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The proportion of parents with infants who want to have more children stands at around 70 percent, a private survey found Wednesday. The joint survey was conducted by the University of Tokyo and education service provider Benesse Holdings Inc. between September and October 2017. It covered ...
The number of people taking refuge at shelters in earthquake-hit Osaka Prefecture grew by more than 1,000 on Wednesday as heavy rain sparked fears of landslides.
Barely six months after inaugurating a tiny software-coding boot camp in a basement in Tokyo, Silicon Valley transplant Kani Munidasa stood before some of Japan's top business leaders in February with a warning: Software was threatening their future. A Sri Lankan native with a Japanese ...
The nation's top auto industry body stressed Wednesday the Japanese automakers' contribution to the United States in creating jobs and investment, in an apparent move to deflect criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump, who has said he wants Tokyo to open up its market. The ...
Japan's leading instant noodle-maker Nissin Foods Holdings Co. will enter the vegetable beverage market in Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China, tapping its sales network to capture potential demand from health-conscious consumers. The company says Nissin Foods Co., its Hong Kong subsidiary, will establish a ...
Paper manufacturers were anticipating the industry would shrink due to Japan's declining population, but are instead expanding output due to an unexpected boost from tourism and the increased demand for toilet paper that has followed. An industry official said the current situation was unforeseeable "10 ...
The nation’s ruling parties agree to extend the ongoing ordinary Diet session until July 22 in an attempt to ensure the passage of key legislative measures.
All 18 crew members aboard a 32-meter fishing boat that started sinking Wednesday in stormy weather about 850 km east of Miyagi Prefecture were rescued by nearby vessels, according to the Japan Coast Guard. The 122-ton Koryo Maru No. 68 from Kochi Prefecture, which had ...
Russia said on Tuesday it would impose import duties on U.S. road-building machinery, a measure likely to help Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who was hit by U.S. sanctions and controls Russia's biggest maker of road-building equipment. In the latest move in the war of sanctions ...
Alarmed by an increase in abandoned rice paddies amid the Westernization of the Japanese diet and a graying population, a Kyushu dealer of major agricultural machinery-maker Kubota Corp. began producing rice flour in 2010 as an ingredient for bread and pasta to make up ...
As if on cue, Kim Jong Un returned to Beijing on Tuesday in an illustration of how U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats against China could spiral into a broader conflict between the world's two largest economies. The North Korean leader was expected to spend ...
Police arrest a teen suspected of involvement in a knife attack Tuesday on a 9-year-old boy — causing serious head trauma — who was returning home from school in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Rice has been grown in Taiwan for centuries, but many modern varieties of the island's staple food have their origins in Japan. While the earliest written record of rice being cultivated on the subtropical island dates back to 1602, archaeologists have found evidence that aboriginal ...
Trapped inside "prison-like" tents in Bangladesh's refugee camps because of fears they will be trafficked or sexually harassed, teenage Rohingya girls dream of going to school and playing outside, aid agencies said on Wednesday. Adolescent girls are confined to one-room bamboo and tarpaulin tents so ...
Kansai University will begin accepting applications from refugees through a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees program and plans to admit one student for the 2019 academic year starting in April. The Refugee Higher Education Program, which was launched in 2007 at Kwansei Gakuin University, ...
Japan was assured by South Korea that a planned initiative by Seoul to raise global awareness of violence against women is unrelated to the thorny bilateral "comfort women" issue, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Wednesday. The South Korean Foreign Ministry explained that the Action with ...
Enslaved on a Thai fishing vessel for 11 years, Tun Lin saw his fellow workers lose their minds one after another, with one fisherman jumping into the sea to end his life. Some would start murmuring or laughing to themselves as they worked day and ...
In just 30 years, cities around the world will face dramatically higher risks from extreme heat, coastal flooding, power blackouts and shortages of food and water unless climate-changing emissions are curbed, urban researchers warned Tuesday. Today, for instance, over 200 million people in 350 cities ...
Embezzlement and bribery with government money are among the charges that Malaysia is looking to bring against former leader Najib Razak following a probe into funds allegedly looted from the state-run fund 1MDB, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said. Mahathir said in a Tuesday interview ...
The government will try to organize a summit on the sidelines of a U.N. General Assembly meeting to discuss how to fund North Korea’s complete denuclearization.
The Trump administration plans to pay a Texas nonprofit nearly half a billion dollars this year to care for immigrant children who were detained crossing the U.S. border illegally, according to government data. The nonprofit, Southwest Key Programs Inc., is to be paid more than ...
China has underestimated President Donald Trump's resolve to move forward with tariffs unless Beijing changes its "predatory" trade practices, a top U.S. trade adviser said on Tuesday, in comments that diminished the chances of a negotiated settlement to a looming trade war between the ...
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed concern on Tuesday that Europe's relations with the United States could suffer irreparable damage, and urged Washington not to view the world as a boxing ring "in which everyone fights everyone. His comments follow President Donald Trump's decision to impose ...
Arab coalition troops stormed the airport in Yemen's main port Hodeida on Tuesday and captured large areas of the compound in battles with Iran-aligned Houthis, a Yemeni military source, the UAE news agency and local residents said. Residents of the strategic Red Sea city said ...
U.S. senators who back a clampdown on China's ZTE Corp. said on Tuesday they intend to fight for the measure, and urged fellow lawmakers not to give in to White House pressure to give up on the legislation. In a rare break with President Donald ...
Tokyo could play a role far beyond writing checks for an agreement.
The government should ensure that regulations don't hamper the growth of the minpaku industry, which is contributing ot the sharp increase in inbound tourism.
Japan must cooperate as much as possible with the denuclearization of North Korea, fully mindful of the positive impact it will have on its own security.
Writer's kindness was legend, and his photos and columns told the story of a Tokyo social scene's rebirth after war and Occupation.
Ask a Japanese person who Hiroshi Takigawa is and you're likely to get a blank face. Give them his stage name, Croket, and you're bound to get a smile. In the late 1970s, Takigawa was ubiquitous on prime time TV as Croket (pronounced "korokke") thanks ...
Both budgets and box-office prospects for Japanese indie films have been declining for years. As the former approaches the zero mark, so do recognizable actors and other standard indicators of quality. Audiences, smelling amateurism, stay away. Flying in the face of this dismal trend is ...
You probably know the type: lonely, maybe even a little antisocial and more comfortable talking to cats than people. Saori (Erika Sawajiri), the reclusive heroine of "The Cat in Their Arms," certainly fits the bill. A former pop idol who has consigned herself to the ...
The scene: Tokyo. The plot: An Australian fan of Shakespeare with Down syndrome sets out on a solo adventure to escape the watchful eyes of his domineering older brother and discover the city. "Shakespeare in Tokyo" is the latest film by Australian director Genevieve Clay-Smith, ...
Japan will face a tough task containing Senegal's speedy, skillful attacking players in its next World Cup clash, left back Yuto Nagatomo said Wednesday. A day after Samurai Blue's surprise 2-1 win over 10-man Colombia in Saransk, the squad has turned its attention to the ...
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich made the trip to San Diego on Tuesday to meet with star forward Kawhi Leonard ahead of Thursday's NBA draft, according to multiple reports. The two had a "good" conversation and "more dialogue" is expected, Jabari Young of the ...
The sport of sumo manages to achieve with one circle what Dante Alighieri needed nine to describe. Indeed, the only people who don't think sumo training is hell are those that have never set foot inside a ring. Keiko, as sumo practice is known, is an ...
An opening win that few saw coming has given Japan the perfect start to its World Cup campaign, but there will be further hurdles to clear if the team is to book its place in the knockout round. Japan beat Colombia 2-1 in Saransk on ...
Tokyo Dome was one of the many sites that hosted public viewing events for Tuesday's Japan-Colombia game, the first match of the tourney for both. For many fans at the Big Egg, it must have felt as if they were actually in Saransk, which is ...
