Latest News
-
EuropeBerlin ‘Comfort Women’ Statue Reflects Postwar Sentiment
The removal of a statue symbolizing comfort women set up in the Mitte borough of central Berlin w...
December 14, 2020
-
General NewsAs Warm as a Bath
Leilani Rapaport shares her experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Prog...
December 12, 2020
-
General NewsPost-disaster Temporary Housing Units in Iwate, Miyagi Prefectures to be Empty by March
All temporary housing units in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures are expected to become vacant by the end...
December 12, 2020
-
Yomiuri EditorialMedical Fee Hike for elderly Needed for Sustainable Social Security System
People aged 75 or older with a certain level of income will have to bear a heavier burden in fees...
December 12, 2020
-
Books & LiteratureYoko Ogawa’s Dystopian Novel Highlights Importance of Memory and Storytelling
On Nov. 9, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra held a concert at Suntory Hall in Minato Ward, Tokyo...
December 12, 2020
-
PerspectivesIn Japan, Fish and History Go Hand-in-fin
Fish have long been big in Japan. Since ancient times, the Japanese have eaten more fish than alm...
December 12, 2020
-
Yomiuri Editorial
Make Active Use of Registration System to Protect Cultural Properties
These efforts are expected to lead to momentum in the protection of local festivals and culture f...
December 12, 2020
-
PerspectivesTokyo Games Mascot Designer Has an Eye for ‘Cute’ and ‘Cool’
With the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games postponed until next summer due to the coronavirus pa...
December 12, 2020
-
Social SeriesCities in Japan Turn to Local Tourism
This is the third and final installment of a series looking at how people are responding to the o...
December 12, 2020
-
General NewsOsaka: Potential to Rise from ‘Failure’
OSAKA — Yumeshima island, a man-made island in Osaka Bay, is scheduled to host the 2025 Osaka-Kan...
December 11, 2020
-
Japan In FocusOsaka: Osaka Bay Snaps to Life with Industrial Nighttime Scenery
OSAKA — The nighttime scenery of an industrial area on a stretch of Osaka Bay, with its illuminat...
December 11, 2020
-
Politics & GovernmentRuling Bloc OKs Expansion of Tax Breaks to Revive Economy
The ruling coalition included expansions of tax breaks in the outline of its tax reform package f...
December 11, 2020
-
General NewsDiaries Becoming more Trendy in Japan, Less Secret amid Pandemic
One social trend that has emerged from the coronavirus pandemic is that people are rediscovering ...
December 11, 2020
-
CoronavirusMedical Workers Call It Quits amid Pandemic Pressure in Japan
Nurses and medical workers have been quitting in droves amid the prolonged coronavirus pandemic.<...
December 11, 2020
-
CoronavirusInfection Route still Unknown Year after Confirmation of 1st COVID-19 Case in China
WUHAN, China — Tuesday marked one year since Chinese authorities were said to have confirmed in W...
December 11, 2020