Category: Japan

Published by Reuters By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will reshuffle his cabinet on Wednesday paying attention to

Published by Kyodo News The coronavirus pandemic has caused a major decline in the number of new marriages in Japan, with there expected to be

Published by DPA The thatched wooden house lies tucked away in a quiet area between mountains and rice fields. This and many others, known as

Published by Kyodo News Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka fell short in his bid for a second career title Sunday in the Citi Open final, losing 6-4,

Published by GaijinPot Summers in Japan always feel overbearing, and it feels like every year is hotter than the last. But that feeling is probably

Published by Kyodo News Japan’s current account surplus shrank 63.1 percent in the first half of 2022 from a year earlier to 3.51 trillion yen

Published by Kyodo News Japan’s diplomacy with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has become more challenging after tensions over Taiwan were laid

Published by Kyodo News The Pittsburgh Pirates have released Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, the National League club announced Friday, enabling the Japanese first baseman to seek other

Published by Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will replace Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi on consideration of his health conditions in the

Published by Kyodo News Japan’s industry minister said Friday he has asked two domestic trading houses to consider joining a new operating company for the

Published by Kyodo News The value of Japan’s agricultural and seafood exports in the first six months of 2022 expanded 13.1 percent from a year

Published by Savvy Tokyo With food prices on the rise, there’s no time like the present to start eating locally and sustainably in Japan. As

Published by Reuters By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will meet Japanese officials in Tokyo on Friday, following

Published by Al-Araby Ballistic missiles fired by China are believed to have landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone for the first time, Tokyo’s defence minister

Published by AFP Tokyo (AFP) – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Japan on Thursday for the final stop on her Asian tour, following

Published by Kyodo News Japan said Thursday it will provide Ukraine with additional dozen or so camera-equipped surveillance drones to aid the country suffering aggression

Published by DPA Amid tension over Taiwan, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has cancelled a planned meeting with his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi, a spokeswoman

Published by Reuters UK By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – As Japan faces its first major battle with inflation in decades, Prime

Published by GaijinPot “Van life.” The term is all the rage these days, with social media platforms pumping out posts of people who have opted

Published by Kyodo News Japan’s Defense Ministry will seek a record budget of over 5.5 trillion yen ($41 billion) for fiscal 2023 to strengthen its

Published by Savvy Tokyo The percentage of Japanese women who take oral contraception is still minimal in comparison to women in the West, where it

Published by GaijinPot If you’re looking to work in Japan, check back here each week as we look through our database of top jobs in

Published by Kyodo News China and Japan are arranging high-level exchanges to mark the 50th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral ties on Sept. 29,

Published by Kyodo News Japanese insurance giant Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. said Monday it will begin preparations this year to replace its current head office

Published by Kyodo News Part of a new Japanese economic security law came into force Monday to secure the stable supply of vital products including

Published by Kyodo News A Japanese government panel is expected to propose raising the average minimum wage for fiscal 2022 by a record 30 yen

Published by Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) – A Tokyo clothing maker has teamed up with veterinarians to create a wearable fan for pets, hoping to attract

Published by Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) – Just over half of Japanese oppose plans for a state funeral for Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister whose

Published by Kyodo News A group formed by top Japanese chefs will open a theme park in China as part of efforts to further popularize

Published by Kyodo News A diving shop in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa apologized after a photograph online that showed its customers posing on

Published by City AM By Millie Turner The US and Japan have inked an agreement to set up a shared research centre for next-generation semiconductors,

Published by Kyodo News Japan is seeing a rise in programs to donate hair to make medical wigs for children suffering from cancer and other

Published by Kyodo News The Japanese government said Friday that it will launch a new research center for next-generation semiconductors, eyeing a joint development arrangement

Published by Reuters By Simon Lewis and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Long-time allies the United States and Japan launched a new high-level economic dialogue

Published by Kyodo News Junya Ito, whose dynamic attacking presence was crucial to Japan’s qualification for this year’s World Cup, has agreed to a move

Published by DPA Profit has fallen at Japan’s Hitachi Ltd despite an increase in revenues in the first three months of the year compared to

Published by Kyodo News Top foreign and economy officials of the United States and Japan will meet Friday to affirm their cooperation in building resilient

Published by funglr Games The survival horror game “Dead by Daylight” is still popular in 2022, the 6th anniversary of its release, and various events

Published by Kyodo News Japan on Friday urged companies to raise wages on par with price hikes of around 2 percent, a level the central

Published by Kyodo News Japan’s industrial output in June rose 8.9 percent from the previous month, government data showed Friday. The seasonally adjusted index of

Published by Kyodo News Japan’s unemployment rate was unchanged at 2.6 percent in June from May, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Friday.

Published by DPA Sales rose at Panasonic Corp in the first quarter, but profits declined, the Japanese electronics maker reported on Thursday. Panasonic said that

Published by Kyodo News Manager Hideki Kuriyama’s Samurai Japan will begin its campaign for a third World Baseball Classic championship on March 9 at Tokyo

Published by MATCHA(English) Japan is famed for its unique, innovative, and high-quality stationery items, which literally come in all shapes and sizes! Below we’d like

Published by Kyodo News Industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said in the United States Wednesday that Japan plans to encourage startup businesses by sending 1,000 people

Published by Kyodo News Yuki Soma broke the ice early in the second half with a superb goal as Japan beat South Korea 3-0 Wednesday

Published by Kyodo News Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering visiting Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar in late August to help stabilize

Published by Go Kompas.com JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said Indonesia will speed up several Japan-backed projects in the country during a meeting

Published by Kyodo News Japan on Wednesday began a debate over how to achieve decarbonization and green growth by tapping 20 trillion yen ($146 billion)

Published by Reuters By Elaine Lies and Stanley Widianto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese defence forces will participate for the first time in military exercises in Indonesia

Published by Kyodo News Industry minister Koichi Hagiuda on Wednesday took another post to spearhead Japan’s efforts toward decarbonization and green growth. The post of

Published by GaijinPot Whether you’re someone who wants to grow out and donate hair intentionally, or just someone who wants to cut off long hair

Published by Azer News By Trend Japanese citizen Tomohiro Kato, who carried out a massacre inTokyo’s Akihabara District in June 2008, has been executed Tuesdaymorning,

Published by Fadeaway World By Divij Kulkarni View the original article to see embedded media. Hakeem Olajuwon is the most legendary Houston Rockets player of

Published by Kyodo News Japan women won their second straight East Asian Football Federation E-1 Championship on Tuesday after playing out a 0-0 draw with

Published by DPA Europa League champions Eintracht Frankfurt will travel to Japan when the Bundesliga takes a break in November for the World Cup. Frankfurt

Published by Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito, father of the current emperor, received a diagnosis of heart failure last month but his condition

Published by Kyodo News The Japanese government on Tuesday upgraded its key economic assessment for the first time in three months, reflecting a recovery in

Published by GaijinPot If you’re looking to work in Japan, check back here each week as we look through our database of top jobs in

Published by MATCHA(English) Get a Japanese Driver’s License for Extended StaysCars are Convenient for Daily Life and Travels in JapanIf you live in Tokyo or

Published by Kyodo News Neymar, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe all scored as Paris Saint-Germain overpowered Gamba Osaka 6-2 on Monday to wrap up their

Published by Al-Araby Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the state funeral of Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Kremlin said on Monday.

Published by Kyodo News The Japanese government should enhance discussions on how to deal with unprofitable local railway services given the drop in demand for

Published by Azer News By Trend Japan’s space agency has announced that it successfullytest-launched a small research rocket, which conducted tests for afuture supersonic scramjet

Published by Reuters By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -A volcano on Japan’s major western island of Kyushu erupted on Sunday evening, sending black smoke billowing

Published by Kyodo News Japan were held to a goalless draw with China after failing to capitalize on the lion’s share of possession in their

Published by DC Japan plans to release Fukushima’s wastewater into the oceanToday, Japan declared that it would discharge 1.25 million tons of cleaned wastewater into

Published by Kyodo News From mirin to soy sauce, alcohol is an integral part of Japanese stocks, sauces and other products used to prepare dishes

Published by Kyodo News Japan’s women’s national team came from behind to beat Taiwan 4-1 on Saturday for their second straight win at the East

Published by Kyodo News Around 50 percent of women think work gets in the way of married life, according to a survey of women registered

Published by Kyodo News Japan’s land ministry has come under fire for its all-male lineup for lecturers in a planned online course about community development

Published by Kyodo News Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday he plans to create two new ministerial posts for promoting startups and decarbonization efforts.

Published by Kyodo News Relegation-threatened J-League first division side Shimizu S-Pulse said Friday they have signed former Japan international Takashi Inui, who was in search

Published by GaijinPot Around July in Japan, you’ll start seeing ads for unagi (freshwater eel) everywhere. This is because of a special holiday called doyo

Published by Kyodo News The Japanese arm of Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD Co. said Thursday it will begin selling passenger cars in Japan beginning

Published by Savvy Tokyo Tokyo Art Scene is a biweekly report on ongoing art and design exhibitions around Tokyo. It features event listings for architecture,

Published by Kyodo News Japan posted a trade deficit of 1.4 trillion yen ($10.1 billion) in June, government data showed Thursday. Exports increased 19.4 percent

Published by Kyodo News The United States and Japan will hold their first economic “two-plus-two” dialogue involving their foreign and industry ministers on July 29

Published by Kyodo News The number of foreign visitors to Japan in June exceeded 100,000 for the third consecutive month following the easing of border

Published by MATCHA(English) Go by Air When Traveling in Japan!Transportation fees comprise a significant portion of your total expenses when taking a trip. Maybe you’re

Published by Reuters UK TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan plans a state funeral on Sept. 27 for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was shot to