August 24, 2019
The Japanese government has taken the position of watching the situation and not taking countermeasures for now against South Korea following Seoul’s official notification that it is scrapping the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) with Japan. “In terms of regional secu...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe became the nation’s longest-serving prime minister since World War II on Saturday, surpassing Eisaku Sato’s 2,798 days in office. Saturday was his 2,799th day as prime minister, including a one-year term that ended in September 2007. Given that Abe is expected to s...
The organizing committee for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, which begin one year from Sunday, held an event to offer participants the opportunity to experience many of the Games’ total 22 sports at the Sumida City Gymnasium in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday. At the venue, booths for 15 sports, i...
MADRID (AP) — Pledges by six European countries to accept over 350 migrants from a rescue ship in the central Mediterranean on Friday capped weeks of standoffs between charities and governments tha...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AFP-Jiji) — Wesley fired Aston Villa to its first Premier League win in more than three years as the Brazilian’s maiden goal for his new club inspired a 2-0 victory against Ev...
BARCELONA (AP) — Midfielder Joan Jordan scored in the second half to help Sevilla beat Granada 1-0 on the road and win its second match in as many rounds in the Spanish league on Friday. Jordan, one...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers general manager Marty Hurney is “cautiously optimistic” Cam Newton will be ready for the Sept. 8 regular season opener against the Los Angeles Rams after the quar...
DETROIT (AP) — Matthew Stafford got on the field for the first time in the preseason and left the game unscathed. Some teammates and opponents were not as fortunate. Stafford threw a go-ahead to...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers intend to sign center Dwight Howard after he completes a buyout with Memphis, a person familiar with the decision said. The person spoke on condition of a...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has endeavored to lead his country since he was a boy, will get his first moment on the world stage in his new role at the Group of Seven summ...
DUBAI (AP) — An Iranian-flagged oil tanker pursued by the U.S. amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington changed its listed destination to a port in Turkey early Saturday after Greece ...
MELBOURNE (AP) — The U.S. men’s basketball team has lost for the first time in nearly 13 years, falling to Australia 98-94 in a pre-World Cup exhibition game on Saturday. Patty Mills scored 30 p...
The faces of the Group of Seven leaders are seen reproduced in beach sand in Biarritz, France, by local Basque sand artist Sam Dougados with a message on gender equality on the eve of the G7 summit in...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Sacramento Kings and the NBA have announced they are taking no action against Luke Walton after not finding enough evidence during an investigation into allegations tha...
WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — The Japanese and U.S. governments have reached a broad agreement in their trade talks, Toshimitsu Motegi, minister in charge of the negotiations, suggested Friday. “We...
SEOUL (AP) — North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday in the seventh weapons launch in a month, South Korea’s military said, a day after the N...
NEW YORK (AP) — Camila Giorgi fought off three match points on Friday in a third-set tiebreaker and rallied to beat top-seeded Wang Qiang 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) and reach the final of the Bronx Open. ...
ATLANTA (AP) — A storm delay at the Tour Championship slowed the momentum of Brooks Koepka and Justin Thomas, right when they were starting to pull ahead in the chase for the $15 million FedEx Cup. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a trade war against China that has shaken the global economy, U.S. President Donald Trump gathered his most trusted economic aides in the Oval Office. The assembled brain ...
BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) — France and Britain aimed on Friday to present a united front on how to deal with Iran, where they have been at odds with the United States, as world powers prepare to d...
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese police said Saturday an employee at the British Consulate in Hong Kong who was detained on the mainland has been released. Public security authorities in Shenzhen said Si...
BRASILIA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) — European leaders on Friday threatened to tear up a trade deal with South America, reflecting growing international anger at Brazil as a record number of fires in the A...
SEOUL (Jiji Press) — Seven South Korean lawmakers will visit the Takeshima islands in the Sea of Japan on Aug. 31, one of the lawmakers said Friday, a trip that could stir up tensions between Tokyo...
When Amanda Berg heard reports that President Donald Trump mocked the accents of the leaders of South Korea and Japan at a recent fundraiser, it brought back painful memories from her childhood. Ber...
SEOUL (Reuters) — South Korea will scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan amid an intensifying dispute over history and trade, South Korea’s presidential office said on Thursday. The dec...
The real estate industry is turning to various technologies to streamline the contract procedures for rental housing. For example, real estate agencies are allowing prospective renters to use virtu...
TOKYO (AFP-Jiji) — Once a pioneer in cashless transactions, Japan is now lagging behind as the world’s biggest economies increasingly embrace electronic payments — because its aging population s...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe slammed the South Korean government on Friday for its decision the previous day to unilaterally scrap the two countries’ military information-sharin...
Riseisha high school baseball team members celebrate the school’s first National High School Baseball Championship on Thursday at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. The Osaka prefectu...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Barack and Michelle Obama made their Hollywood debut on Wednesday with a documentary set in industrial Ohio that film reviewers are calling compelling and timely. “Americ...
BERN (Reuters) — Red Star Belgrade’s Champions League qualifying odyssey continued on Wednesday when the former European champion drew 2-2 at Young Boys after being pegged back by a late penalty i...
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Jiji Press) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday expressed disappointment over South Korea’s decision to terminate an agreement to share military intelligence with J...
Reckless driving, including tailgating and other such dangerous behaviors, could lead to a major traffic accident. As well as having authorities strictly crack down on such driving, it is crucial that...
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...
A symphony by a once-forgotten composer will be the highlight of a Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra concert on Sept. 10, which will be conducted by the orchestra’s new principal conductor, Sebastia...
Remember the film “The Bodyguard,” the blockbuster movie starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner? It was turned into a musical in London, and it’s coming to Japan in September. “And I —...
LOS ANGELES (AFP-Jiji) —The release of a film criticized by conservatives as portraying a group of liberals hunting supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump has been indefinitely postponed, Univers...
