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
  • 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
  • Politics
  • Society
  • Business
  • World
  • News Services
  • Editorial & Columns
  • Sports
  • Science & Nature
  • Culture
  • JN Specialities
  • Features
  • Sudoku
  • Home Page
  • Latest News
  • 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 :

  • #Lower House Election
  • #Japan-U.S. defense discussions
  • #Foreign Residents
  • #Earthquake
  • #Sanae Takaichi
  • #Foreign Labor
  • #Bear Attacks
  • LOGIN
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • LOGIN
  • SIGN UP
  • MY ACCOUNT
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • MY ACCOUNT
  • SIGN UP
  • Latest News
  • 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 :

  • #Lower House Election
  • #Japan-U.S. defense discussions
  • #Foreign Residents
  • #Earthquake
  • #Sanae Takaichi
  • #Foreign Labor
  • #Bear Attacks
Home>Society>General News
Society

General News

  • 1
  • …
  • 458
  • 459
  • 460
  • 461
  • 462
  • …
  • 493
  • Japan, U.S. hold joint ceremony to commemorate victims of Pearl Harbor attack

    HONOLULU — Japan and the United States held a joint ceremony Thursday to commemorate the victims of ...

    December 10, 2021

  • Tech enlisted to help vehicles on snow-covered roads

    Passengers stuck in stranded cars on snowy highways may soon have new sources of help — satellites a...

    December 10, 2021

  • Sardines schooling through underwater galaxy at Japan aquarium

    NAGOYA — A school of about 10,000 sardines can be observed in an underwater show called “sardine gal...

    December 10, 2021

  • Santas in the sky

    Cleaners dressed as Santa Claus tend to the windows of Tokyo Skytree in Sumida Ward, Tokyo. Two clea...

    December 9, 2021

  • Strong quake rocks remote islands of Kagoshima pref.

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A strong earthquake rocked remote islands of Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern...

    December 9, 2021

  • Countries finalize large Pacific tuna catch quota increase

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Countries have reached a final agreement to raise the catch quota of large blue...

    December 8, 2021

  • Branching out with Japanese-style New Year decorations

    Women make hanamochi New Year decorations at a workshop in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Tuesday. Wh...

    December 8, 2021

  • 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack marked in Hawaii

    HONOLULU — The United States on Tuesday marked the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan, ...

    December 8, 2021

  • Japan panel lists 2 plans for stable imperial succession

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A government panel discussing ways to ensure stable Imperial succession on Mond...

    December 7, 2021

  • Innovation improves Japan’s raw food culture

    Raw fish, raw eggs and raw chocolate. In the Japanese diet, the emphasis on raw can be felt everywhe...

    December 7, 2021

  • Rows of colorful habotan flowering kale stripe a field in Tokyo

    Kazushige Namiki waters rows of colorful habotan flowering kale in Adachi Ward, Tokyo. Namiki grows ...

    December 6, 2021

  • Scholarships offer a bridge to overseas study

    Despite the many advantages to be gained by studying at an overseas university, many Japanese high s...

    December 6, 2021

  • Tsutaya bookstores to offer shared workspace

    Culture Convenience Club Co., the operator of Tsutaya bookstores, will start a shared workspace busi...

    December 6, 2021

  • 80 years after Pearl Harbor, Japanese American reflects on fateful day

    HONOLULU — Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor 80 years ago on Dec. 7, 1941, made life difficult for Japa...

    December 6, 2021

  • Foreign students in Japan to lose tax-free shopping eligibility

    Consumption tax exemptions will no longer apply to foreign students studying in the nation after the...

    December 5, 2021

    #Foreign Residents
  • 1
  • …
  • 458
  • 459
  • 460
  • 461
  • 462
  • …
  • 493

"Society" POPULAR ARTICLE

  • Tokyo Zoo Wolf Believed to Have Used Vegetation Growing on Wall to Climb, Escape; Animal Living Happily after Recapture
  • JAL, ANA Cancel Flights During 3-day Holiday Weekend due to Blizzard
  • Snow Expected in Tokyo, Neighboring Prefectures from Jan. 2 Afternoon to Jan. 3; 5-Centimeter Snow Fall Expected in Hakone, Tama, and Chichibu Areas
  • Tokyo, Yokohama Observe First Snowfall of Season; 1 Day Earlier than Average Year
  • M6.2 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Tottori, Shimane Prefectures; No Tsunami Threat (Update 4)

JN TOP STORIES

  • Japan’s Takaichi Announces Intention to Dissolve Lower House, Setting up Snap Election
  • Warning-level Heavy Snow Expected Along Sea of Japan side of Japan Around Jan. 25
  • LDP Set to Clash with New Party in Japan’s Next Election
  • Milano Cortina 2026: Olympic Torch Arrives in Verona, Site of Ancient Roman Amphitheater To Be Used for Closing Ceremony
  • Japan’s Foreign Minister Motegi Returns from Middle East, Asia Tour Where He Advanced ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ Concept
  • Asics Opens Factory for Onitsuka Tiger Brand in Western Japan
  • Kabuki Actor Arrested for Allegedly Breaking Door of Kebab Restaurant in Asakusa, Denies Claims Due to His Inebriation

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