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Police arrested a married couple in Tokyo on Wednesday on suspicion of leaving the mother's 5-year-old daughter unattended and without sufficient food or medical care, resulting in her death. According to the police, Yudai Funato, 33, and his wife Yuri, 25, physically abused the girl ...
An internal probe by Nissan Motor Co. has discovered misconduct at its plants over the employment of foreign trainees, including forcing them to perform jobs not sanctioned under a government program, a company official said Wednesday. The internal probe found that 45 interns from Indonesia ...
Ethnic Koreans in Japan loyal to Pyongyang hope next week’s historic U.S.-North Korea summit brings reconciliation on the Korean peninsula and helps clarify their murky legal status.
The government will oblige senior officials to take courses aimed at preventing sexual harassment following a series of scandals involving alleged improper behavior by high-ranking bureaucrats.
A fire broke out Tuesday night on the grounds of a 500-year-old traditional Japanese inn in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, with one nonlife-threatening injury being reported, a local fire department said. The blaze that hit the Chigira Jinsentei inn and hot spring in the Ikaho resort ...
Honda Aircraft Co.'s "flying sports car" is set for take-off in Japan after the firm announced Wednesday it has begun accepting orders for its private business jet, HondaJet Elite, from domestic customers. The move represents Honda Aircraft's first foray into the domestic market, after the ...
The Diet enacts a new law to promote the use of unclaimed land in the public interest as more properties are expected to become available amid a decreasing population.
Just over a week before a new law for minpaku goes into effect, rental website Airbnb has dropped nearly 80 percent of its listings for the services in three months.
The White House wants North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to commit to a timetable to surrender his country's nuclear arsenal when he meets President Donald Trump next week in Singapore, a high-stakes summit that could last as long as two days — or ...
Following a fatal crash in Kanagawa Prefecture involving a 90-year-old driver, elderly drivers are once again being urged to voluntarily give up their licenses. But drivers unfit for the road are unlikely to give up their permits unless they have other ways of getting to ...
Faced with shops full of food and other goods swathed in plastic, families across the world are trying to reduce its use and recycle wherever possible to lower its impact on the environment. People from Yokohama to Athens are trying to play their part as ...
The commanding officer at the controversial U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, has been fired over a "loss of trust," the U.S. Marines have announced. A brief statement released Tuesday said Col. Mark S. Coppess had been relieved of duty as ...
A bank in Shizuoka provides a lesson in what regional banks should not do to survive the industry's tough business conditions.
Whether or not North Korea denuclearizes, in the future Japan will be pushed to become more self-reliant on defense.
Japan's path back to a healthy economic footing will involve taking painful steps and the efforts of successive generations
The Western entertainment industry presents a distorted image of Asia. But it also inspires hordes of fans to learn more.
As the media continues to struggle to adapt to the digital age, young people open up about how they consume news.
Tetsuya Kumakawa speaks about his most recent project, "Cleopatra," in a way that's as grand as the Egyptian queen herself. "Nobody except me could have created this fantastic work," he tells The Japan Times. "I hope it remains a ballet classic for hundreds of years, ...
Japan has long had an image as a country of workaholics, dedicating their lives to the almighty yen. But recent Japanese movies, especially at the lower end of the budget spectrum, are full of furiitā ("freeter," a fairly young part-timer or freelancer) trying to ...
An incorrigible playboy spots a young woman at a diner in Hawaii and is instantly smitten. After he plucks up the courage to talk to her, they hit it off and arrange to meet again at the same place the following day. But when ...
Infrared imaging technology has helped peel back the layers of a Pablo Picasso painting on display in Japan, in the process revealing a page from a 1902 newspaper and another composition below. U.S. and Japanese researchers scanned the piece "Mother and Child by the Sea," ...
Yuki Ariyoshi worked into the eighth inning, and Ikuhiro Kiyota homered as the Chiba Lotte Marines beat the Chunichi Dragons 1-0 in interleague play on Wednesday. Ariyoshi (1-1) allowed just five runners to reach in his 7⅓ innings. The second-year pitcher gave up three hits ...
Akiyo Noguchi began climbing as a precocious tot clambering onto the backs of cows for kicks on the family farm — now she's targeting Olympic gold. The 29-year-old put down an early marker for the 2020 Tokyo Games, when sport climbing makes its Olympic debut, ...
Atomweight champion Angela "Unstoppable" Lee and Japanese veteran Mei Yamaguchi fought another closely contested main event before a sellout crowd of 12,000 during a ONE Championship at Singapore Indoor Stadium. At the end of the fight, the winner was the same as two years previously, ...
Stephen Curry and LeBron James spoke their minds last year. They have not changed their minds this year. No matter whose team wins the NBA championship, neither superstar will be at the White House anytime soon. On the day when the Philadelphia Eagles were supposed to ...
Tochinoshin was officially promoted to ozeki on May 30. The burly veteran took part in the formal announcement ceremony given to all who reach either of sumo's two highest ranks. As he knelt down to make his acceptance speech, Tochinoshin was flanked by two people also ...
