August 20, 2019
The government is considering launching a satellite to intercept foreign countries’ military satellites in the event of an emergency, as part of efforts to strengthen deterrence amid a rapidly increasing military threat in outer space, as seen in the development by China and Russia of satellites t...
Japan had more than 30 million foreign visitors in 2018, but its nightlife is not as extensive as in other nations. Spurred by the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, efforts are spreading to diversify tourism in the evening and vitalize the nighttime economy. Kawaii culture The Kawaii Monster Cafe...
The government is making final arrangements to include the promotion of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy led by Japan and the United States in a declaration at the upcoming Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). The declaration will be adopted at the end of the confer...
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday warned China that carrying out a Tiananmen Square-style crackdown on Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters would harm trade talks between ...
TORONTO (AP) — After watching his team use seven pitchers Saturday, Seattle’s Yusei Kikuchi wanted to give the bullpen a break. His first big league shutout fit the bill perfectly. Kikuchi ne...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Griffin Canning had never been caught by fellow rookie Anthony Bemboom. Maybe Sunday was the start of a productive partnership. Canning had perhaps the best start of his c...
Frank Lampard climbed the steps in the tunnel and emerged to rapturous applause from Chelsea fans, a flame display and a giant banner at one end of Stamford Bridge that read “Welcome Home Super Fra...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Pete Alonso wasn’t even sure he was going to make the New York Mets’ opening day roster, so even he never could have imagined the incredible season he’s having. The ...
PARIS (AP) — Still missing Brazil forward Neymar, defending champion Paris Saint-Germain lost 2-1 at Rennes in the French league on Sunday. PSG, which beat Nimes 3-0 last weekend in the first rou...
Former Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen called U.S. President Donald Trump’s reported idea of buying Greenland, a self-governed Danish territory, an out-of-season April Fools’ joke. Trum...
MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — Staked to a six-shot lead, Justin Thomas spent more time Sunday worrying about what could go wrong than ending 12 months without winning. And right when it started to go wrong...
It is important to utilize information technology to improve the convenience of people’s lives and increase the efficiency of administrative offices. The digital procedures law — legislation aime...
Tensions have escalated further in the Kashmir region where India and Pakistan are vying with each other for territorial rights. India, which has aggravated the situation, bears a heavy responsibility...
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — The black clouds that enveloped Pocono and officially brought the IndyCar race to a premature end didn’t appear until the halfway point. But they’ve really been hanging ov...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Chiba Bank President Hidetoshi Sakuma and Bank of Yokohama President Yasuyoshi Oya have revealed that they are considering the establishment of a joint outlet in Tokyo. In a re...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Stocks gained ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday, following a sharp rise on Wall Street late last week. The 225-issue Nikkei average jumped 144.35 points, or 0.71 per...
NAGANO — All Nippon Airways will offer a Japanese red wine made in Nagano as part of its in-flight service for first class passengers on North American and Honolulu routes from September to November...
As the number of foreign visitors to Japan continues to surge, unique hotels featuring quintessentially Japanese elements such as manga and robots have opened one after another. There is an ongoing co...
MASON, Ohio (AP) — Two unexpected champions embraced their first Rookwood championship trophies, concluding a week that brought more questions than clarity to the upcoming U.S. Open. Who’s goin...
BERLIN (Reuters) — Germany has the fiscal strength to counter any future economic crisis “with full force,” German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, suggesting Berlin could make avai...
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that he had spoken with Apple Inc.’s Chief Executive Tim Cook about the impact of U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports as well as...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed concerns of recession on Sunday and offered an optimistic outlook for the economy after last week’s steep drop in the financial ...
The city of Saijo in Ehime Prefecture faces the Seto Inland Sea to the north and Mt. Ishizuchi, the tallest mountain in western Japan, to the south. Here, 87-year-old Setsuko Saeki has lived with a ro...
KYOTO — Sunday marked one month since the arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio that left 35 people dead. Many continue to ask why animators — who brought life to the images they created...
Languages less familiar to the Japanese are also learned at some high schools. “What do you do?” “Where do you work?” In late June, Vietnamese phrases were heard at the private Kanto Internat...
Since the Trans-Pacific Partnership came into effect, a wider variety of imported beef has been making its way onto the tables of Japanese households. Products from Canada and New Zealand have been...
WEIFANG, China (Reuters) — Charging elderly clients just 1 yuan or about 15 cents a day, little-known Lanchuang Network Technology Corp. has embarked on one of the most ambitious undertakings in eld...
Signs of a slowdown in Europe’s economy are growing. Difficult economic management is likely to be required to pull the region out of its current slow growth. Against a backdrop of uncertainty ove...
Speeches and plays in French were presented by more than 100 high school students learning French as their “first foreign language” at a recent event in Tokyo. The event was 38eme Festival de F...
This is the fourth and final installment of a four-part series on multilingual education at Japanese high schools. Non-English foreign language education at Japanese high schools often reflects cha...
MITO (Jiji Press) — Police arrested a 43-year-old man on a nationwide wanted list on Sunday on charges of causing bodily injury to a driver in a road rage case on an expressway in Ibaraki Prefectur...
Temperatures rose Saturday mainly in the Kanto region from the morning, as Typhoon No. 10 brought in warm air from the south. The heat wave is expected to continue for a week or so, increasing the dan...
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. 
As one of the measures to strengthen the national soccer team ahead of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, German coach Dettmar Cramer was invited to Japan. He must have studied the traditional culture of Japan,...
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...
We were six large bodies crammed inside a five-seat sedan, laughing even as our hearts fluttered at the sudden braking and inconsistent lane-crossing the driver, our classmate, undertook to get throu...
Remember the film “The Bodyguard,” the blockbuster movie starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner? It was turned into a musical in London, and it’s coming to Japan in September. “And I —...
LOS ANGELES (AFP-Jiji) —The release of a film criticized by conservatives as portraying a group of liberals hunting supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump has been indefinitely postponed, Univers...
Young people today hate to carry things. They prefer going out empty-handed if possible. Middle-aged or elderly people will likely think, alright, this jacket has a lot of pockets, so you can put y...
