Nearly 30 percent of voters plan to cast ballots for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s LDP in the Lower House election expected next month, versus 8 percent for the Democratic Party, ...
Japanese scientists invent an approach to quantum computing that renders a far larger number of calculations more efficiently than existing quantum computers.
First-time fathers in their 50s or older are becoming less unusual in Japan, where the average age for marriage keeps going up.
Older fathers may get exhausted more quickly after playing ...
The government eyes using nearly ¥2 trillion per year from the planned 2019 consumption tax hike to support child-rearing.
A panel weighing around 4 kg fell off a plane shortly after takeoff Saturday at Kansai International Airport and hit a car on a road in Osaka, the transport ministry said. No one was injured by the object. The ministry will send safety inspectors to ...
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing strict new restrictions on travelers from a handful of countries, including five that were covered by his expiring travel ban. Administration officials say the new measures are required to keep the nation safe. The indefinite restrictions ...
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. will start artificial-intelligence trading to bolster its Japanese equity business, according to people with knowledge of the plan. Japan's third-biggest lender will begin offering an algorithm-based AI trading service to some large institutional clients in Japan and elsewhere in Asia, the ...
Tadahito Iguchi had insisted that one of the reasons why he was hanging up his cleats was that he could no longer hit home runs as often as he used to. But in the final game of his prolonged professional career, Tadahito Iguchi hit one ...
Considering constitutional issues and the risk of creating 'martyrs,' the current law strikes the right balance.
Japanese guidboks are more than just vocabulary lessons. They provide subtle insight into Japanese grammar as well.
Question: Is it really the case that for a large part of the 20th century Japan enjoyed a golden age of literature? Or is this just misty-eyed nostalgia? One of the hallmarks of a golden age is an atmosphere of competitive creativity in which a ...
When the Chinese Communist Party holds its convention next month, President Xi Jinping, who has already been given the designation of "core" leader, is expected to make every effort to concentrate power with himself. Japan needs to work out its strategy toward China by ...
The government should not rely on planning, not predictions, when it comes to earthquake preparation.
Flexible working styles like telecommuting would benefit Japan on many levels.
Jean-Claude Juncker's plan to accelerate eurozone accession threatens to re-create in spades the chaos of the past decade.
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