Tokyo Medical University enrolled an applicant in its nursing school by passing over candidates with better scores at the request of a Diet member, according to a report by an independent panel looking into the university's rigging of exam scores. Masahiko Usui, former chairman of ...

Experts bemoan the lack of support measures so far for incoming laborers.

The Tokyo District Court ensures the former Nissan chairman Ghosn will ring in the new year from behind bars.

The recent sweeping revision to the immigration law opens a gateway for as many as 345,000 migrant workers to enter Japan in the next five years. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, however, has repeatedly said the new visa system does not constitute an immigration policy. "This ...

Dozens of young people from around Asia descended on Tokyo last month for a job fair, dressed in a plain black suit of the type considered "the uniform" for Japanese college students when they meet with prospective employers. Some of the visitors said they were ...

Step into the municipal office of this city and you'll find pamphlets in multiple languages lining the walls, as people waiting in lines converse quietly in Portuguese. Walk along the streets around the station and you'll find an array of Brazilian, Filipino, and Peruvian flags ...

The meeting would focus on trade and investment issues, sources say.

The outlook for Japan in 2019 is bright.

For all the assurances that the world is getting better, there are huge geopolitical challenges to face and master to make that optimism real.

Staff Writer When a train is about to depart a station, passengers hear an announcement saying, "Please stand clear of the closing doors." Now, when they ride an escalator at Tokyo Station, they will receive constant reminders from East Japan Railway Co. to "Please stand on ...

Sample newspaper article Hayao Miyazaki anime to get kabuki remake 宮崎駿監督のアニメーション映画「風の谷のナウシカ」が歌舞伎で舞台化されることが12日、分かった。歌舞伎俳優の尾上菊之助さんや中村七之助さんらが出演し、12月に東京・新橋演舞場で上演する。宮崎監督の作品が歌舞伎になるのは初めて。 　「風の谷のナウシカ」は1984年公開。産業文明や環境破壊をテーマにした物語で、宮崎監督の代表作の一つ。 　新橋演舞場によると、菊之助さんが歌舞伎での舞台化を発案した。主人公ナウシカ役を菊之助さん、皇女クシャナ役を七之助さんが務める。他に尾上松也さん、坂東巳之助さん、尾上右近さんが出演するという。 (KYODO) Words and phrases 宮崎駿 (みやざきはやお) Hayao Miyazaki 監督 (かんとく) director アニメーション映画 (あにめーしょんえいが) animated film 「風の谷のナウシカ」 ("かぜのたにのなうしか") "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" 歌舞伎 (かぶき) kabuki 舞台化される (ぶたいかされる) to be adapted for stage 分かる (わかる) to understand, to become known [it was revealed] 歌舞伎俳優 ...

New Year's Day is a major holiday in Japan, but the date for it hasn't always been in January.

A holdover from Japanese past still makes for a convenient way to express the idea of "at least" in daily conversation.

When the music industry became too stressful to bear in the U.S., Akira Satake found a new vocation in pottery.

Legendary former world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. tamed Japanese kickboxing phenom Tenshin Nasukawa via technical knockout on Monday. The special boxing exhibition, a dramatic conclusion to the Rizin 14 mixed martial arts event, took place before a New Year's Eve full house of 29,105 at ...

Japan's Kazuto Ioka suffered his first loss in over four years on Monday when Donnie Nietes won a split decision to capture the vacant WBO super flyweight championship. The 29-year-old Ioka, aiming for his fourth world title, had trouble coping the powerful inside punching by ...

As a former director and producer for the Nippon Television Network Corporation, Nobuhisa Sakata has participated in live broadcasts of many different major professional sporting events, such as Yomiuri Giants games and the world track and field championships. But for him no other project inspired ...

This will be the 95th winter featuring the New Year's tradition — the Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race, or as it's more commonly known, the Hakone ekiden. There's a story behind how the annual race came to be over a century ago. Shiso Kanakuri was one ...

Japan hopes to use the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics as an opportunity to become a more inclusive and accessible society, and in 2018 games organizers made some strides towards making it a reality. When hosting a major sporting event, people usually talk about what kind of ...

The playoff chase went down to the final minutes of the season Sunday, when Baltimore squeezed in as AFC North winner, and defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia got some help to secure an NFC wild card. That left Pittsburgh and Minnesota out. Kansas City (12-4) grabbed ...

The thought of Jacksonville parting ways with running back Leonard Fournette would have been unimaginable a few months ago. It's much more plausible now. The Jaguars have notified Fournette that his suspension late last month voided the remaining guarantees in his four-year rookie contract, according to ...

Ryoyu Kobayashi picked up his fifth World Cup title of the season with a win at the Four Hills Tournament opener on Sunday night. Kobayashi posted jumps of 138.5 and 126.5 meters in heavy winds for a 282.3 total score, just 0.4 ahead of Germany's ...

Roger Federer's wish is about to be granted — he's getting the chance to return Serena Williams' powerful serve. The famously unflappable Swiss acknowledges being excited about the prospect of taking on his fellow tennis great on Tuesday in a Hopman Cup mixed doubles match ...