Yomiuri Editorial

The successive murders of nine people who had become acquainted through such means as social media highlighted the dangers lurking behind the conve...

Interest rates on super-long government bonds are climbing. This is probably because the increase in government bond issuance due to deteriorating ...

At a time when the international situation is extremely tense, it is praiseworthy for the moment that the United States and European countries have...

Fuji Media Holdings Inc., which has been rocked by the sexual assault scandal involving former TV personality Masahiro Nakai, has received sharehol...

Although relations between Japan and South Korea have faced repeated setbacks over political and historical issues, a trend toward improved relatio...

Can Nippon Steel Corp., once the world’s largest steelmaker, regain the top spot? The Japanese steelmaker will be tested as to whether it will be a...

Israel and Iran, which have been exchanging attacks, have agreed to a ceasefire, U.S. President Donald Trump has announced.

If the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito, holding only a minority of seats in the House of Representatives, ...

June 23 is designated as “Memorial Day,” as that is the day on which systematic fighting by the former Japanese military in Okinawa Prefecture is d...

The United States, Israel’s supporter, has taken steps to intervene militarily in the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Iran. The situation in...

The harsh election results likely reflected public dissatisfaction with the running of the current administration, in addition to the issue of poli...

There have been a series of accidents involving foreign drivers who cannot be said to have a sufficient understanding of Japanese traffic rules. Th...

With real estate prices soaring, unscrupulous businesses have in many instances forced elderly people to sell their homes. The government must quic...

The minority ruling parties repeatedly made concessions out of a desire to obtain cooperation from opposition parties even though the effects of th...

The number of patients with whooping cough, which is characterized by severe coughing that can last for a prolonged period of time, has surged. Cau...