Crown Princess Masako vows to serve the people after she becomes Empress next year
Crown Princess Masako vows to devote herself to the happiness of the people when she becomes Empress next year.
Nissan, fearing former Chairman Carlos Ghosn may remove or destroy evidence, seeks to block his access to an apartment in Rio de Janeiro.
Language skills remain major concern for foreign nursing care workers coming to Japan
Nursing care businesses are concerned about the level of foreign workers’ Japanese-language skills when they come here to help in the labor-short sector.
Japan to extend copyright period on works including novels, paintings to 70 years on Dec. 30
Japan is set to extend the copyright period on works such as novels and paintings to 70 years after the authors' deaths from the current 50 years, effective Dec. 30, ...
Man accused of killing British tourist appears before New Zealand court
Mike Pence aide Nick Ayers out of running to be Trump's next chief of staff
South faces wintry mess of snow, sleet, freezing rain as U.S. airlines scrub flights
Climate talks hit standoff as battle over bid to block key science report looms
GOP senator doesn't know if Trump's U.N. pick is up to the job
Self-Defense Forces may build new training units to cater for increasing number of female officers
The Self-Defense Forces is considering adding training units catering to an increasing number of female officers, informed sources said Saturday. The SDF is finding it difficult for existing training units alone to accept female recruits as they have been increasing in number in recent years. The ...
Second opinion: Should you trust your doctor?
Flat level of research funding triggers alarm among Japan's top scientists
U.S. Marines ID pilot who died in tanker-fighter crash off Kochi; five still missing
As Japan enacts law opening door wider to foreign labor, experts warn of challenges with integration
Defense Ministry pursues record spending amid plan to buy more U.S. arms: report
Top House Democrats raise prospect of impeachment, prison for Trump
Top House Democrats on Sunday raised the prospect of impeachment or almost-certain prison time for President Donald Trump if it's proved that he directed illegal hush-money payments to women, adding to the legal pressure on the president over the Russia investigation and other scandals. "There's ...
Paris cleans up mess as Macron looks to break silence, respond to mass 'yellow vests' riots
Syrian refugee girl born without legs walks on new prosthetics provided in Turkey
Motive for massacre: Newtown school shooter wrote of 'scorn for humanity'
China calls on Canada to free Huawei CFO or face consequences
China warned Canada on Saturday that there would be severe consequences if it did not immediately release Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd's chief financial officer, calling the case "extremely nasty." Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's global chief financial officer, was arrested in Canada on Dec. 1 and faces ...
U.S. calls March 1 'hard deadline' for trade deal with China
Sexual harassment in the sky: Hong Kong flight attendants fight back
Amazon HQ touted as big win for Big Apple but math is more complex
Holiday disruptions loom as German rail workers seen preparing to go on strike from Monday
Teachers union: Immigrant protections part of tentative deal reached to end charter school strike
Volkswagen denies allegations chairman knew early about emissions cheating: report
Urawa outlasts Vegalta in Emperor's Cup final
Many pivotal moments in Japanese soccer history have been be drilled down to the question of "which team can get it done on a cold winter night at Saitama Stadium?" On Sunday, the answer was Urawa Reds, who held off Vegalta Sendai 1-0 through a ...
Ryan Rossiter sends big brother home happy as Brex beat Golden Kings
Chelsea ends Manchester City's unbeaten start in Premier League
Vasiliy Lomachenko picks up second lightweight title via unanimous decision
Japanese runners fail to qualify for Olympic trials at Saitama International Marathon
Falling for furusato: The epicurean incentives behind a tax strategy that masks economic lunacy
A decade ago, the Japanese government launched a program that allows taxpayers to make "donations" to smaller cities and towns across the country, and then have those contributions deducted from national and municipal taxes. A Tokyo resident like myself, for example, can give ¥10,000 to ...
Carlos Ghosn's arrest is more about Japanese criminal justice than corporate governance
'Punksters of food' Anand and Fukuyama join culinary forces
World-class chefs Gaggan Anand and Takeshi "Goh" Fukuyama team up to launch GohGan, an exclusive space that will combine on-site accommodation with a restaurant, projected to open in 2021 in Fukuoka.
Charles Odlin: The man who can help you take that leap
Kurasu: Yozo Otsuki's blend of coffee and lifestyle
Yuzu is Britain's in-vogue citrus fruit
Lawson's Godiva chocolates are classy, sweet and provide some winter warmth
Japan's modern crime literature: Centuries in the making
Japan boasts an impressively large and growing body of native-grown mystery fiction that dates back to the 1920s.
Kobo Abe's 'The Ark Sakura': A surreal narrative worth reading twice
Tadao Tsuge's 'Slum Wolf': A gritty, discomfiting yet necessary manga
Hirokazu Kore-eda's 'Shoplifters' makes nominee list for Golden Globe awards
'Convenience Store Woman,' by Sayaka Murata, among New Yorker magazine's Best Books 2018
Japan should not rush into privatizing its water supply.
The Canadian government has arrested Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, one of China's largest and most prominent companies. Meng was stopped because the United States had issued an extradition request based on charges that she helped Huawei avoid U.S. sanctions on ...
What could happen if the former Nissan chairman is released, and his story doesn't match the prosecutors' claims?
South Korean President Moon Jae-in's behavior gives no indication that he attaches importance to bilateral ties with Japan.
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