The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun

17/12/2024

Japan’s industry ministry has released a draft of the new Basic Energy Plan, which includes the maximum use of renewable energy and nuclear power. This will serve as a guideline for Japan's energy policy, and the draft says renewable energy will make up around 40-50% of the country’s power generation mix in fiscal 2040.

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s industry ministry on Tuesday released a draft of a new basic energy plan, vowing to use as much renewable and nuclear energy as possible to promote decarbonization.

17/12/2024

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, when pressed about his smoking habit, said he is down to just a few ci******es a day.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is known to be a regular smoker, replied to a suggestion that he quit the habit by saying he has been smoking less, at a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on Monday.

17/12/2024

Japan, Others Condemn N. Korea-Russia Military Cooperation

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan and nine other countries plus the European Union on Monday issued a joint statement by their foreign ministers condemning military cooperation between North Korea and Russia.

17/12/2024

Tokyo’s Chuo Line Rapid Service Suspended; Service Expected to Resume at 1:00 p.m.

The JR Chuo Line Rapid Service has been suspended between Tokyo and Shinjuku stations in both directions since around 12:10 on Tuesday.

17/12/2024

Japan’s Nikkei Stock Rises on Nasdaq Strength, Weak Yen

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday, underpinned by the Nasdaq’s gains overnight and a weak yen, although caution set in ahead of central bank policy decisions in the U.S. and Japan.

17/12/2024

Digital Media Subscription Service for Corporations to Be Launched Next Spring

The Yomiuri Shimbun and U.S. media company Dow Jones & Co. plan to launch a digital media service for corporate customers next spring. The subscription service will be called the “DOW JONES YOMIURI SHIMBUN Pro.”

17/12/2024

Ribera Steak House in Meguro is a shrine to wrestlers and combat superstars, with a long history of serving up steaks to some of the biggest names in wrestling.

The Meguro branch of the highly rated Ribera Steak House restaurant is popular not only among meat lovers but also combat sports lovers. The interior of the Tokyo restaurant is adorned with photos and autographs of many fighters, including wrestlers from overseas. The restaurant is always full of cu...

17/12/2024

Japan, the United States, Australia and India – are set to conduct their first joint maritime drill in January, when the four nations’ coast guards meet in Tokyo Bay

The coast guards of Japan, the United States, Australia and India are to conduct their first four-country drill at the Port of Yokohama in Tokyo Bay in January, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. In March, Japan, the United States, and the Philippines also plan to conduct joint drills off the coast of...

17/12/2024

Japan’s health ministry is planning to actively support the recruitment of nursing care workers from overseas, amid a serious domestic labor shortage

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will actively promote the recruitment of nursing care staff from Southeast Asia, beginning next fiscal year, to cope with the serious labor shortage in the industry.

17/12/2024

Orioles Sign Veteran RHP Tomoyuki Sugano to a 1-Year Contract after His MVP Season in Japan
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/baseball/20241217-228277/

17/12/2024

Japan’s Softbank Plans to Invest $100 Billion in US Projects over the Next Four Years.
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/ap/20241217-228280/

16/12/2024

No defensive wounds were found on the two victims of a stabbing in Kitakyushu on Saturday and no staff members or customers witnessed the incident, indicating that the attack was sudden.

Two junior high school students who were stabbed with a knife by a man at a McDonald’s in Kitakyushu on Saturday appear to have been attacked suddenly without any time to resist, as there were no defensive wounds on their bodies, according to police sources.

16/12/2024

MUFG Bank Head Apologizes for Safe Deposit Thefts by Ex-Employee

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — MUFG Bank President Junichi Hanzawa on Monday apologized for thefts by a then employee of customer assets worth more than ¥1 billion in total from safe deposit boxes.

16/12/2024

More people have died from “disaster-related” causes — such has harsh living conditions and the worsening of chronic illnesses — following the Noto Peninsula Earthquake than from direct harm from the disaster.
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/noto-peninsula-earthquake/20241216-228244/

16/12/2024

Editorial: Gender Wage Gap: Expedite Efforts to Improve Treatment of Non-regular Employees

There has been an increase in the number of working women, but many challenges also remain, such as the difficulty that those who left their jobs to raise children face in returning to work.

16/12/2024

Editorial: Struggles of Germany’s Volkswagen: Miscalculation of EV Strategy a Serious Lesson for Japanese Makers

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16/12/2024

Japan’S Nikkei Stock Ends Nearly Flat as Markets Await Key Central Bank Meetings

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average climbed on Monday as chip-related shares were boosted by a rise in their U.S. peers, but investors’ positioning ahead of major central bank decisions this week capped gains.

16/12/2024

In a recent visit to Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, The Japan News senior writer Futoshi Mori was allowed to enter the No. 5 reactor building.
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/original/decommissioning-fukushima/20241216-228174/