Society
General News
-
Bus overturns, catches fire on Nagoya expressway
Two people were in critical condition after a bus overturned and caught fire on an expressway in Kit...
August 22, 2022
-
Popularity, prices soar for vintage domestic electric guitars
Yuta Tanaka is as surprised as anyone. While the pandemic wreaks havoc in a wide range of businesse...
August 22, 2022
-
Japan weather agency triples downpour warnings
The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued 115 special heavy-rain warnings from July until mid-Augus...
August 22, 2022
-
Govt decide ¥87 bil. in assistance to African countries
The government has decided to provide a total of ¥87 billion in assistance to 26 African countries f...
August 22, 2022
-
Hiroshima remembers 2014 landslide
HIROSHIMA — Memorial services were held in various locations on Saturday marking the eighth annivers...
August 21, 2022
-
Japan’s education ministry eyes use of English digital textbooks from 2024
The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry is considering using both digital an...
August 21, 2022
-
Serendipitous discoveries in library ‘amphitheater’
KANAZAWA — New life has been breathed into the Ishikawa Prefectural Library in Kanazawa City followi...
August 21, 2022
-
Ice maker banks on ornamental blocks to boost sales
Tokyo ice maker Onoda-Shoten Co. has increased production of ornamental ice blocks as part of effort...
August 21, 2022
-
Government to subsidize local ‘My Number’ reward schemes
The central government plans to subsidize points schemes linked to My Number identification cards op...
August 20, 2022
-
Tokyo Gov. Koike to gather information on organ trafficking
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Friday that the Tokyo metropolitan government will “gather necessary in...
August 20, 2022
-
Lawsuit seeks injunction against state funeral for Abe
Members of a citizens’ group filed a lawsuit Friday in Osaka District Court seeking an injunction ag...
August 20, 2022
-
Search for missing people after Japan April boat tragedy finds bones, belongings
SHARI, Hokkaido — Police found what appeared to be several human bones Thursday at the western tip o...
August 19, 2022
-
Grapes of the highest grade
A woman harvests grapes on the rooftop of Akasaka Tameike Tower, 100 meters above the streets of cen...
August 18, 2022
-
9-yr-old Fujita to become youngest pro Go player
Reo Fujita, a 9-year-old Japanese elementary school third-grade boy, will become the youngest profes...
August 18, 2022
-
WWII survivor describes ‘hell’ of Burma campaign
At age 101, Eisaku Yamamoto continues to share his story about the devastation of war from Kusatsu, ...
August 18, 2022
Top Articles in Society
-
-
-
-
-
JN TOP STORIES
-
-
-
-
-
-
