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The government is likely to announce the name of the next Imperial era around April 1, 2019, a month before Crown Prince Naruhito becomes the next emperor, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Thursday. The government will begin preparations for the change of gengō (era ...
The firm has signaled that it may withdraw from the project should talks over the government funding proposal prove difficult.
Keio University opened a research hub Thursday that can access IBM Corp.'s cutting-edge quantum computer system through the internet, with the aim of studying the possibilities of harnessing quantum computing. "Research in software development for quantum computers has barely taken place; there was no real ...
The survey, run by members of the press and victims of sexual violence, was conducted after a former top Finance Ministry bureaucrat was alleged to have harassed a female reporter.
Only a small proportion of those subject to violent crimes knew about available consultation services, and fewer still were able to secure financial assistance to which they were entitled.
The mobile phone industry may be in a midst of a slump, but a unit of Sharp Corp. is forecasting growth thanks to the race by smartphone makers to wow customers with high-quality photos. Kantatsu Co., a maker of camera lenses for Apple Inc. and ...
Two Tokyo lawyers said Thursday they plan to sue hundreds of internet rightists, who the lawyers say campaigned to have them reprimanded over their apparent support for free education at ethnic Korean schools in Japan. Ryo Sasaki and Kanehito Kita said they will file a ...
Core private-sector machinery orders fell 3.9 percent in March from the previous month amid a lull in demand from manufacturers, government data showed Thursday. The orders, excluding those for ships and from utilities because of their volatility, dropped for the first time in three months ...
One of the plaintiffs underwent surgery while living at a children’s home, despite not having been diagnosed with any disability or given any information about the procedure.
Japanese retail tycoon Ryuji Arai can thank a growing flock of Chinese spenders for his swelling fortune. Bic Camera Inc., the Tokyo-based consumer electronics retailer that sells everything from cosmetics to liquor at discounted prices, has become a sought-after destination for tourists shopping in Japan. ...
A TV Asahi drama producer's 2015 death due to heart failure was determined by labor authorities later that year to be caused by overwork, sources close to the matter revealed Wednesday. A local labor standards office found the producer, who was in his 50s, had ...
At least 100 bamboo plants in Kyoto's Arashiyama district have been vandalized by tourists, who apparently engraved their names and initials, a company managing the iconic groves of the popular tourist spot said Thursday. The engravings carved on the stems of the plants are in ...
The regional rivalry in East Asia will help make the 2020 Tokyo Olympics successful, according to a leading sports photographer who has documented the past 16 games. Bob Martin, who has an exhibition of his work running in Tokyo, says Japanese organizers will be determined ...
When it comes to repairing the specialized equipment of Paralympic athletes, technicians experiment with the latest technologies on the spot, even though their work can often mean the difference between success and failure. Hiroki Nakajima, one of two Japanese technicians who worked on athletes' wheelchairs ...
Amsterdam unveiled plans on Wednesday to rein in tourism, reflecting the dissatisfaction of many residents who feel the city's centuries-old center has been overrun. The leading Green Left party and other parties negotiating a new municipal government after a local election in March vowed to ...
"Ballistic blocks" the size of microwave ovens shot from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano Wednesday in what may be the start of explosive eruptions that could spew huge ash plumes and hurl smaller rocks for miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Such eruptions, last seen nearly a ...
Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso on Wednesday commented on the planned summit between Washington and Pyongyang with a comment appearing to ridicule an aged airplane used by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "I hope that awful-looking airplane will safely fly to Singapore because it ...
A monk working at the World Heritage site of Mount Koya in Wakayama Prefecture has filed a lawsuit against the organization that operates the temple for damages and unpaid wages, claiming he developed depression and was forced to take a leave of absence because ...
Swiss prosecutors have begun looking into the circumstances of a fatal crash of a Tesla electric car last week that firefighters think may have set off a fire in the vehicle's battery. A spokesman for prosecutors in the southern canton of Ticino said authorities were ...
The British government is renationalizing the rail route between London and Edinburgh, taking back the line from a private company after it over-estimated profits, in a step likely to reignite a debate over public ownership of the U.K.'s railways. The government said on Wednesday it ...
The big power companies' stranglehold on the transmission network is suppressing the development of renewable energy.
It is becoming ever harder to work out who is on whose side, who should be backing whom, and to what end.
The world's most important bilateral relationship is also one of its most inscrutable.
The Chinese restaurant Kei-Ka-En at the Royal Park Hotel in Nihonbashi is offering two kinds of delectable cold noodles just right for summer — gomoku (five items) cold noodles and cold tantanmen (noodles with a spicy soup) until Aug. 31. Each dish is ¥2,970 ...
Hideki Saijo, a singer popular in Asia and best known for his cover song of the megahit "Y.M.C.A.," died of acute heart failure Wednesday, his office said. He was 63. The television celebrity took the Japanese music industry by storm in the 1970s and 1980s, ...
I've been an adviser to the Udine Far East Film Festival since 2000. The event, held in Udine, Italy, is the largest festival in Europe dedicated to popular cinema from Asia. For its 20th edition this year, 10 new Japanese films screened in the Competition ...
Even if you don't recognize the name, you probably know his shots. Photographer Masayoshi Sukita has captured images of rock gods and movie stars that deserve that most overused of epithets: iconic. There's Marc Bolan, face creased in orgasmic bliss and hair billowing behind him ...
English singer-songwriter Nick Heyward, probably best known as the frontman of early 1980s pop band Haircut 100, has for two decades resisted the urge to milk the nostalgia circuit, in Japan at least. The affable 56-year-old from Beckenham, southeast London, who has also penned and ...
Motohiro Shima delivered a game-tying, eighth-inning RBI double and Takero Okajima doubled in the winning run in the ninth as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles rallied to beat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4-3 on Thursday. Okajima, who walked and scored the tying run in the ...
Sunwolves head coach Jamie Joseph named his side Thursday for the first-ever Super Rugby game played in Hong Kong. The starting XV against the Cape Town-based Stormers at Mong Kok Stadium on Saturday shows six changes from the team that hammered the Queensland Reds 63-28 ...
Yokozuna Hakuho maintained his share of the lead at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with an easy win on Thursday and a perfect record after five days. Hakuho slipped past winless No. 3 maegashira Daieisho on the charge, grabbed the right side of his belt ...
This could be the end of the traditional rivalry "Showdown of Red and Blue." Not only that, the rich tradition of Nihon University football team, a 21-time national champion, has been severely damaged. The Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters are not satisfied with the reply from ...
And now it's down to four teams still chasing after the B. League Championship crown. This weekend, the East Division champion Chiba Jets Funabashi play host to the West champ Ryukyu Golden Kings and the Central champ SeaHorses Mikawa face the visiting Alvark Tokyo. Games ...
