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A heat wave continued to scorch Japan on Monday, with some regions seeing temperatures hitting record highs for the year. Temperatures topped 39 degrees in Ibi gawa and Tajimi in Gifu Prefecture in western Japan. The mercury climbed above 38 in eastern and central regions, ...
An increasing number of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers are calling for boosting public works projects to improve infrastructure.
The government is discussing plans to extend best-before dates for pork products to boost their export numbers, according to sources. The best-before periods for Japanese pork products are shorter than those for products from other nations, making a dent in their export competitiveness. The agriculture ...
Damage on the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors from the recent torrential rain that hit mainly western Japan has been estimated at ¥48.05 billion, the agriculture ministry said. The figure, assessed as of Monday morning and up from ¥43.69 billion as of Sunday morning, is ...
Japan will help train personnel in member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations taking part in U.N. peacekeeping operations, sources said Monday. The government has been providing training in Africa on how to operate heavy machinery, and plans to expand the program to ...
Swiss tennis star Roger Federer made headlines two weeks ago when he appeared on center court at Wimbledon wearing an outfit bearing the red-and-white squares of Uniqlo.
When Isao Akutagawa moved to the sleepy riverside community of Mabicho in Okayama Prefecture 45 years ago, it seemed like the perfect suburb to raise his children. In the town, which was merged with the nearby city of Kurashiki in 2005 and is now called ...
National Archives of Japan President Takeo Kato is alarmed by the document management scandals plaguing the Abe administration and says the issue highlights Japan's growing pains as it moves toward becoming a more robust democracy. "It's a matter relating to the degree of the maturity ...
North Korea is planning to grant a general amnesty next month in the run-up to the 70th anniversary of its foundation day in September, state media said Monday, in an echo of moves done before other key dates in the nuclear-armed country's history. The North's ...
European Union President Donald Tusk called on Donald Trump to reform the world order rather than bring it down, warning that trade wars can lead to "hot conflicts." Tusk issued his appeal in opening remarks to an annual EU-China summit on Monday, as he made ...
An environmental education program developed in Aichi Prefecture, designed to help children deepen their understanding of climate change through measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in places around them, has been introduced at a number of schools in the Tokai region and also in ...
As the year's ordinary Diet session nears a climax this week, debate is heating up over a bill Prime Minister Shinzo Abe characterizes as key to his growth strategy: the so-called casino implementation legislation. The bill spells out a raft of rules on the structure ...
Japan and the European Union are strengthening their cooperation on cybersecurity ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, where the city is expected to face a significant cyberthreat. Organizers of past games faced an estimated 500 million cyberattacks during the 2016 Rio Games ...
The government has launched a nationwide probe into allegations that foreign residents are abusing the public health insurance system.
The toll for this weekend's heat wave rose to eight dead and 2,000 injured Sunday after two people died in Shiga and Saga prefectures, a Kyodo News tally showed. Temperatures rose above 35 in many parts of Japan, with the high for the day logged ...
More than a billion people are at risk from a lack of air conditioning and refrigeration to keep them cool and to preserve food and medicines as global warming brings more high temperatures, a study Monday showed. More electricity demand for fridges, fans and other ...
Seventy percent of the people killed by the torrential rain in western Japan this month were 60 or older, tallies show. Of 169 fatalities identified as of Sunday evening, 118 were 60 or older and six were under 10. The downpours began on July 5, triggering ...
The land ministry plans to revise Japan’s standards for barrier-free hotels to increase the number of rooms suitable for wheelchair users ahead of the Olympics.
China's economy expanded at a slower pace in the second quarter as Beijing's crackdown on debt risks crimped activity, while June factory output growth weakened to a two-year low in a worrying sign that comes amid a heated trade war with the United States ...
Self-proclaimed socialist Elon Musk gave $38,900 to a political committee that supports U.S. House Republicans. The contribution is Musk's second-largest of this election cycle, according to disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), after a $50,000 contribution last year to a different group benefiting ...
After months of exchanging long-distance compliments, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin sit down on Monday for their first ever summit, a potential political minefield at home for the U.S. president but a geopolitical win for his Russian counterpart. Neither side expects major breakthroughs from the ...
A cease-fire largely held on Sunday along a tense Gaza-Israel border on Sunday following a day of fierce fighting, but Israel remained on high alert and boosted its air defenses in case hostilities resume. Israel carried out dozens of airstrikes in Gaza on Saturday, killing ...
Italy will allow some migrants to disembark in Sicily from two ships that picked up 450 asylum seekers from an overcrowded boat, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Sunday on TV channel RaiNews24. The minister's comments came after Germany, France and Malta pledged to ...
Aerospace firms are setting out wares from luxury jets to lethal drones at back-to-back British air shows this week, hoping trade tensions will not deter airlines from buying jetliners even as geopolitical uncertainty allows them to sell more weapons. The quintessentially English atmosphere of the ...
Whether or not people support the death penalty, they should be given enough information about the system and its implementation to make an informed judgment on the issue.
The Thai drama shows a global community does indeed exist and can do great good.
We're running out land to farm and a almost billion people don't have enough to eat. It's time to take real action.
Regardless of musical chairs with the manager job, the Japanese are basking in the afterglow of having made it to the round of 16 when few people had thought they could pull it off.
The three trails on the Shizuoka Prefecture side of Mount Fuji opened on July 10 at the start of the climbing season.
While the execution of cult founder Shoko Asahara may offer a degree of closure on a string of crimes that shocked Japan, it also creates an opportunity for further debate about the death penalty.
On the 30th anniversary of the release of the animated version of 'Akira' in Japan, we examine the enduring legacy of Katsuhiro Otomo's sci-fi classic.
Oswaldo Arcia belted a three-run homer and Kohei Arihara went the distance as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters defeated the Orix Buffaloes 4-1 on Monday. With both leagues returning to action after this year's All-Star Series, Arcia took Orix starter Yuki Nishi (5-8) deep in ...
Sekiwake Mitakeumi was a man in a hurry on Monday, when he needed just 1.8 seconds to remain unbeaten after nine days of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. His win over No. 5 maegashira Daishomaru (3-6) left Mitakeumi one win ahead of his closest ...
If there's anything to be learned from the first half of the 2018 baseball season it's that a lot of people still can't get enough of Daisuke Matsuzaka. It's been over a decade since his last turn as the ace for the Seibu Lions and ...
Japan international rugby player Amanaki Lelei Mafi was released on bail Monday after appearing in court in Dunedin, New Zealand, charged with assaulting one of his Melbourne Rebels teammates, according to local media. The 28-year-old Mafi was allegedly involved in an altercation with fellow Tongan-born ...
It was not the expected major shakedown, but the riders' faces told a story of suffering as most of the main Tour de France favorites stayed in contention after a much-feared stage nine on Sunday. The 156.5-km route from Arras featured 21.7km of cobbled sections, ...
