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The estimate for the latest big quake feared “in the next 30 years” comes from the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, who factored infrastructure damage into the economic impact.
Controversy was sparked by discriminatory tweets posted previously by author on China and South Korea.
Last Friday, the Japan Tourism Agency announced that private lodging service websites would have to remove properties without licensing as soon as possible.
The girl’s stepfather was referred to prosecutors twice in Kagawa Prefecture on suspicion of injuring the child, and indicted in Tokyo for allegedly punching her in the face in February.
The revised road traffic law, which requires elderly drivers to see a doctor if dementia is suspected during a preliminary screening, took effect on March 12 last year.
More people will be able to weather sudden showers during the rainy season as DyDo Drinco Inc. announced last week it’s further expanding its network of vending machines offering free umbrellas. Sixteen prefectures across Japan will be home to the machines, which distribute umbrellas left ...
Gwendellyn Sanchez hoped 100 people would attend the gathering she organized in Honolulu for descendants of gannenmono — the first group of Japanese immigrants to arrive in Hawaii. In the end, more than twice as many came as Hawaii kicked off its yearlong celebration of ...
For more than 70 years, Hiroshima resident Tokuo Shimizu kept the gruesome memories of the hellish scenes he saw at ground zero the day after the atomic bombing to himself. But at the age of 86, Shimizu has decided to share his A-bomb memories with ...
Yuya Shibakai sometimes feels he is plowing a lonely furrow. The Japanese farmer produces organic lettuce, tomatoes, carrots and other vegetables for a market that has tasted nothing like the success of the sector in other advanced economies. On his farm outside Tokyo, the 32-year-old doggedly ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has plenty to worry about ahead of Donald Trump's meeting with Kim Jong Un next week, including the prospect of a deal that undermines Japan's six-decade security alliance with the U.S. and leaves the island nation vulnerable to attack. But it's ...
When he meets Kim on Tuesday, Trump must remember that it is not just the U.S. that is threatened by North Korea's nuclear and missile programs; a deal that only caps the North's intercontinental missiles will not do.
North Korea has long played the enemy for Japanese domestic political purposes. If peace comes, that will have to change.
The age of American domination, and Western-dominated global institutions, is coming to an end.
In the dimly lit Under Deer Lounge in Shibuya, jazz trumpeter Takuya Kuroda conducts an impromptu ensemble with raucous enthusiasm. Preceded by his Afro, he bounces around stage, announcing soloists and welcoming new musicians to the front. The music is undoubtedly Kuroda's, but the rotating ...
Yuhei Takai belted two homers and drove in the winning run with a 10th-inning, bases-loaded walk as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows defeated the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4-3 in interleague action on Thursday. Takai, who had two homers in a game for the first time since ...
Rafael Nadal battled back from a set down to beat Diego Schwartzman 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in their rain-interruped French Open quarterfinal on Thursday, edging closer to an 11th title in Paris. The world No. 1 was much-improved under the sunshine on Court Philippe Chatrier ...
Dai Tamesue, a former track star who made Japan's Olympic team for the 2000 Sydney Games, the 2004 Athens Games and the 2008 Beijing Games, has experienced the highest levels of competition in Japan, the United States and elsewhere. Now active as a TV commentator, ...
Not even an early exit by Shohei Ohtani could stop the Los Angeles Angels from beating Kansas City again. Justin Upton homered for the third time in four games and the Angels defeated the Royals 4-3 after Ohtani was removed following the fourth inning because ...
J. League first-division strugglers Gamba Osaka and Nagoya Grampus were ousted from the Emperor's Cup on Wednesday, when teams from the top-two tiers entered the competition in the second round. Gamba, a five-time champion, lost 2-1 at home in extra time against Kwansei Gakuin University, ...
After a championship runner-up finish and the team's first East Division regular-season title, the Chiba Jets Funabashi aren't making wholesale changes as they prepare for the upcoming season. Head coach Atsushi Ono, who has guided the Jets to 44- and 46-win campaigns in 2016-17 and ...
The unseeded pair of Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya advanced to the final four of the women's doubles at the French Open on Wednesday, beating top seeds Timea Babod and Kristina Mladenovic 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 in the quarterfinals. Their victory over the Australian Open champions ...
