Yomiuri Editorial

Numerous plans to set up new routes or add more flights on existing routes are being abandoned due to a lack of aviation fuel at regional airports ...

Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are now seen more frequently at stations, airports and other locations, but many people likely do not know...

Won’t Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s action pour cold water on the discussions held repeatedly between the ruling and opposition parties on the cre...

The situation in which unreasonable business practices impose burdens on small and midsize companies cannot be left unchecked. The government shoul...

The first special advisory regarding a potential Nankai Trough earthquake, which is feared may occur in the near future, has been released. First ...

It is regrettable that a precious opportunity to pay tribute to the many victims of an atomic bombing and convey to the world the tragic reality o...

As long as the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) continues to reject any proposals for its reform, there may be no point in endlessly discussing how t...

In Bangladesh, where antigovernment protests by students and others intensified, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign and fled the cou...

The contenders in the U.S. presidential election in November have finally been decided. Vice President Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party will f...

Athletes fighting hard while under pressure are being hurt by heartless words on social media. Hurling abusive language in a fit of emotion is beha...

Seventy-nine years have passed since the atomic bombings, and there is not much time left to hear the voices of the survivors.

The Nikkei Stock Average, which had been on the rise, plunged, triggering a simultaneous worldwide decline in stock values. The Nikkei average rebo...

Pirate sites that translate Japanese manga and anime into foreign languages without permission and post them on the internet are rampant overseas. ...

Many people must feel disgusted as the problem of “politics and money” has surfaced yet again. How can the growing distrust in politics be halted? ...

Anti-U.S. leftist President Nicolas Maduro has declared victory in the presidential election held in the South American nation of Venezuela. The op...