Yomiuri Editorial

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...

The government is set to revise its policy that in effect reduces rice paddy acreage and shift to increasing production. This is a decision that wi...

Eighty years have passed since the atomic bombings. There are few opportunities left to hear the voices of the survivors. It is Japan’s mission to ...

Japan and the United States reportedly agreed on reducing the U.S. tariff rate on Japanese automobiles to 15%, but no implementation date has been ...

After seven rounds of deliberations — an unusually high number — the minimum wage was raised by the largest amount ever. This will be highly benefi...

Information manipulation is going on around the world through false information posted on social media to direct public opinion and election result...