Yomiuri Editorial

The current situation in which reckless driving causing death or injury results in only minor penalties can only be described as absurd. It is esse...

In response to an increasing number of foreign tourists to Japan, more moves are being made in which local governments introduce an accommodation t...

Forest fires have occurred in various parts of the country. They are generally caused by people, such as when they make bonfires. Once forest fires...

The extraordinary Diet session, the first debate arena for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet, has closed. The absence of significant confusio...

Medical institutions and doctors are concentrated in urban areas, and more than a few regional areas are struggling with a shortage of doctors.

Japanese companies appear to be overcoming the blow dealt by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, their biggest cause of concern. It is h...

Generative artificial intelligence, which is evolving rapidly, now impacts all aspects of people’s lives, extending far beyond the business communi...

A Hong Kong opinion leader who was a leading critic of China has been found guilty in court. The current situation in which China is taking away fr...

More than 70,000 residents of the Palestinian territory of Gaza have died from Israel’s military operations. It is unbearable to see cities reduced...

There have been a series of cases in which police took action because minors allegedly gambled through online casinos. Young people are particularl...

The U.S. economy finds itself caught in a dilemma, with concerns over deteriorating employment and a risk of renewed inflation.

The supplementary budget proposal for fiscal 2025, totaling ¥18.3 trillion, was approved at the House of Representatives plenary session. The rulin...

Following the Supreme Court ruling in June this year that the significant reduction in welfare benefits over three years starting in 2013 was illeg...