Please disable the ad blocking feature.

To use this site, please disable the ad blocking feature and reload the page.

This website uses cookies to collect information about your visit for purposes such as showing you personalized ads and content, and analyzing our website traffic. By clicking “Accept all,” you will allow the use of these cookies.

Users accessing this site from EEA countries and UK are unable to view this site without your consent. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

  • The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun
  • Japanese
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • SIGN UP
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • SIGN UP
  • Latest News
  • Most Read
  • Politics
    • Politics & Government
    • Defense & Security
    • Elections
    • Political Series
    • G7 Summit
  • Society
    • General News
    • Crime & Courts
    • Imperial Family
    • Obituaries
    • Social Series
    • Coronavirus
    • Noto Peninsula Earthquake
  • Business
    • Economy
    • Companies
    • Markets
    • Business Series
    • YIES
  • World
    • Asia - Pacific
    • US & Canada
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Wider World
    • Global
    • US Presidential Election
  • News Services
    • Jiji Press
    • Washington Post
    • Associated Press
    • Reuters
    • AFP - Jiji
  • Editorial & Columns
    • Yomiuri Editorial
    • Political Pulse
    • Insights into the World
    • Cultural Viewpoints
    • Outside Contributors
    • Asia Inside Review
  • Sports
    • Baseball
    • Soccer
    • Basketball
    • Rugby
    • Golf
    • Tennis
    • Sumo
    • Figure Skating
    • Other Sports
    • Soccer World Cup
    • Olympics & Paralympics
  • Science & Nature
    • Science
    • Technology
    • Environment
    • Climate Change
  • Culture
    • Manga & Anime
    • Film & TV
    • Kabuki / Noh / Rakugo
    • Performing Arts
    • Art
    • Fashion
    • Music
    • Books & Literature
    • Museums
  • JN Specialties
    • Perspectives
    • Donald Keene’s Legacy
    • Ramen of Japan
    • Delicious Beautiful Spectacular JAPAN
    • Decommissioning Fukushima
    • Weekly Edition
    • Vantage Point
    • Video
  • Features
    • Delicious
    • Japan in Focus
    • Travel Spots
    • Troubleshooter
    • Neko Pitcher
    • Political Cartoons
  • Sudoku
  • Latest News
  • Most Read
  • Politics
  • Society
  • Business
  • World
  • News Services
  • Editorial & Columns
  • Sports
  • Science & Nature
  • Culture
  • JN Specialities
  • Features
  • Sudoku
  • Home Page
  • Latest News
  • Most Read
  • Politics.
    • Politics & Government
    • Defense & Security
    • Elections
    • Political Series
    • G7 Summit
  • Society.
    • General News
    • Crime & Courts
    • Imperial Family
    • Obituaries
    • Social Series
    • Coronavirus
    • Noto Peninsula Earthquake
  • Business.
    • Economy
    • Companies
    • Markets
    • Business Series
    • YIES
  • World.
    • US Presidential Election
    • Asia - Pacific
    • US & Canada
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Wider World
    • Global
  • News Services.
    • Jiji Press
    • Washington Post
    • Associated Press
    • Reuters
    • AFP - Jiji
  • Editorial & Columns.
    • Yomiuri Editorial
    • Political Pulse
    • Insights into the World
    • Cultural Viewpoints
    • Outside Contributors
    • Asia Inside Review
  • Sports.
    • Baseball
    • Soccer
    • Basketball
    • Rugby
    • Golf
    • Tennis
    • Sumo
    • Figure Skating
    • Other Sports
    • Soccer World Cup
    • Olympics & Paralympics
  • Science & Nature.
    • Science
    • Technology
    • Environment
    • Climate Change
  • Culture.
    • Manga & Anime
    • Film & TV
    • Kabuki / Noh / Rakugo
    • Performing Arts
    • Art
    • Fashion
    • Music
    • Books & Literature
    • Museums
  • JN Specialties.
    • Perspectives
    • Donald Keene’s Legacy
    • Ramen of Japan
    • Delicious Beautiful Spectacular JAPAN
    • Decommissioning Fukushima
    • Weekly Edition
    • Vantage Point
    • Video
  • Features.
    • Delicious
    • Japan in Focus
    • Travel Spots
    • Troubleshooter
    • Neko Pitcher
    • Political Cartoons
  • Sudoku

Hot word :

  • #Milano Cortina 2026
  • #Snow
  • #Sanae Takaichi
  • #Lower House Election
  • #PokéPark KANTO
  • LOGIN
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • LOGIN
  • SIGN UP
  • MY ACCOUNT
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • MY ACCOUNT
  • SIGN UP
  • Latest News
  • Most Read
  • Politics
    • Politics & Government
    • Defense & Security
    • Elections
    • Political Series
    • G7 Summit
  • Society
    • General News
    • Crime & Courts
    • Imperial Family
    • Obituaries
    • Social Series
    • Coronavirus
    • Noto Peninsula Earthquake
  • Business
    • Economy
    • Companies
    • Markets
    • Business Series
    • YIES
  • World
    • US Presidential Election
    • Asia - Pacific
    • US & Canada
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Wider World
    • Global
  • News Services
    • Jiji Press
    • Washington Post
    • Associated Press
    • Reuters
    • AFP - Jiji
  • Editorial & Columns
    • Yomiuri Editorial
    • Political Pulse
    • Insights into the World
    • Cultural Viewpoints
    • Outside Contributors
    • Asia Inside Review
  • Sports
    • Baseball
    • Soccer
    • Basketball
    • Rugby
    • Golf
    • Tennis
    • Sumo
    • Figure Skating
    • Other Sports
    • Soccer World Cup
    • Olympics & Paralympics
  • Science & Nature
    • Science
    • Technology
    • Environment
    • Climate Change
  • Culture
    • Manga & Anime
    • Film & TV
    • Kabuki / Noh / Rakugo
    • Performing Arts
    • Art
    • Fashion
    • Music
    • Books & Literature
    • Museums
  • JN Specialties
    • Perspectives
    • Donald Keene’s Legacy
    • Ramen of Japan
    • Delicious Beautiful Spectacular JAPAN
    • Decommissioning Fukushima
    • Weekly Edition
    • Vantage Point
    • Video
  • Features
    • Delicious
    • Japan in Focus
    • Travel Spots
    • Troubleshooter
    • Neko Pitcher
    • Political Cartoons
  • Sudoku

Hot word :

  • #Milano Cortina 2026
  • #Snow
  • #Sanae Takaichi
  • #Lower House Election
  • #PokéPark KANTO
Home>News Services>AFP-JIJI
News Services

AFP-JIJI

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 11
  • Japan Jan.-March GDP Down Annualized 0.2 percent in Revised Report

    Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s gross domestic product in January-March shrank an annualized 0.2 pct f...

    June 9, 2025

  • Nintendo Aims to Match Switch Success with New Console

    TOKYO (AFP-Jiji) - Nintendo hopes to match the runaway success of the Switch when its levelled-up...

    June 1, 2025

  • China Displaces Old Foe Japan in South Koreans’ Minds Ahead of Vote

    SEOUL(AFP-Jiji) — Shops selling steaming snacks line the streets of Seoul’s Daerim neighbourhood,...

    June 1, 2025

  • Zelenskyy Expects Russia to Commit to Ceasefire, Says “Ready” for Direct Talks

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday said that he expects Moscow to commit to a 30-d...

    May 11, 2025

  • Prime Minister Ishiba Reiterates Demand for U.S. Removal of Auto Tariffs

    Tokyo (Jiji Press)— Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reiterated his country’s demand on Sunday that ...

    May 11, 2025

    #Trump Tariffs
  • Emperor Emeritus Hospitalized for Heart Exam

    Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Emperor Emeritus was admitted to the University of Tokyo Hospital on Tuesday...

    May 6, 2025

  • PM Ishiba Makes Ritual Offering at Yasukuni Shrine

    Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba made a ritual “masakaki” tree offering to Yasuku...

    April 21, 2025

  • Social Media Helps Fuel Growing ‘Sex Tourism’ in Japan

    Young women standing idly around a park in Tokyo’s west suggest that a giant statue of Godzilla i...

    April 20, 2025

  • Nikkei Average Sheds over 1,300 Points in Morning

    Tokyo, April 9 —Japan’s key Nikkei 225 stock average plunged over 1,300 points at one point Wedne...

    April 9, 2025

  • Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding Loses Foreign Technical Intern Certification

    Yomiuri Shimbun file photoTokyo branch of Imabari Shipbuilding Co. in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Jiji Press...

    March 26, 2025

  • Netanyahu Appoints Major General Eyal Zamir as Israel’s New Army Chief

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named retired Major General Eyal Zamir as Israel’s new armed fo...

    February 2, 2025

  • UK’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, to Launch Early Childhood Project

    Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, will this week unveil a major project in her campaign to ...

    February 2, 2025

  • Israel Says Truce with Hamas Begins, after Delay

    JERUSALEM (AFP-Jiji) - Israel on Sunday said a truce with Hamas began in Gaza at 0915 GMT, nearly...

    January 19, 2025

  • Notre Dame to Hold First Public Service after Five-Year Restoration

    Newly restored Notre Dame cathedral is set to hold its first service for the public on Sunday aft...

    December 8, 2024

  • Iran Arrests Female Student Who Stripped to Protest Harassment

    Iranian authorities arrested a female student on Saturday after she staged a solo protest against...

    November 3, 2024

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 11

Top Articles in News Services

  • Survey Shows False Election Info Perceived as True
  • Prudential Life Expected to Face Inspection over Fraud
  • Hong Kong Ex-Publisher Jimmy Lai’s Sentence Raises International Outcry as China Defends It
  • Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average Touches 58,000 as Yen, Jgbs Rally on Election Fallout (UPDATE 1) 
  • Trump Names Former Federal Reserve Governor Warsh as the Next Fed Chair, Replacing Powell

JN TOP STORIES

  • Maximize Flavor of Vegetables in Classic Italian Soup
  • Milano Cortina 2026: Malinin Highlights Dangers of Social Media in Gala Performance
  • Business Hotels Expanding into Regional Areas in Japan, Aiming to Attract Tourists; Competition Likely to Intensify
  • Milano Cortina 2026: Japan Sees Leap in Olympic Performance Through New Support System; Japan Double Winter Medal Tally in 3 Games
  • Milano Cortina 2026: Japan’s Satoshi Furuno Places 4th in Men’s Ski Cross
  • Milano Cortina 2026: Speed Skater Takagi Finishes 6th in the 1,500, in Which She Has World Record
  • Japanese High School Student Aims to Share Kaiten History Through Inbound Tours in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture
  • Chronic Issues Erode Thailand’s Economy as Political Confusion Persists, Threatening Terminal Decline in Its Economy
  • PM Takaichi Spells out Plans to Advance Bold Policy Shifts in Speech at Diet
  • Japan to Monitor Trump Administration’s Response to U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Tariffs

The Japan News / Weekly Edition

Our weekly ePaper presents the most noteworthy recent topics in an exciting, readable fomat.

Read more

    1. The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun
    2. X_en

      eng

    3. X_jp

      jp

    4. Subscription of Newspaper
  • Politics
    Society
    Business
    World
    News Services
    Editorial & Columns
    Sports
    Science & Nature
    Culture
    JN Specialties
    Features
    Video
  • About us
    Membership Terms & Conditions
    Website Policies
    FAQ
    Advertise

© 2026 The Japan News - by The Yomiuri Shimbun