January 24, 2020
The Japanese Olympic and Paralympic Committees unveiled the designs of the official uniforms the Japanese team will wear during the Games. For the first time,The Olympic and Paralympic teams will have the same design, to serves as a “symbol of a cohesive society.” There will be two sets of...
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Japan as a state guest this spring, but members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are divided over that designation. Those opposing the label bring up issues such as Chinese government vessels entering Japan’s territorial waters around the Senkaku Islan...
“I’ve never had a bad year, until this year,” said Kohei Uchimura, 31, during a visit to his hometown of Nagasaki in December. Winner of three gold and four silver medals over three Olympics, the man some have called the “King Kohei” was reflecting on a turbulent 2019. At the age of 27...
DAVOS, Switzerland/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not consider the brain injuries suffered by 11 U.S. service members in Iran’s recent attack on a base...
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein went on trial Wednesday in a landmark moment for the #MeToo movement, with prosecutors painting him as a sexual predator who used his Hollywood clout to abuse women...
The demotion of ozeki Goeido (4-8), who has been on kadoban status, meaning he needed to win eight of his 15 matches in the current sumo tournament, became inevitable on Thursday after he was forced o...
SEOUL (AP) — South Korea’s first known transgender soldier pleaded to be allowed to continue serving after the military decided Wednesday to discharge her for undergoing gender reassignment surge...
SYDNEY (AP) — Three Americans died Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in the Snowy Monaro region of Australia’s southern New South Wales state, of...
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new government made up of appointees nominated by the Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies got down to business Wednesday, a day after it was formed. Questions arose immed...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has outlined plans for the decommissioning of its Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power station, estimating that the process will take 44 yea...
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) — Britain’s Prince Charles said on Wednesday that global warming and climate change are the greatest threats humanity has faced, calling on business leaders in Davos t...
A red hue came over Day 4 at the Australian Open. A bloody nose. And a two-time French Open finalist going five sets against a Bolt from Down Under on an indoor court at Melbourne Park after damp re...
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Brexit bill passed its final hurdle in Parliament on Wednesday after the House of Lords abandoned attempts to amend it, leaving Britain on course to leave the European Uni...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo police arrested two men for allegedly stealing some ¥78 million’s worth of bitcoin, a kind of cryptocurrency, from an overseas cryptocurrency exchange, it was learned ...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued a Level 2 travel warning for the city of Wuhan in China, the epicenter of a pneumonia outbreak caused by a new strain of coronavirus. ...
BEIJING (Reuters) — China is putting on lockdown a city of 11 million people considered the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 and infected nearly 600 people, as health aut...
BEIJING (Jiji Press) — A Japanese man has been hospitalized in the Chinese city of Wuhan due to severe pneumonia, an official at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing said Thursday. Authorities are inv...
MELBOURNE (AFP-Jiji) — Two of the most exciting young talents in tennis take center stage at the Australian Open on Friday when 15-year-old American Coco Gauff takes on reigning champion Naomi Osak...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson capped his long-awaited NBA debut by scoring 17 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter and stirring the crowd into a frenzy — only to see his team come up short...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Venezuela’s opposition leader said Wednesday that he wants the European Union to broaden sanctions against members of the Venezuelan government as a way to push toward free presid...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump set a presidential record for activity on his favorite social media platform Wednesday, tweeting and retweeting at length about the Senate impeachment ...
Recent disasters in Japan have highlighted the value of shopping malls as community evacuation sites. Against this backdrop, major distribution enterprise Aeon Co. has been working on mall designs th...
The extradition of three British nationals wanted for allegedly robbing a jewelry store in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, in November 2015 is being discussed by Japanese and British police authorities, The Yom...
ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi — The largest temporary housing complex built for victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake is being demolished with heavy machinery in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. The demol...
The number of Thais and Indonesians remaining in Japan illegally has doubled since the government exempted visitors from these countries from obtaining visas for short-term stays, The Yomiuri Shimbun...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — As foreign visitors to Japan increase ahead of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games slated for this summer, so have cases of such visitors being embroiled in consumer problem...
DAVOS, Switzerland — The state minister of culture and sports promoted the government-hosted Japan Cultural Expo (Nihonhaku) at the World Economic Forum annual meeting being held at the Swiss resort...
“I’ve never had a bad year, until this year,” said Kohei Uchimura, 31, during a visit to his hometown of Nagasaki in December. Winner of three gold and four silver medals over three Olympics, th...
BEIJING (AP) — The head of a Chinese government expert team said Monday that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus, a development that raises the possib...
The Tokyo Anime Center in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, is a facility to promote the appeal of anime productions and boost the industry as a whole by connecting fans and creators. It is run by Dai Nippon Pri...
The ruling and opposition parties must discuss Japan’s future vision from a broader perspective. An ordinary Diet session has opened. In his policy speeches before the Diet, the first of its kind ...
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. 
AMSTERDAM (AP) — After years of doubts about its authenticity, experts in Amsterdam have confirmed that a Vincent van Gogh self-portrait was indeed painted by the Dutch master as he recovered in a...
The three artistic directors of the New National Theatre Tokyo (NNTT) have unveiled the opera, ballet and drama lineups for the 2020-21 season. The opera season will kick off in October with a new p...
“A once-in-a-century genius.” “Prodigy of the times.” “This era’s star.” “A man who changes history.” That’s some of the praise used to describe rising young kodanshi storytel...
