November 12, 2020
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga hopes to hold his first phone talks with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden as early as Thursday to congratulate the former vice president for securing a victory in the presidential election and begin building a strong relationship with him. Suga is also expected to conf...
A photobook that Yukio Mishima (1925-70) worked on shortly before his death will be published in Japan in a large-format limited edition printing for ¥500,000, plus tax, according to the publisher. Reservations for the photobook started to be accepted Wednesday at the online store for Tsutaya Bo...
The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) certified Wednesday that an intermediate nuclear fuel storage facility in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, has met its new safety standards, meaning the facility has formally passed the screening necessary for its operation. The facility will temporarily store spent...
Host towns, or municipalities that will be hosting foreign athletes who are competing in the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games next summer, will be required to take certain measures to combat the no...
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi held an online press conference on Tuesday Japan time ahead of his next spaceflight, which is due to launch in five days. “I would like...
Opposition parties, including the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ), are becoming increasingly wary of the possibility that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will dissolve the House of Repre...
Nov. 11 is the day of the spotted garden eel, and visitors at Sumida Aquarium on Wednesday enjoyed the view of the long, thin garden eels as they lifted their small bodies from the sand and swayed in ...
The next ramen shop I’d like to tell you about is Tsukumo Ramen 99 in Hiroo, Tokyo. It’s a shop that I visited for the first time with a friend back when I was a college student. I recently found ...
Deliberations on legislation related to a vaccine for the novel coronavirus have begun at the extraordinary Diet session’s plenary session of the House of Representatives. Although the opposition...
KYOTO — Three 23-year-old graduates of Ryukoku University in Kyoto have recently started a business for processing and selling game meat in Kasagi, Kyoto Prefecture, hoping to reduce the damage ca...
OSAKA — Foreign students are beginning to come or return to Japan for their university studies as entry restrictions implemented to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus have been eased. Amid ...
The government’s novel coronavirus headquarters decided Tuesday to strengthen its measures against infection clusters in response to the virus spreading in Hokkaido and other areas of Japan. The ...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has instructed that driver’s licenses and My Number identification cards be unified earlier than the initial target year of 2026. Suga gave the instruction Tuesday a...
Christmas cakes and osechi New-Year cuisine will come with a twist this year. To help prevent coronavirus infections in the upcoming season, when many gather around the table in a large group, ret...
The purpose of digitization in society is to make the lives of all the people more convenient. A situation must be prevented in which people’s ability or inability to use digital devices creates a n...
Measures are needed to lead the economy to a full-fledged recovery while preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus once again. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has instructed his Cabinet to compi...
Fumio Usui, a 65-year-old man devoted to making artificial legs, is among the 150 people with outstanding skills selected by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry as “contemporary craftsmen” fo...
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...
Urban areas like Tokyo have long been magnets for job seekers, but more and more working urbanites are tapping into a new revenue stream by working for regional companies online while remaining in the...
As vending machines have now come into the spotlight amid the spread of the novel coronavirus, new types that dispense items other than beverages, such as sauces and herbs, have stirred up interest a...
The Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education said it has seen a massive increase in junior high and high school students seeking advice about poor grades or family relations in the first half of the cu...
Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Rakuten Inc., expressed his desire to further lower mobile phone charges in a recent interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun, saying there is still room to do so. Th...
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...
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...
While 56% of respondents to a recent survey conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun said they were not satisfied with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s explanation of why the government rejected six candida...
Toy Box was a name so peculiar that it piqued my interest to the point where I just had to go. So I got on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and got off at Minowa Station, nearby its location. What also pro...
In a bid to reduce food waste, the government will develop a smartphone app that tells users how much money they wasted on food that they bought but did not eat. The goal is to encourage consumers ...
The Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education said it has seen a massive increase in junior high and high school students seeking advice about poor grades or family relations in the first half of the cu...
Sitting atop a building across the Sumida River from the famous Kaminarimon gate in Tokyo's Asakusa area rests a humongous and puzzling golden object. Some say it is modeled after a tadpole, while ...
Transcript of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ victory speech Saturday night in Wilmington, Delaware, as prepared and provided by the Biden campaign: ___ Good evening. Congressman John Lew...
The Rikkoshi-no-Rei ceremony to proclaim that Crown Prince Akishino is the first in the line to the throne was held on Sunday at the Imperial Palace. This ritual wraps up the series of ceremonies rela...
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...
Exhibitions of the work of photographer Yasuhiro Ishimoto (1921-2012) are being held at two Tokyo museums to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth next year. The displayed work of Ishimoto, w...
Artwork offering a glimpse of the nation’s active foreign trade during the Sengoku warring states period in the 15th and 16th centuries is now on display at the Tokyo National Museum in Tokyo’s U...
Probably many people who speak two or more languages on a regular basis have had the following experience. You’ve spoken often to someone in one of the languages you have in common but for some reas...
