October 25, 2021
This is the third installment in a series that looks into constituencies where candidates are facing close battles. A crowd of about 500 people gathered in a shopping district that few people usually visit, eager to see the return of the “king” who has often been absent from his realm. Mo...
A surge in demand for the services of companies that manage the belongings of deceased people instead of family members has turned the spotlight on the issue of solitary deaths amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation has partly been attributed to a lack of opportunities for senior citizens and p...
SHENYANG, China/SHANGHAI — Production at China’s coal-fired power plants has been kicked into high gear by the administration of a President Xi Jinping eager to overcome the nation’s energy crunch, ahead of the Chinese Community Party’s National Congress that looms on the horizon next year. ...
Everyone from the “Squid Game” has good reasons to win it all: 45.6 billion reasons, to be exact. But some have problems that are mirrored from the real-life version of the society they are in. Pa...
BANGKOK (Reuters) — Two Buddhist monks in Thailand have become social media stars with Facebook livestreams that combine traditional teachings with non-traditional jokes and giggles. Some of the cou...
The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association announced that vehicle sales of its members reached 13,537 last month, up 52% compared to the previous month. The total sales of the entire market o...
CHIBA (AP) — Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama had three birdies in five holes on the back nine and eagled the 18th for good measure for a five-stroke victory at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship ...
BEIJING — The Chinese Defense Ministry announced Saturday that its navy and the Russian Navy conducted their first joint maritime patrol on Oct. 17-23. This is believed to refer to the Chinese and...
About 40 people who applied online enjoyed a yoga lesson in the dimly lit observatory of the Tembo Galleria at Tokyo Skytree in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, outside the tower’s regular hours of operation on ...
Ten Chinese and Russian destroyers and other vessels passed through the Osumi Strait off Kagoshima Prefecture, the Defense Ministry said Saturday. This is the first time that vessels belonging to th...
About 27,000 improvement requests were made for elementary school routes — citing traffic accident risks — in major cities across the nation over a three-year period, but only about half of them h...
I am hungry for sheep meat. Mutton and lamb are less commonly found in Japanese supermarkets than beef, pork or chicken, and the long state of emergency in Tokyo severely limited opportunities to din...
Ruling and opposition party leaders touted their campaign platforms around the nation on the first weekend of campaigning for the House of Representatives election, including their measures to cope w...
The shimenawa rope at Miho Shrine’s gate was replaced for the first time in 16 years on Saturday in Matsue, as parishioners and visitors watched the work progress. The rope was replaced using ab...
FUKUOKA — Kyushu’s largest and busiest commercial district is about to be transformed into a city of high-rise office buildings, as the first major building has been completed for a large-scale re...
ASAGO, Hyogo — A new observatory is open to visitors on a mountain across from castle ruins dubbed the “Castle in the Sky” in Asago, Hyogo Prefecture. It is expected to provide better views of t...
OKAYAMA — Climate change research equations used by this year’s physics Nobel laureate Syukuro Manabe that adorn the exterior walls of an Okayama hotel have created quite a buzz for the establishm...
New anorexia cases in minors rose 60% from the previous year in fiscal 2020, a recent survey by the National Center for Child Health and Development in Tokyo has found. The center cited stress and an...
Votes will be cast in the House of Representatives election 17 days after the dissolution of the lower house, the shortest such period under the current Constitution. With limited time and manpower, l...
ATAMI, Shizuoka — Some 5,500 fireworks lit up the night sky at Atami Port in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, during a festival held with hopes of the area recovering from a mudslide disaster that happen...
When a defendant in a criminal trial flees while out on bail, this not only interferes with the judicial process, but also causes great anxiety among residents and society. The central government must...
SEOUL (Reuters) — North Korea’s recent ballistic missile tests were “concerning and counterproductive” for efforts to reduce tensions, and Pyongyang should instead engage in talks, the U.S. e...
Eleven Picasso paintings and other works that helped turn Las Vegas into an unlikely destination for art were sold at auction on Saturday for more than $100 million. The Sotheby’s auction was hel...
The latest in our series of stories related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccination situation in Japan are presented below. Also, clicking on “Latest coronavirus data” will lead to graphics t...
The following series of graphics can help visualize the spread of the novel coronavirus and the vaccination progress in Japan. Also included is a chart comparing global cases as a percentage of popula...
Need a break from the headlines? Here’s your daily dose of humor, curated by The Japan News. New comics are available every day, so ’toon in to both our print and web editions for a satirical l...
“I’d like to cover what problems people living alone might have if they get infected with the novel coronavirus.” No sooner had I discussed this idea with my editor than I wound up infected myse...
This is the second installment in a series that looks into constituencies where candidates are facing close battles. Two former comrades who now stand on opposite sides of the political divide are...
Ahead of the Oct. 31 House of Representatives election, this article is the first in a new series that looks into constituencies where candidates are facing close battles. “My father was a vill...
The slowdown of the Chinese economy is becoming clearer. The upheaval will have a major impact on Japan and the rest of the world. China needs to implement prudent policy management that takes the eco...
When Zeng, 63, finally got hold of someone on the phone line who was able to help, he was on day eight of an isolation order and had run out of food at home. Crying over the phone, the senior who live...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), one of the world’s leading semiconductor makers, has announced it will build a new plant in Japan in response to a request from the Japanese government...
Japanese automakers expect production to be down by at least 1.3 million units in fiscal 2021 due to the global semiconductor shortage and the COVID-19 pandemic situation in Southeast Asia, according ...
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. 
Daniel Mulcahy shares his experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collaboration of Japan’s local and national government auth...
Ana Maricic 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 authori...
Celine Chan Hui Juan 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 governmen...
Even amid the hard times of the pandemic, internationally renowned jazz pianist Hiromi Uehara has dedicated herself to making music. Her new album “Silver Lining Suite” — released under the grou...
WARSAW — Japanese pianists won the second and fourth prizes in the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in the Polish capital on Thursday. Kyohei Sorita won joint second prize and Aimi K...
A young messiah finally finds his calling — after two long hours and change — in “Dune” (which, it should be noted, is actually “Dune: Part 1,” although this fact is not exactly well adver...
