December 8, 2019
HONG KONG (Reuters) — Thousands of black-clad protesters from all walks of life thronged the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in a sign of broad support for anti-government demonstrations that have roiled the Chinese-ruled city for six months. With chants of, “Fight for freedom, stand with Hong...
MUMBAI (Reuters) — At least forty-three people were killed in India’s capital New Delhi on Sunday when a fire swept through a six-story factory where laborers were sleeping, government officials said. The factory was making handbags and lots of raw material was stored inside the building due ...
TEHRAN — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani served as a pallbearer for the coffin of Tetsu Nakamura, who was shot to death in eastern Afghanistan, at a Kabul airport on Saturday as he sent off the slain doctor’s body for its return to Japan. The coffin was covered in an Afghan national flag as it w...
Junior high school students dressed as miko shrine maidens throw omikuji fortune-telling slips high in the air at Keta Taisha shrine in Hakui, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Saturday. About 200,000 slips, on...
SEOUL (AP) — North Korea said Sunday it carried out a “very important test” at its long-range rocket launch site that U.S. and South Korean officials said the North had partially dismantled as ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. job growth increased by the most in 10 months in November as the health care industry boosted hiring and production workers at General Motors returned to work after a str...
TURIN, Italy (AP) — American figure skater Nathan Chen won the Grand Prix Finals for the third season in a row Saturday, beating Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu by a dominant 44-point margin. ...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Chelsea won a legal fight with FIFA on Friday that cleared the club to sign new players in January, then criticized soccer’s world body for how it handled the case. ...
Digitization is transforming construction work. Driving the change are the efforts of Komatsu Ltd., the world’s second-largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment. For this installmen...
VIENNA (Reuters) — European powers demanded at talks on Friday that Iran stop violating their nuclear deal, but stopped short of triggering a mechanism that could renew U.N. sanctions and kill the 2...
OSWIECIM (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced a feeling of “deep shame” during her first-ever visit on Friday to the hallowed grounds of the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had plenty of time to relax and enjoy his 25th birthday Friday night against the Los Angeles Clippers. Antetokounmpo had 27 points and 11 rebounds before exi...
SHADNAGAR, India (AP) — Police on Friday fatally shot four men being held on suspicion of raping and killing a woman in southern India after investigators took them to the crime scene, drawing both...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen in cars opened fire Friday in Baghdad’s Khilani Square. leaving at least 15 people dead and 60 wounded, Iraqi security and medical officials said. At least two of the dead w...
MADRID (Reuters) — Teen activist Greta Thunberg took her call for bold action to tackle climate change to a U.N. summit in Spain on Friday, warning world leaders that a growing youth-led protest mov...
NEW YORK (AP) — David Fizdale was the latest coach tasked with trying to turn around the New York Knicks. He was given barely 100 games before the longtime losers decided it was time to try someo...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn clashed Friday night in the last head-to-head debate before a general election in six days — an ...
LONDON (Reuters) — A senior British diplomat in Washington has resigned, saying she did not want to “peddle half-truths” over Brexit for a government she did not trust, CNN reported on Friday. ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday that a Dec. 15 deadline is still in place to impose a new round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese consumer goods, but Pre...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The White House said on Friday it would refuse to take part in hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives set for this week that will consider what articles of impeachment...
NASSAU (AP) — Two big birdies from Gary Woodland gave him the lead in the Hero World Challenge. A closing birdie on a hole that has vexed Tiger Woods put him in range of a third victory this year. ...
VIENNA (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia spearheaded a deal on Friday that will see the OPEC plus group of oil producers commit to some of the sector’s deepest output cuts in a decade aiming to avert over...
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — An aviation student from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom at the Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday morning, killing three people in an attack the Saudi government ...
TEHRAN — Local authorities in Afghanistan had been informed in advance of a possible attack on Tetsu Nakamura, making it more likely that Wednesday’s shooting specifically targeted the Japanese do...
TEHRAN — Family members of Tetsu Nakamura, who was a local representative of the nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai and was killed in eastern Afghanistan, arrived in Kabul on Friday and paid ...
The big four American tech companies known as GAFA — Google LLC, Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. — are dotcom platforms that have led the shift toward the internet era and provided v...
BERLIN (AP) — Germany expelled two Russian diplomats Wednesday over the brazen killing of a Georgian on the streets of Berlin in August as prosecutors said evidence suggested the slaying was ordere...
Needing only to avoid losing by four goals, Yokohama F Marinos did everything but play defensively. Marinos captured their first J.League championship in 15 seasons and fourth overall by storming t...
The withdrawal of India from the negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership free trade deal (RCEP, see below), which has involved the participation of 16 countries, including Jap...
TURIN, Italy (AP) — Nathan Chen is on course for a third straight title at the figure skating Grand Prix Finals, thanks to a costly mistake by his main rival Yuzuru Hanyu. The U.S. skater scored ...
URAYASU, Chiba — Oriental Land Co. has announced details of new attractions to be opened at Tokyo Disneyland on April 15 next year. One of the new attractions is themed to Disney’s movie “Bea...
OSWIECIM (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced a feeling of “deep shame” during her first-ever visit on Friday to the hallowed grounds of the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-...
Digitization is transforming construction work. Driving the change are the efforts of Komatsu Ltd., the world’s second-largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment. For this installmen...
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. 
LOS ANGELES — Three Japanese animated feature films were nominated in the independent film category of the Annie Awards, the International Animated Film Association said Monday. The awards are of...
Ivor Bolton will conduct the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in its annual December concerts of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 “Choral.” The British maestro is renowned for his masterful conduct...
Germany-based violinist Sayako Kusaka will perform in Japan in December with a German chamber orchestra that she leads. Kusaka is the first concertmaster of the distinguished Konzerthausorchester Be...
