July 28, 2021
Yui Ohashi completed a double of the women’s Olympic individual medley races, winning the 200-meter event on Wednesday with a time of 2 minutes 08.52 seconds. Ohashi won by just 0.13 seconds in a thrilling race to add to the gold she won in the 400 individual medley on Sunday. It also makes ...
As the white shuttlecock smoothly descended by the net in a badminton doubles match, the Japanese pair of Sayaka Hirota and Yuki Fukushima quickly stretched toward it with their rackets — a moment captured in a dramatic overhead photo that shows their bodies and equipment forming a V. The two w...
BEIJING — Shock has spread through China, the “kingdom of table tennis,” following its defeat by Japan in the mixed doubles on Monday. “I can’t take it in,” player Liu Shiwen, 30, said somberly in an interview after the match. Teammate Xu Xin, 31, nodded in agreement, saying, “I coul...
Unagi restaurants across Japan prepared for a surge in orders on Wednesday, the Day of the Ox, when grilled eel is customarily eaten. Asakusa Unatetsu’s mian store in Taito Ward, Tokyo, expected t...
TOKYO (AP) — Jerry Tuwai’s Fijians are within one victory of back-to-back Olympic gold medals in a sport that’s intrinsically part of life in their Pacific island nation. Trying to stop them wi...
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The victims of atomic bombings are aging rapidly and they may not have much time left. The central government must review the existing support system and provide relief as soon as possible. Regardin...
The vaccination of medical workers had been completed in all 47 prefectures as of Friday, the minister in charge of Japan’s vaccine rollout said Tuesday. Taro Kono said at a Tuesday press conferen...
A mosaic made from the handprints of disabled children is now on display at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in Toshima Ward, Tokyo. The mosaic was earlier meant to be displayed at a public viewing venu...
It is obvious that Russia intends to make its occupation of the northern territories, an inherent part of Japanese territory, a fait accompli. Moves that hamper the resolution of the territorial issue...
Tomoru Honda, who was the eighth and last qualifier for the final, won the silver medal in the men’s 200-meter butterfly on Wednesday at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, clocking 1 minute 53.73 seconds. ...
TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles arrived in Tokyo as the star of the U.S. Olympic movement and perhaps the Games themselves. She convinced herself she was prepared for the pressure. That she was ready to ...
Faculties dealing with data science and artificial intelligence, which analyze vast amounts of data that can lead to innovations in various fields, are gaining a larger foothold in universities. Th...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury on Tuesday convicted a wealthy California political donor on charges he injected gay men with methamphetamine in exchange for sex, leading to two deaths and other...
Players from Japan formed a joyous circle in the aftermath of their historic victory for women’s handball. None of the players was born the last time Japan’s women won an Olympic handball match, ...
TOKYO (AP) — Mina Tanaka scored the lone goal Tuesday to help Japan beat Chile 1-0 and set up a quarterfinal match against Sweden in the women’s Olympic soccer competition. Tanaka scored from a...
Japan reigns supreme in Olympic softball champion again, winning the gold with a 2-0 victory over the rival United States at Yokohama Stadium on Tuesday night. Japan added to the gold medal it won ...
Takanori Nagase gave Japan its fifth gold medal in judo at the Tokyo Olympics, winning the men’s 81-kilogram division on Tuesday at Nippon Budokan. The 27-year-old Nagase, a bronze medalist at...
A record 2,848 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus was confirmed Tuesday in Tokyo. The figure was more than double that of a week ago, up by 1,461, and exceeding 1,000 for the eighth ...
A massive crane on the back of a ship hoisted the Shinkai 6500 manned submersible up into the air and lowered it onto the surface of the sea. The underwater research vessel for the Japan Agency for Ma...
Japan’s Mikiko Ando won the bronze medal in the women’s 59-kilogram weightlifting event at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. Taiwan’s Kuo Hsing-Chun won the gold and Turkmenistan’s Polina Guryeva...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s women shocked an undefeated U.S. team packed with WNBA players on Tuesday as 3x3 basketball wound down to the elimination stage at its Olympics debut. Mai Yamamoto led w...
Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi won the men’s silver medal in the inaugural Olympic surfing competition at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach in Chiba Prefecture on Tuesday, losing to Brazil’s Italo Ferreira in t...
The latest in our series of stories related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccination situation in Japan are presented below. Also, clicking on “Latest coronavirus data” will lead to graphics t...
The following series of graphics can help visualize the spread of the novel coronavirus and the vaccination progress in Japan. Also included is a chart comparing global cases as a percentage of popula...
Need a break from the headlines? Here’s your daily dose of humor, curated by The Japan News. New comics are available every day, so ’toon in to both our print and web editions for a satirical l...
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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Typhoon Nepartak may hit the Kanto region including Tokyo on Tuesday in the middle of the Olympic Games, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The large typhoon is for...
Judoka Hifumi Abe won the men’s 66-kilogram division on Sunday, joining his sister Uta as a judo gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics. Uta won the women’s 52-kilogram division earlier in the day.
Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito earned a double place in sports history on Monday night by winning the first-ever Olympic title in the newly added mixed doubles event of table tennis and giving Japan its f...
TOKYO (AP) — The host country’s superstar is out of the Tokyo Olympics. Naomi Osaka lost to former French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-4 in the third round of ...
Although Momiji Nishiya was skateboarding on the biggest stage in sports Monday, the 13-year-old looked as if she was playing around in a park. This was the Olympic final of the women’s street event...
TOKYO (Reuters) — For street skaters, run-ins with neighbours and security guards are annoyingly commonplace. In Japan, where Yuto Horigome won the first ever Olympic gold awarded in skateboarding,...
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Ana Maricic 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 authori...
Celine Chan Hui Juan 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 governmen...
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...
Fashion designer Maiko Kurogouchi has made a triumphant homecoming with “10 Mame Kurogouchi,” a retrospective at the Nagano Prefectural Art Museum feting the 10th anniversary of her fashion brand,...
The Jomon Prehistoric Sites located in northern Japan, which are expected to be collectively registered as a World Heritage Site, have been highly acclaimed by a UNESCO advisory body for the “pre-ag...
Mini bonsai have been enjoying a revival among people attracted to the appeal of having green plants in their lives. They are smaller and easy to grow, and the colors of their leaves can reveal the pa...
