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A photograph by Andrey Kuzhabekov, second secretary at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo, features a group of children playing with soap bubbles at Yoyogi Park in the city. The image evokes a longing for simpler times in our past and the natural joys that ...
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike defends her recently launched party’s policy of denying foreign residents here the right to vote or run in local elections, stating that such measures are necessary to protect the national interest.
The basic platform of Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's new Kibo no To (Party of Hope), with promises of freezing the scheduled income tax hike to reducing the salaries and number of Diet members, has a familiar ring for many members of the Osaka-centered Nippon ...
A court orders advertising giant Dentsu Inc. to pay ¥500,000 for labor practice violations, which resulted in the suicide of a new recruit due to excessive working hours.
Transport minister Keiichi Ishii said Friday he is considering revising regulations on how vehicles are registered after Nissan Motor Co. was revealed to have used uncertified inspectors to carry out safety checks at domestic factories for years. "We will be looking at whether (regulations) can ...
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says Japan will not go ahead with a consumption tax hike planned for October 2019 if the economy deteriorates to levels seen before Shinzo Abe returned to the prime ministership in late 2012.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's campaign pledge to expand free education may come with an unintended consequence: a hit to the Bank of Japan's efforts to spur inflation. Economists from Barclays Securities Japan Ltd. to Nomura Holdings Inc. and IHS Global KK see the likelihood of ...
A 32-year-old man who claimed to have deliberately started a blaze in an apartment in Ibaraki Prefecture early Friday morning where six people were found dead turned himself in to police. Ibaraki Prefectural Police officials said they had arrested Hirobumi Komatsu, who says he is ...
The newly formed Kibo no To (Party of Hope), releases its platform for the Oct. 22 election, featuring promises to freeze a planned sales tax hike and promote debate on amending the war-renouncing Article 9.
Airport operators in Japan are looking to open day care centers at their facilities in an effort to keep airline and airport staff from leaving their jobs after having children. Ground and cabin crew as well as airport terminal officials typically work irregular hours, which ...
The Meteorological Agency has raised the warning level by one notch against a volcanic eruption for Shinmoedake peak, located in the Kirishima mountain range bordering between Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures. The agency took the step late Thursday night, saying it issued a Level 2 warning ...
Contrary to popular belief, busy city centers beat suburban living when it comes to human wellbeing, as socializing and walking make for happier, healthier people, according to a new report. Downtown residents — packed together in tight row houses or apartment blocks — are more ...
Ohara Inc. sees batteries playing a bigger role in its future. The Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture-based optical glassmaker, whose products are used in precision optical devices such as digital cameras and telescopes, is eying a share of the fast-growing battery market with a material that it ...
A Brussels church that was nearly forced to close its doors for lack of parishioners has turned to the Belgian brewing tradition and launched a new beer in order to raise more funds for a now growing congregation. St. Catherine's Church, by the city's increasingly ...
A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed a criminal charge against Toyota Motor Corp. after the Japanese automaker completed three years of monitoring under a $1.2 billion settlement in which it admitted to misleading the public about sudden unintended acceleration in its vehicles. U.S. District Judge ...
President Donald Trump is expected to announce soon that he will decertify the landmark international deal to curb Iran's nuclear program, a senior administration official said on Thursday, in a step that could lead to renewed U.S. sanctions against Tehran. The decision on the nuclear ...
The Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) will request a pay scale increase for the fifth straight year during the 2018 shunto spring labor-management wage negotiations, according to sources. Rengo, the nation's largest labor federation, is expected to call for a pay scale hike of ...
U.S. President Donald Trump can demonstrate the U.S. defense committment to the Senkaku Islands by visiting Okinawa next month.
In the 1990s, South Korea waited for a crisis to erupt before responding with necessary reforms. But now the country is confronting a new set of internal and external risks.
Having spent 48 years in prison for a crime he likely didn't commit, 81-year-old Iwao Hakamada deserves a timely retrial.
Alighting at one of the JR Yamanote Line's quietest stops, Uguisudani Station, I chat with the stationmaster about its name, which means "Bush-Warbler Valley." Apparently, the area used to have limpid streams and a bucolic setting that attracted the feathered songsters, also known as ...
Pinch hitter Yuki Yoshimura hit a walk-off solo shot in the bottom of the 12th inning as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks rallied to beat the Orix Buffaloes 4-3 on Friday. Hawks starter Kodai Senga, who has a 13-4 record, left the game after six innings ...
Shu Kurata opened his international account with a late header to propel Japan past New Zealand 2-1 in a friendly on Friday. With three minutes left on the clock, substitute Kurata dove into a ball headed back to him by Hiroki Sakai after a left-wing ...
Germany qualified for the World Cup in style on Thursday when superb early strikes from Sebastian Rudy and Sandro Wagner set it on the way to a 3-1 win in Northern Ireland that maintained its perfect record in Group C. Rudy fired a remarkable ...
Gareth Southgate wanted England to qualify for the 2018 World Cup finals in style. Harry Kane's late winner in the 1-0 win over Slovenia on Thursday sealed England's place in Russia, but a match of numbing tedium was so poor Sunday's now academic final ...
Kenzo Shirai claimed the bronze medal in the men's individual all-around on Thursday at the world championships to continue a Japanese podium streak that dates back to 2003. In the absence of gold medal favorite Kohei Uchimura, Shirai earned a total of 86.431 points for ...
The International Olympic Committee has presented a proposal to national Olympic committees on scaling down the athletes village as part of efforts to cut the costs of hosting an Olympics, a source said Thursday. The idea is aimed at reducing the burden on host cities ...
