| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « May | Jul » | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |||
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders returned to Washington for meetings on Thursday with President Barack Obama and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid as Democrats pressured him to end his presidential campaign and support Hillary Clinton after a hard-fought primary race. Clinton, a former secretary of state, ...
As technology creeps into every aspect of life, the toy industry is putting up no defense. The invasion was on full display as the International Tokyo Toy Show kicked off Thursday. The nation's foremost toy trade show drew 160 exhibitors and about 35,000 toys at ...
Junior ruling coalition partner Komeito on Thursday backed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to postpone the consumption tax hike for two years in a set of campaign pledges announced ahead of the July 10 Upper House poll. But Komeito, which rules with Abe's Liberal Democratic ...
The adult entertainment business law bans men and women from dancing in pairs and in physical contact after midnight.
In a bid to support employees with children and those taking care of elderly family members, Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to expand its work-at-home program from August, company sources said Thursday. Under an existing program, telecommuting is allowed only for employees who are raising ...
Tokyo denounced Beijing on Thursday after a Chinese frigate entered a contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters in the East China Sea.
Thailand was officially certified Wednesday as the first country in Asia that can eliminate the transmission of HIV from mothers to their children. From the assessment conducted by United Nations agencies, the rate of Thailand's mother-to-child transmission of HIV has fallen to below 2 percent, ...
The new atomic element came to fruition thanks to a long-term project funded by taxpayers.
Representatives from one of the nation's most important Buddhist temples admitted Thursday that a high-ranking monk hit a young trainee, rupturing his eardrum and earning a suspension. In a rare announcement, Enryakuji Temple, an institution dating back to the eighth century, offered an apology to ...
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on Thursday put on display four paper cranes offered by U.S. President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the atomic-bombed city in May. According to the museum, each of the Obama-handmade cranes is about 7 cm high and about ...
Okinawa police served a further arrest warrant Thursday on a detained civilian base worker for the rape and murder of a 20-year-old local woman in April, investigative sources said. Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, 32, a former U.S. Marine who was a civilian employee of Kadena Air ...
More than 800 people, including atomic bomb survivors, launched legal action against the government this week over controversial security laws they believe threaten their right to live in peace. Following similar lawsuits that have already been filed nationwide in connection with the laws, the action ...
Japan's conundrum of peak power prices may begin to ease as the country's solar-power expansion taps scorching summers to displace fossil fuels. The resource-poor country, which has boosted solar capacity more than sevenfold since 2011, may follow a similar path as Germany, where electricity prices ...
A Japanese lawmaker on Thursday disclosed two photographs showing a 2014 family reunion between the parents of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted from Japan to North Korea in 1977, and Megumi's daughter, Kim Eun Gyong. The photographs, taken during the March 10-14 meeting that year, ...
The 19 percent increase indicates more female workers are now openly raising concerns with their companies, the labor ministry says.
In a country awash with everything manga, it only makes sense that Japanese political parties will try and make use of cartoon characters this summer in the first national election in which 18-year-olds can vote. The Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, and many opposition parties have ...
The industry group representing ryokan inns and hotels nationwide says short-stay accommodation is gaining popularity.
Nissan Motor Co. is to recall 4,700 cars in South Korea, the country's transport ministry said Wednesday. The recall will affect the Altima and two other models. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said a device that detects a person sitting in the front ...
Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe has offered to halve his salary amid growing calls that he resign following his "improper" use of public funds. Masuzoe is expected to submit a draft to revise the ordinance on his salary by the end of the current Tokyo Metropolitan ...
A Buddhist temple in Nemuro, Hokkaido, is seeking to redefine its role in the community amid a rapid decline in followers. Nemuro Betsuin Temple of the Shin Buddhism Otani sect began a series of meetings with volunteers last June under the moderation of Ryo Yamazaki, ...
Every Sunday afternoon, rain or shine, a group gathers at a park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district, where Japanese studying Chinese and Chinese living in Japan can engage in lively conversation. The gathering is a Chinese-language circle called Hanyu Jiao, which translates as "Chinese chat session." ...
Six men including a member of a major yakuza syndicate were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of smuggling around 110 kg of gold worth ¥480 million ($4.46 million) into Japan last December aboard a private jet that landed at Naha airport in Okinawa, police said. Toshiyuki ...
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia has emerged as the online betting favorite to be presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's running mate, while Bernie Sanders' chances have slipped, online predictions market PredictIt said. Kaine topped a list of potential vice president candidates with about ...
Russia on Wednesday presented a new medium-range passenger plane that state media said was superior to its Western-made counterparts in many respects and would be snapped up by both Russian and foreign carriers. In a glitzy ceremony at a factory in Siberia attended by Prime ...
To those who distrusted the Soviet system but lacked the courage or the wherewithal to leave or fight, Viktor Korchnoi was a symbol of freedom.
The Brexit campaign bases its appeal on emotion rather than reason.
The Tokyo governor's dubious use of political funds has shed light on a gaping hole in the regulations, one that should be closed as soon as possible.
The U.K. will thrive in or out of the EU. The British people must decide just how much they are prepared to pay to preserve a unified Europe.
With the recent announcements made by both Netflix Japan and Amazon Japan that they will be putting out original locally made content, the country seems to be moving further into the age of internet-based TV. And it appears that the team at Netflix could ...
The centenary of the global artistic and literary movement Dada will be celebrated at a number of cultural institutions and art spaces in Tokyo this summer. Regarded as an anti-establishment and antiwar movement emerging out of the horrors of World War I (1914-18), it spread ...
Yuki Yanagita and Nobuhiro Matsuda each homered for the second straight day as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks flexed their interleague muscle in a 4-2 win over the Yokohama BayStars on Thursday. Before 33,632 at Yafuoku Dome, the Hawks, two-time defending Japan Series champs and five-time ...
AC Milan's Keisuke Honda said Thursday he wants to open a soccer school in Cambodia. Following a meeting with Gen. Sao Sokha, president of the Football Federation of Cambodia, Honda, 29, said he wanted to open a soccer school in the country, targeting young Cambodians ...
Kumamoto-born wrestler Shodai and members of his Sakaigawa stable visited the quake-struck prefecture on Thursday, making donations and wrestling with elementary school children to do their part in a bid for the region's recovery. Rank-and-file maegashira Shodai, who is from the city of Uto, visited ...
Having played in the United States for three years, Yuta Watanabe has shown steady development as a basketball player every year. That means the 203-cm guard/forward has become a more valuable asset for the Japan men's national team. The George Washington University player was named to ...
Kosuke Hagino won the men's 400-meter individual medley and 200 backstroke on Wednesday in the second of three meets in Europe's Mare Nostrum tour. Hagino logged 4 minutes, 9.52 seconds in the 400 IM, his best event. Hoping to swim 4:10 or better, he beat ...
It didn't take long for the Fukushima Firebonds to fill their coaching vacancy. Less than a week after original bench boss Hiroki Fujita's departure was made public on May 27, the Firebonds named his replacement. Tomohiro Moriyama was hired to guide the team for its ...
