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Japan Post Insurance Co. has admitted mismanagement in connection with more than 90,000 insurance policies, the biggest scandal for the country's dominant postal group since its privatization in 2007. The company on Wednesday said it has found about 22,000 cases in which customers were forced ...
The number of Japanese citizens living in the country as of Jan. 1 fell by 433,239, or 0.35 percent, from a year before to 124,776,364, down for the 10th straight year, the government said Wednesday. The decline was the largest ever both in terms of ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering holding talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani when he visits New York in September to attend a session of the U.N. General Assembly, government sources said Wednesday. After meeting with Rouhani in Tehran on June 12, Abe told a ...
Japan was taken aback by the strong reaction from South Korea to its decision to tighten export controls on some chemicals, a senior foreign ministry official said.
The United States hopes to enlist allies — possibly including Japan — over the next two weeks or so in a military coalition to safeguard strategic waters off Iran and Yemen, where Washington blames Iran and Iran-aligned fighters for attacks, the top U.S. general ...
The Bank of Yokohama and Chiba Bank, two top regional lenders, said they have agreed to a business tie-up in a move that could trigger further realignment in the industry.
The U.S. said it would grant licenses allowing companies to export goods to Huawei Technologies Co. but won't remove the Chinese technology giant from an export blacklist, as talks between the world's two biggest economies resumed. The Department of Commerce will "issue licenses where there ...
Hokkaido University President Toyoharu Nawa has been accused of engaging in power harassment toward university staff, it was learned Tuesday. The university in Sapporo is conducting an internal investigation, although the 65-year-old president claims innocence. The university set up an investigative panel after receiving a report ...
Rear Adm. Brian Fort assumed command of U.S. Naval Forces Japan and Navy Region Japan (CNFJ/CNRJ) during a change-of-command ceremony Wednesday at a naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, amid growing regional tensions and concerns about the U.S.-Japan alliance, as well as questions of ...
More than 70 years after racism and wartime hysteria devastated their community, Japanese Canadians are still fighting for justice. They've launched a campaign called BC Redress with the aim of getting the British Columbia provincial government to formally acknowledge its role in the internment of ...
Last month, on the eve of the G20 summit in Osaka, reports emerged that U.S. President Donald Trump was openly mulling a withdrawal from the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty as a result of an "unfair" sharing of alliance burdens. The reality is that there has been ...
Central Japan Railway Co. conducted a test run for the press Wednesday of its new battery-powered shinkansen, a world for high-speed rail. JR Central said it hopes the technology will be useful in emergencies that might otherwise leave trains stranded in tunnels or on bridges ...
Numerous plastic bags were found in the stomachs of more than half of the 14 wild deer that have died in Nara Park in Nara Prefecture since March, prompting the local government to take action to protect them. According to the Nara Deer Preservation Foundation, ...
The ruling LDP and its coalition partner are seeking voter support for the consumption tax increase in October despite ruling parties in the past having suffered defeats following such hikes.
Members of Britain's Parliament delivered a sharp warning to the country's next prime minister: They will not allow him to pursue a no-deal Brexit without a fight. In a dramatic result Tuesday evening, MPs narrowly passed a measure aimed at stopping the U.K.'s future leader ...
Japan is turning to technology to help prevent traffic accidents caused by elderly drivers in the country, a growing problem as the population ages. Orix Auto Corp. offers a service that enables senior citizens to measure their abilities behind the wheel via personal computers and ...
Only 1 in 8 of the world's most-polluting companies are on track to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in line with global temperature goals, a study funded by investors with $14 trillion under management found on Wednesday. The findings underscore the gulf between commitments made ...
The United States hopes to see a "freeze" of North Korea's nuclear weapons program as a starting point — not an endgame — for Pyongyang eventually relinquishing its arsenal, a State Department spokeswoman said Tuesday ahead of a fresh round of talks expected to ...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in warned top business leaders of an extended battle with Japan over its export controls on vital manufacturing materials, raising concerns their latest fight could disrupt global supply chains. On Wednesday, Moon told executives from companies including Samsung Electronics Co., SK ...
Mexico's moderate Finance Minister Carlos Urzua resigned on Tuesday with a letter that shocked markets by citing "extremism" in economic policy, before President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador quickly named a well-regarded deputy minister to replace him. In the unusually strongly worded resignation note made public ...
The Trump administration will exempt 110 Chinese products, from medical equipment to key capacitors, from hefty tariffs, it said on Tuesday, offering relief to some U.S. firms which have said the taxes harm their bottom lines. The relatively narrow exemption list will provide relief from ...
The future of Obamacare could be at stake on Tuesday when a group of Democratic-led states and the House of Representatives urge a federal appeals court to overturn a Texas judge's ruling that the U.S. health care reform law is unconstitutional. Republicans have repeatedly tried ...
The government needs to come to grips with its responsibility for the suffering of the families of Hansen's disease patients.
It's time we end the age-driven society and pay attention to the variety and differences among people in the same demographic.
Women suffer the most from climate change and they are also the most willing to address it.
Mehervan Sethi began promoting Japanese denim as a way to give back to the country that has "done so much for me and my family."
Writer William Lang says the frankness and openness of Osakans is a common trait of the people he remembers from growing up in Glasgow.
Few in the history of Japan's entertainment industry have wielded more power than talent manager Johnny Kitagawa. Kitagawa primarily flexed this influence through Johnny & Associates Inc., an agency he founded in 1962 that would go on to become one of the most powerful entertainment ...
The Let's Go's are a celebration of pure rock 'n' roll energy. Dressed in matching, vivid, cherry-red outfits, the Tokyo trio delivers upbeat tunes with infectious enthusiasm. Fresh from a recent trip to the United States, The Let's Go's released their new album, "Heibon Cherry," on ...
Taking a pleasure trip abroad used to be a big, once-in-a-lifetime event for the average Japanese. The No. 1 dream destination was Hawaii, since it was seen as glamorous and exotic, yet safe and familiar. A view of Diamond Head out the hotel window ...
The weight of expectations — from family, friends, community — can be tough on any young person. Now imagine those people once paid $5 million to save your life. That's the premise behind "Five Million Dollar Life," the debut film from director Sungho Moon. It's ...
The entertainment industry on Wednesday mourned the death of Johnny Kitagawa, the founder of one of Japan's most powerful talent agencies, which shot a long line of boy bands to fame over a period of more than half a century. "He's like a father to ...
Music mogul Johnny Kitagawa, who shaped Japan's boy band landscape for more than half a century, died of a stroke Tuesday at a hospital in Tokyo, his office said. He was 87. Kitagawa, who founded the country's top male talent agency and production company Johnny ...
Two-straight bases-loaded walks extended the Hiroshima Carp's losing streak to 11 games in a 2-1 loss to the Chunichi Dragons on Wednesday. The Carp, CL champions the past three seasons, have now lost 11 games out of their last 12, a stretch that includes a ...
Three of the six yearly Grand Sumo tournaments are held in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. The large structure, located next to the Edo-Tokyo Museum in Sumida Ward, opened in 1985. It also houses a sumo museum as well as the offices of the Japan Sumo Association. The ...
Yokozuna Hakuho and Kakuryu maintained their share of the lead by staying unbeaten Wednesday at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. The two Mongolians improved to 4-0 with victories over komusubi opponents on the fourth day of the 15-day tournament at Dolphins Arena. In the closing bout, ...
When goalkeeper Daniel Schmidt lines up between the posts on Saturday night, he will be wearing Vegalta Sendai's crest for the last time. The 27-year-old's next stop will be Europe after agreeing on a full transfer to Belgium's Sint-Truiden earlier this month. While he's far from ...
One of the key architects of Britain's recent Olympic success has urged Japan's athletes to harness the "hugely powerful effect" of performing in front of their home crowd at the Tokyo Games next year. Liz Nicholl, who as head of UK Sport drove Team GB ...
Serena Williams revealed Tuesday that she consulted a therapist after her infamous 2018 U.S. Open final meltdown in which her bitter war of words with the umpire overshadowed Naomi Osaka's maiden Grand Slam victory. The American superstar was widely vilified for her New York outburst ...
