July 30, 2021
The government plans to declare a state of emergency in Osaka, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures, where priority measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus are currently in place, sources said Thursday. The state of emergency will be in effect until Aug. 31. The government al...
The Japan judo team’s daily gold medal haul continued on Thursday at the Tokyo Olympics after Aaron Wolf and Shori Hamada won their finals by ippon. Wolf, 25, faced Cho Guham of South Korea in the final of the men’s under 100-kilogram division. The match went scoreless in the 4-minute regulati...
Japan’s Mima Ito won the bronze medal in women’s singles table tennis, defeating Singapore’s Mengyu Yu 4-1 in the bronze medal match at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. She became the first Japanese to win a medal in the women’s singles competition.
Even though the pandemic has kept us from going out to enjoy live performances, Ayaka Hirahara’s newest album may make listeners feel as though they were front and center at one of her concerts. ...
The Japan judo team’s daily gold medal haul continued on Thursday at the Tokyo Olympics after Aaron Wolf and Shori Hamada won their finals by ippon. Wolf, 25, faced Cho Guham of South Korea in the...
Veteran Shori Hamada won the women’s judo 78-kilogram division on Thursday at the Tokyo Olympics. The 30-year-old, dubbed “queen of mat techniques,” showed the reason of the sobriquet by naili...
More than 10,000 new cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed in Japan on Thursday, according to a preliminary tally, marking a record high for the second consecutive day. Tokyo logged a record...
The Noto Peninsula once played an important role as a transit point for maritime trade, fostering a unique culture on a land formation that juts into the Sea of Japan in present-day Ishikawa Prefectu...
Ramen is one of Japan’s most iconic, much-loved dishes. The combinations of broths, noodles and toppings are diverse and continue to evolve. If you visit Japan, you’ll be amazed at the countless r...
The Tokyo metropolitan government logged 3,865 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus on Thursday, marking a record high for the third day in a row. The tally was up 1,886 from the same d...
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Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a woman in my 30s. I can’t stand how bad my husband’s farts smell. We’ve been married for three years, but recently, my husband has been passing gas more often tha...
Only two days after thinking his horizontal bar performance was enough for Japan to win the men’s team event in artistic gymnastics, Daiki Hashimoto again looked expectantly at the scoreboard for hi...
More than 9,500 new coronavirus cases were confirmed across Japan on Wednesday, and there are mounting concerns that this record-high number of infections could climb even further in the weeks ahead....
SAITAMA (AP) — Rui Hachimura did whatever he could. Blocking shots, hitting tough jumpers, logging big minutes, the best player on Japan’s roster simply held nothing back with hopes of giving his...
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a homemaker in my 40s and I need your advice about my fifth-grade son. In a newsletter I received from the school he attends, I learned that bullying had been occurring a...
Mima Ito advanced to the semifinals in women’s table tennis singles, beating Jeon Ji-hee of South Korea in straight sets in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Kasumi Ishikawa, however, failed to reac...
Shigeru Omi, chairman of the government’s subcommittee on novel coronavirus measures, said cases were likely to increase further at a House of Councillors’ Cabinet Committee meeting Thursday, foll...
Prison sentences handed down to two U.S. citizens for assisting former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s illegal escape from Japan in late 2019 were fixed on Wednesday, court officials have...
NAHA (Jiji Press) — The Okinawa prefectural government said Wednesday that it will give conditional approval for transplanting corals from waters around a U.S. military base construction site in th...
TOKYO (Reuters) — China’s Sun Yingsha crushed Japanese paddler Mima Ito in the semi-final of the women’s singles on Thursday to advance to the gold medal match, where she will face off against...
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...
Ramen is one of Japan’s most iconic, much-loved dishes. The combinations of broths, noodles and toppings are diverse and continue to evolve. If you visit Japan, you’ll be amazed at the countless r...
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...
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TOKYO (AP) — The host country’s superstar is out of the Tokyo Olympics. Naomi Osaka lost to former French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-4 in the third round of ...
Yui Ohashi became the first Japanese woman in history to win two golds at the same Summer Olympics when she completed a double of the individual medley swimming events on Wednesday. Ohashi came ou...
A massive crane on the back of a ship hoisted the Shinkai 6500 manned submersible up into the air and lowered it onto the surface of the sea. The underwater research vessel for the Japan Agency for Ma...
The official uniforms and sportswear worn by athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are a must-see attraction all on their own. The Games are a big stage for the fashion brands a...
The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed 3,177 new cases of coronavirus infection on Wednesday, exceeding 3,000 for the first time and marking a record high for the second day in a row. Nationwi...
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. 
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...
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...
From the stately changing room of a nearly 60-year-old sento public bath in a residential area of Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, you can enjoy a majestic view of Mt. Fuji. But only through a painting. With whit...
Fashion designer Maiko Kurogouchi has made a triumphant homecoming with “10 Mame Kurogouchi,” a retrospective at the Nagano Prefectural Art Museum feting the 10th anniversary of her fashion brand,...
The Jomon Prehistoric Sites located in northern Japan, which are expected to be collectively registered as a World Heritage Site, have been highly acclaimed by a UNESCO advisory body for the “pre-ag...
