April 13, 2021
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. wants to change society through the use of automation technologies and hydrogen energy. Leading the way is former robotics developer Yasuhiko Hashimoto, the president of KHI. He talked to The Yomiuri Shimbun about some of the company’s latest initiatives. The follo...
Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura said Monday he is canceling the leg of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay scheduled to take place in Matsuyama on April 21, due to the continuing spread of the novel coronavirus in the city. Speaking to reporters, Nakamura said he is finalizing the plan with the Tokyo Games...
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan sucked in its breath as Hideki Matsuyama almost blew his chance to win the Masters but the golfer’s one-shot victory at Augusta National sparked a joyous reaction back home as the country celebrated another sporting triumph in testing times. Matsuyama, 29, became the f...
NIKKO, Tochigi — A re-creation of Naha’s Shuri Castle will be exhibited from April 24 at Tobu World Square in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture. The elaborate miniature castle constructed at 1/25 scale ha...
The Liberal Democratic Party will request the government to introduce a selective four-day workweek system that would allow employees to take three days off per week, according to a draft of the rulin...
Emergency-level priority measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus infections went into effect in Tokyo, Kyoto and Okinawa prefectures on Monday, expanding the application of the measures to...
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japanese wholesale prices marked their first annual increase in more than a year in March, a sign that rising commodities costs are pinching corporate margins and adding inflation...
Starting this month, the “equal pay for equal work” system to eliminate the unreasonable gap between regular and non-regular employees is also being applied at small and midsize enterprises. As ...
A woman working at the Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital in Kanazawa has been confirmed to have been infected with the novel coronavirus despite receiving two doses of the vaccine. According to t...
Vaccinations for the elderly against COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, began across the nation on Monday. As the vaccination program has expanded beyond medical workers to incl...
Passage of a package of digital reform bills, a cornerstone of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s digitization initiative, has been delayed in the Diet in a setback that has revealed crossed wires wit...
Three male Diet members took part in a pregnancy simulation experiment to better understand the hardships pregnant women face and use what they learn when drafting policy proposals. The lawmakers fro...
The elderly are much less likely to experience side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine compared with young people, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry. An expert panel to the ministr...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) — India reported a record 168,912 COVID-19 infections overnight, data from the health ministry showed on Monday, overtaking Brazil to become the second-most affected country glo...
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the internet has become an even more indispensable piece of social infrastructure for work and daily life. A system must be established to stabilize the communication en...
U.S. President Joe Biden has announced an eight-year economic stimulus package worth $2 trillion (¥220 trillion). The pillars of the plan are to rebuild aging infrastructure and strengthen key indust...
Major semiconductor manufacturer Renesas Electronics Corp. has restored the clean room where a fire broke out at its Naka Factory in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, the company has announced. Rene...
SEOUL — People crossing the border without permission are shot to death, a city near the border is locked down and its residents have to abide by a curfew. This is the current situation in North Kor...
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...
Mitsui Fudosan Co. will open Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, a large complex featuring office and commercial facilities, in the Yaesu district of Chuo Ward, Tokyo, at the end of August 2022, the property develo...
TADAMI, Fukushima — A brewery for shochu distilled rice liquor in the town of Tadami has unbottled a plan to produce sake for export and catch the wave of popularity that Japanese cuisine is riding...
FUJISAWA, Kanagawa — As the Olympic torch relay makes its way across the nation, a local group of volunteers has launched a community art project that aims to capture the festive spirit in Fujisawa,...
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...
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan sucked in its breath as Hideki Matsuyama almost blew his chance to win the Masters but the golfer’s one-shot victory at Augusta National sparked a joyous reaction back hom...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) — Hideki Matsuyama overcame a potentially ruinous moment to become the first Japanese man to win a major championship with a one-shot Masters victory over Will Zalatoris at A...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The storms that stopped play for a little more than hour Saturday at the Masters were expected. The masterpiece delivered by Hideki Matsuyama after the break was not. Matsuyam...
Rikako Ikee won the women’s 50-meter butterfly in 25.56 seconds, a personal best since returning to the sport since her fight against leukemia, at the Japan swimming championships on Saturday at th...
Three male Diet members took part in a pregnancy simulation experiment to better understand the hardships pregnant women face and use what they learn when drafting policy proposals. The lawmakers fro...
A total of 65 municipalities in Tokyo and 38 other prefectures had plans as of Friday to start vaccinating people aged 65 and older against the novel coronavirus from Monday, according to a Yomiuri S...
KITAKYUSHU — In celebration of its 15th anniversary, Kitakyushu Airport has installed a full-size statue of Maetel, a main character in the popular “Galaxy Express 999” anime series, in its depa...
Osaka Prefecture confirmed 918 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus on Saturday, the highest daily tally seen in the prefecture, where new emergency-level “priority measures” went int...
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...
OSAKA — Internationally renowned architect Tadao Ando, 79, is building a children’s library in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, aiming to create a “cultural renaissance center” for the areas affected b...
The last time I worked in an American office I was 19 years old, earning an hourly wage to do a variety of types of menial support, which I actually enjoyed immensely. I came to Japan at age 20 and go...
Japanese-born British writer Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest novel “Klara and the Sun” was released on March 2. This is his first novel since he was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. A Japanes...
