Yomiuri Editorial

It is troubling if Toyota Motor Corp., a company that represents Japanese industry, lacks deep understanding of laws and regulations. The company m...

The supreme leader of the Islamist group Hamas, which has effectively controlled the Palestinian territory of Gaza, has been killed. There are conc...

The Bank of Japan has taken its monetary policy another step into a full-fledged “world with interest rates.” Hopefully, the central bank will mana...

Competitions at the Paris Olympics are in full swing, and Japanese athletes are enjoying a medal bonanza from the early stage. The key words to des...

Despite knowing that there had been four arrests, neither senior officers of the Maritime Self-Defense Force nor Defense Ministry bureaucrats repor...

A historic decision has restored the honor of Japanese who were treated unfairly in Brazil, a country to which they had immigrated. Hopefully this ...

The spread of social media is likely responsible for the current situation. Exchanges involving short text messages are increasingly common, and op...

Commonly used generic drugs such as cough medicines are constantly in short supply. This situation is occurring mainly because many generic drug ma...

In addition to nuclear powers China and Russia, North Korea is now also believed to have the capacity for a nuclear attack. The need for U.S. exten...

It is hard to say that the United States has made the most of an important opportunity to directly communicate its seriousness to have Israel accep...

For the first time, the nuclear regulator will likely disapprove the restart of a reactor at a nuclear power plant whose operator aims for its resu...

As an increasing number of elderly people continue to work, more are becoming involved in work-related accidents. Hopefully, the public and private...

If companies do nothing but suppress labor costs, it is unlikely that a virtuous economic cycle will be realized. It is hoped that a large increase...