
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. 
Gwendolen Jones shares her experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collaboration of Japan’s local and national government aut...
Jenny Nash shares her experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collaboration of Japan’s local and national government authorit...
Leilani Rapaport shares her experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collaboration of Japan’s local and national government au...
TOKUSHIMA — Not willing to let the prolonged coronavirus crisis keep their traditional craft off the stage, a group of ningyo joruri puppeteers in Tokushima Prefecture released a special video on th...
OSAKA — Long a prosperous economic and cultural hub, Osaka is home to many traditional folk performing arts. The skills necessary to perform these arts need to be taught to younger generations to ke...
Ukiyo-e in the Edo period (1603-1867) is often associated with mass-produced woodblock prints, but many artists at that time also created paintings. Such original works, a number newly discovered, b...
