Organizers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics said Friday that about 6,900 tickets sold in the first phase of a domestic lottery in May were bought with fake IDs. Organizers revealed that some 30,000 of the official IDs required to make a ticket application ...

Close to 20,000 foreign children may not be attending school despite being eligible to enroll, a government study showed Friday. The first such survey, conducted by the education ministry in May and June, found that 19,654, or 15.8 percent, of eligible foreign children are not ...

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is close to selling some assets in emerging markets and Western Europe, people familiar with the matter said, in a move that would help the Japanese drugmaker reduce its debt pile. Takeda may announce the sale of over-the-counter and prescription drugs in ...

The Government Pension Investment Fund will likely announce next week whether its chief investment officer will continue to manage the monolith's $1.48 trillion in assets. Hiromichi Mizuno, whose term will end on Monday, captained sweeping changes to the investment strategy of the world's largest pension ...

With Japan's consumption tax rate hike to 10 percent scheduled for the start of next month, the government promises to simultaneously introduce a reduced rate for everyday essentials — mostly food and non-alcoholic beverages — to ease the financial impact on lower income households. The ...

Such tie-ups highlight how automakers are scrambling to chase scale, manage costs and boost development.

Two softball games and one baseball game in Fukushima next summer may be little more than an 2020 Olympic cameo, but local fans are thrilled to have them, largely in the hopes they will give their prefecture a badly needed public relations boost. Fukushima was ...

Shareholders of Japan Display Inc. gave approval Friday for the embattled company to receive a bailout from a Hong Kong fund and others, but criticized the display-maker over its Chinese sponsor's withdrawal from the rescue plan announced the previous day. Minoru Kikuoka, chief financial officer ...

A Pakistan court on Friday convicted the brother of social media star Qandeel Baloch of her murder, a 2016 killing that sparked a change in laws and ignited fierce debate over the prevalence of "honor killings" of women. A court in the eastern city of ...

With the nation marking the fifth anniversary of the eruption of Mount Ontake that killed 58 people and left five others missing, a government survey shows about half of the municipalities near active volcanoes do not have evacuation plans in the event of an ...

Not long after Tom Yam returned to his native Hong Kong after 40 years abroad, he picked Lantau Island to settle in, drawn to its laid-back villages, wooded trails and scenic beaches that seemed a world away from the bustle of the city. That may ...

Almost 30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, Germany's parliament voted Thursday to transfer the vast secret police files of the former East German communist regime into the Federal Archives — despite concerns voiced by some historians and ex-dissidents. One of those opposed to the ...

The report says some “negative” actions by Seoul have affected bilateral defense cooperation.

Kepco’s president said those involved tried to return what they received but were not able to do so because the former town official refused.

North Korea is evading U.N. sanctions by profiting on the soaring domestic demand for smartphones, according to defectors, experts and an analysis of North Korean-made phones. Economists estimate as many as 6 million North Koreans — a quarter of the population — now have mobile ...

Fed up with finding yourself next to a screaming child on a long-haul flight? On some Japanese airlines, a seat map will warn you where potentially bawling babies are sitting. The feature, offered as part of Japan Airlines' "Smile Support" travel service for those with ...

The city of Matsue in Shimane Prefecture has embarked on an experiment to find out whether teleworking in the regional city helps reduce the stress levels of businesspeople who normally work in major cities. The city hopes the experiment will demonstrate the health-promoting benefits of ...

A former worker at a security firm suspected of stealing ¥360 million from his employer's office in Saitama Prefecture was arrested Friday after he allegedly mailed the cash in four cardboard boxes to a post office box in Tokyo, prefectural police said. Hiroki Ito, 28, ...

Accessing everything from Wikipedia to Google Maps is about to get a lot easier in Myanmar on Tuesday when it finally adopts the universal code underpinning phone and online communication. Tech experts say the move to bring the country more in step with the rest ...

The daughter of a Hiroshima atomic-bomb survivor on Thursday pushed for a treaty banning nuclear weapons, which five countries ratified, at an event marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. At the signing and ratification ceremony, Mitchie Takeuchi, 63, emphasized the ...

The foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea failed Thursday to make any progress toward resolving bilateral disputes over the contentious issue of compensation for wartime labor and trade, but agreed to continue dialogue. In his first meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha ...

Scientists have captured a view of a colossal black hole violently ripping apart a doomed star, illustrating an extraordinary and chaotic cosmic event from beginning to end for the first time using NASA's planet-hunting telescope. The U.S. space agency's orbiting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) ...

There is a tradition in Japan of holding moon-viewing parties to celebrate the harvest on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, believed to be the best time of the year to watch the full moon, and this year it ...

The health ministry on Thursday published a list of 424 public medical institutions it has deemed to be in need of possible consolidation and realignment. The move is aimed at speeding up the streamlining of the medical sector and suppressing ballooning medical costs ahead of ...

Is escalator etiquette in Japan about to change? The established custom of standing to one side and keeping the other side open for people in a hurry is being called into question by those who want to make moving stairways safer. As next year's Tokyo Olympics ...

U.S. President Donald Trump grew increasingly exasperated on Thursday as he sat in his cabin aboard Air Force One and watched television coverage of Democrats on a congressional committee accuse him of criminal behavior. Moments after landing in Washington, the Republican Trump fired back at ...

Global stocks were torn on Thursday between the impeachment firestorm surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump and encouraging signs that the U.S.-China trade war is cooling off. Wall Street ended in the red after a day of intense political drama in which lawmakers released a whistleblower ...

A series of cyberattacks on Airbus in the past few months was conducted via the computer systems of its suppliers and security sources suspect a link to China, AFP news agency reported on Thursday. China has repeatedly denied involvement in hacking and neither the foreign ...

Boeing Co. failed to adequately consider how pilots respond to cockpit emergencies in its 737 Max safety assessment and may need to make changes to flight deck alerts, pilot procedures and training, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The U.S. air accident investigator unveiled on ...

Organized efforts to manipulate social media and public opinion are being carried out in at least 70 countries by government agencies and political parties, researchers said Thursday. A report by the Oxford Internet Institute found manipulation efforts have doubled over the past two years and ...

While most of Washington is gripped by the impeachment storm swirling around Donald Trump, a few blocks up Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, hundreds of executives are pondering another potential presidential upheaval. Trump has floated the possibility of soon banning flavored e-cigarette products — ...

Off the coast of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a group of scientists is tearing a reef apart in a feverish attempt to save some of its coral. They are battling a fast-moving, lethal disease that researchers say is unprecedented in the speed ...

A majority of the Japanese electorate is quite sensible supporting a realistic security agenda and a moderately liberal economic and social agenda.

Japan's 34 national parks span the length of the country and include some of its most pristine, undeveloped and unusual landscapes. These are The Japan Times' picks of 10 national parks you shouldn't miss.

In an alternate reality, Masaharu Morimoto would be fielding questions from sports journalists. He might even be talking about his transfer from Japan’s top-flight baseball league to Major League Baseball in the United States. But a severe injury to his shoulder in high school put ...

While we not-so-patiently wait for the next episode of "Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020" to become available, we decided to pass the time by listing some of the best date locations the housemates have ventured to so far. From gardens to fireworks shows to golf, ...

Follow the action of the next match of the 2019 Rugby World Gup: Japan vs Ireland, at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa.

Everyone at Tokyo Dome knew what Yomiuri Giants public address announcer Daisuke Takahashi was going say. They just needed to hear him say it one more time, one last time. "Catcher, Abe Shinnosuke," Takahashi, voice rising to a scream, announced as the Giants took the ...

Intensity and bravery can only take the lower-tier nations so far against rugby's elite sides and the key to running them close is to turn pressure into points, Tonga forwards coach Grant Doorey said on Friday. The Pacific Island squad gave a good account of ...

Flanker John Quill has been banned for three matches and will likely miss the rest of the United States' World Cup campaign after he was sent off in his side's Pool C match against England in Kobe on Thursday. Quill was shown the first red ...

Double will be the key word if Japan is to pull off an upset Saturday to match the Brighton Miracle. For if the Brave Blossoms are to repeat their win four years ago over South Africa by beating Ireland, currently ranked No. 2 in the ...

Former middleweight boxing champion Nigel Benn is returning to the ring at the age of 55 for a one-off fight, saying he wants "closure" on a career blighted by drug abuse, depression and the death of his brother. Benn, who has not fought professionally since ...

U.S. head coach Gary Gold said hosting the Rugby World Cup put Japanese rugby on the map, and hopes the United States will have the same opportunity in order to create a steady profile. The former Kobe Kobelco Steelers coach made his return to the ...

The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics said Thursday it received a total of 535,717 applications from people hoping to be torchbearers in the buildup to the games. Organizers began accepting applications in June in collaboration with each of the 47 prefectures ...