Yomiuri Editorial

Friday marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The national memorial service for the war dead is set to be held in Tokyo. It is hop...

Plastic fishing nets and ropes left behind in the sea threaten the lives of marine animals. There is also concern about the impact on vessels. Meas...

The dismissal of a senior government official threatens the reliability of U.S. economic data and the country’s statistical system. U.S. President ...

It can be said that a school’s lax awareness toward violence and its poor response has worsened a situation. Defamatory comments on social media al...

Aug. 12 marked 40 years since a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew members. It is hoped that those involve...

How can the ballooning national budget be curbed without cutting existing expenditures? Government ministries and agencies must not request funds w...

Accidents involving fireworks, which light up the night sky, have been occurring one after another and are a reminder that even these spectacular d...

Given the difficult road ahead toward decommissioning the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, revising the plan at this point seems to be a realis...

Trust in elections will be undermined if local government officials, who are in a position to oversee fair elections, have tried to arbitrarily adj...

The turmoil within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party regarding whether Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba should resign is nothing short of disgracefu...

Nagasaki too is marking the 80th anniversary of its atomic bombing. Opportunities to directly hear the voices of survivors are decreasing, and the ...

Insisting that an investigation conform with initial assumptions, leading to forcible arrests and false accusations, is a matter of grave responsib...

Discrepancies have emerged regarding the content of the agreement reached between Japan and the United States in their tariff negotiations.

SBI Shinsei Bank completed the repayment of public funds it received during the era of its predecessor — the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan — at th...

The high-tech capabilities of a Japanese frigate, equipped with a variety of functions such as anti-ship and antiaircraft capabilities and operable...