March 25, 2019
One thing is for sure: Hakuho had to really fight for this one. Hakuho weathered a fierce battle with fellow yokozuna and Mongolian Kakuryu on the final day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday in Osaka to win his record-extending 42nd career title with a perfect 15-0 record. The title...
The strictest smoking policy of any Olympics and Paralympics in recent years will be enforced at the Tokyo 2020 Games in all the competition venues, including their grounds. However, parties including residents of surrounding areas and local governments are voicing concerns about a possible knock-...
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP-Jiji) — Apple looks to begin a fresh reinvention on Monday as it rolls out Hollywood stars for its new streaming television service, part of a broad shift of direction for the California technology giant. Having seen a pullback in the once-sizzling smartphone market, Apple will...
CHENGDU, China (AFP-Jiji) — Longboarder Mu Qing skates through the mega-city of Chengdu in southwest China, deftly dancing on and off her ride as a friend tails her from behind, filming on a smartph...
PHOENIX (AP) — Yu Liu played the final four holes in 4 under Saturday for a 7-under 65 and the third-round lead in the Founders Cup. The 23-year-old Chinese player eagled the par-5 15th and birdi...
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — The final hour changed the dynamics of the Valspar Championship, just not the lead. That still belongs to defending champion Paul Casey, and he saw only the upside of havi...
BAGHDAD (AFP-Jiji) — Five years after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group swept across Iraq, Baghdad is bidding to reclaim its role as a regional player while walking a tightrope between...
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Clashes broke out in the latest “yellow vest” protests in French cities Saturday but a massive police deployment prevented more of the rioting and looting that marred the prev...
MOSCOW (AFP-Jiji) — Several thousand supporters of Russia’s Communist Party rallied in Moscow against government policies, with some attacking President Vladimir Putin, who they said was personal...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Next stop on the Brandon Clarke Dunk ’n’ Swat Festival: the Sweet 16. The Gonzaga forward had five monster dunks, five blocks, matched a career-high with 36 points and en...
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian singer has been banned from performing in her home country after suggesting that it does not respect free speech. A video clip circulated online shows Sherine Abdel-Wahab,...
MITO — A former participant in the Tokyo-Hakone Intercollegiate Ekiden will represent Japan in the 2019 Trail World Championships, to be held in Portugal in June. Yutaro Yokouchi, 26, hails from ...
CARACAS (AFP-Jiji) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday accused the United States of using frozen Venezuelan funds to bankroll mercenaries to assassinate him in a “plot” he said was...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki added one more memorable game in his final visit to Oracle Arena, scoring a season-high 21 points and insisting he couldn’t remember whether it was a chair or...
BEIRA, Mozambique (AP) — A second week has begun of efforts to find and help tens of thousands of people after Cyclone Idai devastated a large swath of Mozambique. Members of the Indian and South ...
SANTIAGO (Reuters) — A group of South American leaders signed a declaration on Friday to create a bloc they say is open to any country, regardless of ideology, to collaborate on solving regional pr...
The domestic market for kampo medicines — a traditional medical system that utilizes the reactions of the human body for therapeutic interventions — has been expanding. Tsumura & Co. has embarked ...
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Militia fighters descended on a village in central Mali before dawn Saturday, killing at least 115 people in the latest deadly attack blamed on an ethnic militia, local authorit...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday replaced Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati as archbishop of Santiago, Chile, after he was placed under criminal investigation in the country’s spiraling church ...
NAIROBI (AFP-Jiji) — Three teenage schoolgirls in Burundi have been sent to prison to await trial for scribbling on a picture of President Pierre Nkurunziza in textbooks, activists said Thursday. ...
MIAMI (AFP-Jiji) — Naomi Osaka crashed out of the third round of the WTA and ATP Miami Open on Saturday as Hsieh Su-Wei exacted revenge for a painful Australian Open defeat with a 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-...
BANGKOK (Reuters) — Thai voters went to the polls on Sunday in a long-delayed election following a 2014 coup, a race that pits a military junta chief seeking to retain power against a “democratic...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Mayoral election campaigns began in six of 20 ordinance-designated big cities Sunday, including Osaka and Sapporo. The mayors of the six cities, also including Sagamihara, Shiz...
Follow the adventure of Kenta the office dog who lives with Shiba-kun’s family and commutes to office everyday, where his job is to heal stressed humans. Shiba-kun’s daughter, Hachiko, is the only...
Ahead of more foreign workers being accepted in Japan from April, the government is to require foreign workers’ residence card (see below) ID numbers in reports that their employers submit to the l...
The design of the torch for the relay leading up to the 2020 Tokyo Games has been unveiled by the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The committee announced Wednesday t...
The Japanese government will present a replica of a world map made in 1856 on which “Japan Sea” is written in German, to Germany. According to the Japanese Foreign Ministry, the map, which has ...
The Los Angeles Philharmonic is currently in Tokyo with Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel as part of the global tour celebrating the orchestra’s centenary. “We are very happy to be back,” D...
As part of efforts to clamp down on money laundering, financial institutions are bolstering checks and confirming additional details when individuals and companies open bank accounts and send money ov...
SEOUL — A draft ordinance that would require elementary, junior high and high schools to place stickers saying “This product was produced by a Japanese company that committed war crimes” on prod...
Won’t this situation cause the risk of an economic slowdown? Now is the time for careful discernment. The government has revised down its assessment of the economy for the first time in three year...
KYOTO — The term Rakuchu has long been used to refer to inner Kyoto, and the area outside Rakuchu is called Rakugai. But when asked where the boundary lies between Rakuchu and Rakugai, it is harder ...
The famed Broadway musical “Pippin” will open on June 10 in Tokyo, performed in Japanese and starring Yu Shirota in the title role. Shirota is a top talent with outstanding stage presence who is...
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. 
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s March 9 issue. * * * Kazuo Tokumitsu never lost his grip on his microphone as he fell on his ba...
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Feb. 27 issue. * * * There was no concept of “zero” in Japanese mathematics in the past. Th...
KYOTO — The term Rakuchu has long been used to refer to inner Kyoto, and the area outside Rakuchu is called Rakugai. But when asked where the boundary lies between Rakuchu and Rakugai, it is harder ...
The Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra (YNSO) will be led by Sebastian Weigle from the 2019-2020 season starting in April. He will become the orchestra’s 10th principal conductor. Under the leadersh...
Sebastian Weigle, who will become the 10th principal conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra (YNSO), conducted the orchestra in concerts in 2016 and in an opera in 2017. “It’s a great ...
