After trade feuds in Tsukuba, Japan faces uphill task at G20
Japanese diplomats are expecting a tough, long battle of words to ensue over the joint communique until the very last minute.
After record 16,927 dementia patients went missing in Japan in 2018, expert urges community support
Of the nearly 17,000 people who wandered off in 2018, 197 could not be found by the end of the year, according to police data.
Japan's junior high school teachers face longest average working hours: OECD survey
The survey was conducted by the Paris-based institution from February to March 2018.
Renault and Nissan agree to explore driverless services partnership with Waymo in France and Japan
If the partnership is realized, it will have ramifications for other alliances and other self-driving projects, most of which have yet to hit the road.
U.S. human trafficking report drops child separation warning, demotes Cuba, Saudi Arabia
Roy Moore vows to run for U.S. Senate again in 2020, even though Trump tweets he 'cannot win'
Thousands of protesters try to storm Georgia parliament after Russian's address
Three people killed as passenger train slams into standing freight in south Pakistan
Over a million people nationwide logged on to the 2020 Tokyo Games website Thursday to see if they had secured seats at their favorite events through the Olympic ticket lottery. More than 7.5 million people registered for a Tokyo 2020 ID to enter the lottery ...
13 women sue Tokyo medical school over rigged entrance exams
Japanese-American director of 'comfort women' documentary sued by interviewees
Japan rejects South Korea's proposal to settle wartime labor row through diplomatic channels
Niigata and Yamagata schools reopen and trains resume operations two days after magnitude 6.7 quake
Revealed: What happened, physically, to the city of Hiroshima after the A-bomb
Get your fax right: Tepco workers accidentally spark Japan nuclear scare
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. (Tepco) employees sparked a nuclear scare after a violent, late-night earthquake by ticking the wrong box on a fax form — inadvertently advising authorities that an accident had occurred when it had not. The workers at Tepco, operator of ...
Airbus demands chance to bid after IAG's surprise Boeing 737 Max order
Apple says U.S. tariffs on China will hurt global competitiveness
Slack valuation hits $21 billion in debut after firm shuns IPO
Slovenia faces similar fiscal challenges to Japan, Finance Minister Andrej Bertoncelj says
In Pyongyang, Xi and Kim discuss nukes as speculation grows over possible message to Trump
Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday kicked off his first visit to Pyongyang as president, meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, telling him that the international community expects the U.S. and North to restart nuclear talks in efforts to produce a tangible outcome. Xi ...
Children and rescuers among 20 civilians reported killed by Syria regime fire despite truce
Asteroid watch more urgent than Mars trip for Americans: AP-NORC poll
Joe Biden refuses to apologize for comments about segregationists
Cold War-era spy images reveal Himalayan glaciers are melting twice as fast as before
Eroding trust in vaccines leaves populations vulnerable, global study finds
Giants' Yoshihiro Maru spearheads comeback victory over Buffaloes
Two-time Central League MVP Yoshihiro Maru proved to be a one-man wrecking crew Thursday, driving in four runs in the Yomiuri Giants' 4-2 come-from-behind interleague win over the Orix Buffaloes. Maru tied the game 2-2 in the sixth inning off right-hander Kohei "K" Suzuki (1-4), ...
New Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri foresees more goal records for Cristiano Ronaldo
Australia's David Warner makes Bangladesh pay for World Cup reprieve
Standout point guard Kaito Ishikawa joins Kumamoto Volters
Kane Williamson paces New Zealand in close victory over South Africa
Lionel Messi, Franco Armani help Argentina stave off elimination at Copa America
With changes in emperors come amnesties, so who will benefit?
One convenient thing about Japanese law for those of us who are professors of it is that it is quite modern. Virtually all Japanese laws and institutions antedate the Meiji Restoration of 1868 and, of those, most have a 20th-century provenance. Compared to Anglo-American ...
'You're empathetic, but there's that distance': A German undertaker in Japan
Getting the word out on sexual consent to university students in Tokyo
In praise of the perfect Japanese compliment
If you've been in Japan a couple of months (or even weeks), perhaps you've caught on to the fact that we're not very good at 褒め言葉 (homekotoba, words of praise). In many cultures, I like to think you wouldn't hear a guy refer to ...
Speak Japanese smoothly by mastering the difference between 'sara-sara' and 'zara-zara'
Building bridges to Bangkok through stage
Never at risk of being run of the mill, Chelfitsch — which took its name from a baby's pronunciation of the English word "selfish" and usually stylizes itself with a lowercase "c" — is one of Japan's foremost contemporary theater companies, despite only rarely ...
Japan's summer festivals plan for a final party before Olympic fever hits
Embracing life and death at Reborn-Art Festival
Pioneering singer-songwriter Sachiko Kanenobu finally gets her due
'Handling Method for Grumpy Woman': A battle of the sexes, cliches and all
The people of Hong Kong have prevailed but this is only a skirmish in a much longer struggle.
The police need to examine why their system once again allowed such a horrific assault to take place and fix any shortcomings that are found.
Japan should leverage the G20 summit in Osaka to highlight its leadership, political stability and commitment to multilateralism and a rules-based order.
An overlooked pool of potential workers is the dependent population of U.S. military personnel assigned to Japan.
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