January 15, 2021
The government plans to revise the infectious diseases law to encourage medical institutions to accept patients infected with the novel coronavirus in order to secure hospital beds. The government wants to ensure the health care system can be maintained in areas where conditions are worsening by e...
A series of verbal gaffes on important issues has prompted growing concern within the government that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is suffering from chronic stress and fatigue. The beleaguered prime minister spent his New Year holiday on the job, tasked with orchestrating the response to the coro...
The coronavirus pandemic is changing the way people and companies think and react. When there is an influx of people from big cities to regional areas, how does it affect regional revitalization? More than a dozen information technology companies developing websites and smartphone apps have opened ...
Since the pandemic began, false rumors and inaccurate reports about the novel coronavirus have spread on the internet, disrupting society. A recent nationwide survey by The Yomiuri Shimbun found that ...
The government will next fiscal year strengthen the operation of a consumer affairs body that deals with problems involving online shopping with overseas companies amid an increase in such consultatio...
Vinyl records are making a comeback. More than 30 years ago, CD’s started becoming the main physical medium for listening to music, however, in the past 10 years, the production volume for vinyl re...
There’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip — and for Sapporo Breweries Ltd., one recent slip was a misspelling of the word “lager” on the label of a new product. Now beer lovers will have t...
A new university entrance examination will be launched in the midst of a tense situation over the coronavirus pandemic. The utmost efforts must be made to avoid confusion by implementing thorough prev...
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A disgraceful scene has played out in which Donald Trump has become the first U.S. president to be impeached by Congress twice. It is obvious that he lacks the qualifications for public office. He sho...
Involving a massive tsunami and a nuclear power plant accident, the Great East Japan Earthquake was an unprecedented and complex disaster. This year marks a decade since the disaster occurred in Marc...
The manga “Mayonaka no Okaruto Komuin” (Midnight Occult Civil Servants) has been enjoying a huge following as of late. The story is set in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, and features many real-life places ...
Selling comic books from abroad is difficult in Japan, where domestically produced manga are so abundant. Comic books printed in Europe and North America are published in a much larger format. Many ar...
The year 2021 is an anniversary year for superheroes of Japan’s major tokusatsu sci-fi action drama series. The Super Sentai series will debut its 45th work “Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger” on the TV...
This is the fifth installment of a series that looks at people seeking and developing new business opportunities to survive the coronavirus crisis. Major travel agency H.I.S. Co. opened a soba rest...
This is the seventh installment of a series in which intellectuals share their thoughts on political issues the administration of Yoshihide Suga will tackle this year. For this installment, The Yomiur...
Business operators that do not comply with requests such as shortening their business hours may be penalized as part of efforts to strengthen measures against the novel coronavirus. The government is ...
Shopping, entertainment and business districts in Tokyo and three nearby prefectures have been less crowded since a state of emergency was declared one week ago to combat surging novel coronavirus cas...
The Yomiuri International Economic Society (YIES) and The Yomiuri Shimbun have chosen “The world during the COVID-19 crisis: Cooperation and competition” as the theme for the 2021 Yomiuri Internat...
NHK has just taken the first step in drastic management reforms to determine its proper state as a public broadcaster. NHK announced its management plan for fiscal 2021-23 on Wednesday, including i...
The number of people infected with the coronavirus in Tokyo will return to the 1,000-per-day level in about 45 days if measures to contain the virus are relaxed when the number of new infections per ...
An advisory board of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry reported Wednesday that 80% of confirmed new cases of novel coronavirus infection were found in Tokyo and the 10 other prefectures currentl...
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. is considering entering the wave-power generation business, the company has announced. In a bid to construct power generation facilities in waters near Japan, the company wi...
Keep track of the coronavirus epidemic as it unfolds in Japan. Relevant stories and graphics appear below covering events up to and including the current state of emergency and the future outlook. ...
AKB48 brings you Team 8, a group of idols where each member represents one of the 47 prefectures in Japan. As the group members travel across the nation for meet and greet fan activities, they learn a...
The following charts give a visual representation of the spread of the novel coronavirus in Japan and around the world. The first shows the extensiveness of cases in relation to a nation’s populatio...
Preparations for rolling out coronavirus vaccinations nationwide are underway. During a press conference on Jan. 7 when Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared another state of emergency for Tokyo and ...
The government added seven prefectures on Wednesday evening to the current state of emergency stemming from the spread of the novel coronavirus. Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Aichi, Gifu, Fukuoka and Tochigi...
A series of verbal gaffes on important issues has prompted growing concern within the government that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is suffering from chronic stress and fatigue. The beleaguered prim...
BEIJING/WASHINGTON — The Chinese military targeted a moving ship during its August 2020 test launch of antiship ballistic missiles in the South China Sea, according to sources familiar with the matt...
Seven-Eleven Japan Co. has plans to extend the time period before expiration for its onigiri rice balls — doubling it to about 36 hours from the time they are made. This plan, which will utilize tem...
An advisory board of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry reported Wednesday that 80% of confirmed new cases of novel coronavirus infection were found in Tokyo and the 10 other prefectures currentl...
The so-called employment ice age generation, many of whom work as nonregular employees, has been facing hardship due to the coronavirus crisis. Further efforts are essential to increase stable employm...
The Japan 四方快遞香港電話 has partnered with media startup inkl, a 四方快遞香港電話 service that curates articles from the world’s leading publishers for users to read on mobile devices. A selection of articles from The Japan 四方快遞香港電話 and The Yomiuri Shimbun is now available to read on inkl, which hosts titles from about 20 countries. 
NAGASAKI — A wooden anchor from one of the Mongol Empire’s ships — which attacked Japan in the 13th century and then sank in a storm off Nagasaki Prefecture — will be salvaged in the fall of 2...
NARUTO, Tokushima — A group of buildings by leading modernist architect Tomoya Masuda (1914-81) still exists in an area of Japan known for large whirlpools at sea. Nineteen of his buildings can be...
After 21 years as a key source of entertainment and music nationwide, the popular idol group Arashi has called it quits as of Dec. 31. The five-member group was a major draw across a wide demographi...
