Popular Article Ranking 2022
Popular articles of 2022
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‘Rising threats: Challenges facing Japan’ to be 2022 Yomiuri International Forum theme
The Yomiuri International Economic Society (YIES) and The Yomiuri Shimbun have chosen “Rising threat...January 26, 2022
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Hokkaido: Fluffy ‘snow fairies’ flying into hearts and bellies across Japan
SAPPORO — They are small, cute and very fluffy, and now white birds affectionately known as “snow fa...April 5, 2022
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Fukushima lab releases images of ‘highly likely’ UFOs
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Maybe it’s a UFO! For the past year, a self-proclaimed International UF...June 26, 2022
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Japan, Finland confirm unity in dealing with Russia
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin on Wednesday c...May 12, 2022
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U.S. ambassador: Japan-U.S. alliance has entered era of ‘projection’ into Indo-Pacific
The Japan-U.S. alliance has entered an era of “projection” into the Indo-Pacific from one focused o...September 4, 2022
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Tsukuba venture offers space burial service
A start-up in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, has launched a new funeral business: space burial. In ear...May 7, 2022
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‘See-through toilets’ malfunction in Shibuya
Tokyo's Shibuya Ward announced Friday that two public restrooms in the ward, known as "see-through t...December 17, 2022
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Kabuki streams overseas via Shochiku’s new service
Bringing kabuki on tour overseas again will take some time, but a new service is streaming the perfo...December 11, 2022
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Tokyo governor: Environmental policy is growth strategy
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike spoke to the Yomiuri International Economic Society at a Tokyo hotel on Wedn...April 28, 2022
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Tech firms in Japan touting services for digital education
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Major technology companies in Japan are touting their services at a time when s...May 7, 2022
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Ex-defense minister stresses urgent need for defense budget boost
Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera stressed the need for Japan to increase its defense budget ...September 23, 2022
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Japan cosmetics makers accelerating plastic reduction efforts
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Cosmetics makers in Japan are accelerating their efforts to reduce plastic use ...May 7, 2022
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Tokyo Gov. Koike‘s speech at the Yomiuri International Economic Society (YIES)
Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo made a speech under the theme of “ Building a More Resilient Tokyo” ...May 2, 2022
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Avid gardener now cultivates intl relations as envoy
Coming from a country with seasons that she describes as “hot, hot and hot,” it’s not surprising tha...February 17, 2022
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NASA employee stays grounded with weekly cycling tours
For some foreign residents in Tokyo, the COVID-19 pandemic offers a fresh opportunity to make use of...February 22, 2022
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Firefighters battle Tokyo factory blaze all day long
A fire broke out in a two-story factory of Daiichi Kagaku Kogyosho, a liquid soap manufacturing comp...December 27, 2022
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Kabuki star performs at temple ahead of tour marking succession to new stage name
Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo XI performed at Naritasan Shinshoji temple on Saturday in Narita City, C...October 23, 2022
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Reflecting on the legacy Donald Keene left in Japan
An exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Donald Keene, who passed away in F...July 3, 2022
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Vacant houses in Toyama town free for the taking
TOYAMA — Amid a decline in population and an increase in vacant houses in the town of Kamiichi in To...July 13, 2022
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Kabuki actor Ebizo assumes prestigious Ichikawa Danjuro stage name
Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo XI assumed the name Ichikawa Danjuro XIII, Hakuen at a special performan...November 1, 2022
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