Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and Hirosaki University will launch a survey in the Tango district in northern Kyoto Prefecture to study the longevity of residents there. The two universities will compare the results with data taken from similar surveys in Aomori Prefecture, which has the shortest life expectancy in the ...
Hundreds of people with disabilities involved in a government-subsidized work program have been laid off, as the businesses that employed them were forced to shut their doors due to financial difficulties, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. Over 280 employees at seven businesses run ...
The weather agency has slashed the volcanic alert level for central Japan's Mount Ontake to the lowest notch for the first time in about three years following a September 2014 eruption that left 58 people dead and five missing. The level 1 alert, designated by ...
The U.S. Navy plans to relieve the commander of the Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture-based 7th Fleet after two fatal collisions between destroyers and civilian vessels in Asian waters in less than three months, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, the three-star commander ...
The rainfall stretch ended in the central Tokyo area on Tuesday after 21 damp days, the second-longest wet streak logged for the month of August. According to the Meteorological Agency, high atmospheric pressure covered eastern Japan Tuesday. Even though the atmosphere became unstable in the ...
A Japanese lawmaker group said Tuesday it will submit a bill to make the opening day of the Tokyo Olympic Games on July 24, 2020, a national holiday, sources said. The cross-party group dealing with sports issues, headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister ...
The education ministry has started discussions on providing support for high schools that operate social businesses, aiming to solve problems in regional communities through business methods, Jiji Press learned Tuesday. The ministry plans to offer backups, such as collating successful cases of social businesses undertaken ...
The Defense Ministry plans to seek a record-high budget of ¥5.26 trillion ($48.1 billion) for fiscal 2018 as the country seeks to beef up its missile defense capabilities in the face of growing threats by North Korea, a government source said Tuesday. The ministry plans ...
Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai requested Tuesday that the torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics start from the disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki to symbolize the country's recovery. In a meeting with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike in the capital, Murai also called for having ...
Newly appointed Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Tuesday advocated for the "strict and thorough" implementation of U.N. sanctions against North Korea to further squeeze the reclusive regime, saying "loopholes" undercutting their effect must be eliminated. If U.N. Security Council resolutions "are thoroughly implemented, I believe ...
Two men died and another remains missing after a pusher tug and a barge sank early Tuesday off Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, the Japan Coast Guard said. The 100-ton boat and the 1,300-ton barge with six crew members sank at about 3:40 a.m. after sending a ...
Media outlets said former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara had more party support than former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano.
The government's decision in late July to nominate a group of 49 ancient burial sites in southern Osaka Prefecture for UNESCO World Heritage status has raised local hopes for a major boost in international prestige and tourism appeal. But the move also raises sometimes politically ...
