The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun

24/01/2025

A witness called 110 at around 7:00 am on Friday morning to report that a man had collapsed on the street in Gifu City and appeared to have been stabbed.

24/01/2025

One person is dead and two injured after a knife attack outside Nagano Station on Wednesday night. The suspect is still at large.

NAGANO — One person was killed and two others injured in a stabbing attack in front of JR Nagano Station at around 8 p.m. Wednesday.

24/01/2025

Palestinian Envoy to Japan Seeks More Gaza Progress

Just after the start of a six-week ceasefire in Gaza, Palestinian Ambassador to Japan Waleed Siam sat for an interview with The Japan News on Thursday to share his views on the situation.

23/01/2025

Japan’s Fuji TV Decides to Set Up 3rd-Party Panel to Look into Masahiro Nakai Case

Fuji Media Holdings Inc. and Fuji Television Network Inc. decided Thursday to establish a third-party committee based on the guidelines of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations to investigate the facts regarding a scandal involving television personality Masahiro Nakai, who announced his retireme...

23/01/2025

Four people are suspected of swindling the Japanese central government out of financial support that was meant for the maintenance of endangered Burmese star tortoises.
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20250123-234709/

23/01/2025

Japan’s Nikkei Stock Rides Tech Boost to Two-Week High; BOJ Decision in Focus

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Thursday as SoftBank Group and other technology stocks tracked their U.S. peers higher for a second straight session, while investors awaited the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy decision due on Friday.

23/01/2025

About 10,000 old Japanese daruma dolls were ritually burned during a memorial service held by the Gunma Daruma Doll Manufacturers’ Cooperative Union in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on Wednesday.
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/features/travel-spots/20250123-234692/

23/01/2025

Fuji TV Shares Fall after Mashiro Nakai’s Retires Amid Scandal

Shares in Fuji Media Holdings Inc, which owns Fuji TV, fell more than 10% early afternoon on Thursday, following media reports of TV personality Masahiro Nakai’s retirement. Nakai, 52, is reported to have announced his retirement from show business amid a scandal.

23/01/2025

Two songs by the Beatles, originally released in the 1990s, are set to be enhanced using AI, George Harrison’s son said in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun.

Two songs by the Beatles, originally released in the 1990s, are set to be remixed using artificial intelligence to enhance John Lennon’s vocals, Dahni Harrison, son of George Harrison, revealed during an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun.

23/01/2025

A newspaper affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party has reported that a recent study of seawater samples collected around the area where treated water was discharged from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant found no abnormalities and no indication of effects on marine life.
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/world/asia-pacific/20250123-234679/

23/01/2025

Pitcher Roki Sasaki pledged Wednesday to “move forward” on behalf of the people who believe in his potential, at a press conference at the Los Angeles Dodgers’ stadium in Los Angeles.
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/baseball/20250123-234663/

23/01/2025

EX-SMAP Leader Masahiro Nakai has announced he will retire over a scandal

Masahiro Nakai, former leader of disbanded male pop group SMAP, will retire from show business over a scandal, he announced in a post on his paid fan club website on Thursday.

23/01/2025

Minpaku private lodging services using vacant houses and vacation homes have expanded in Tochigi Prefecture, their numbers more than tripling from five years ago to 359 as of the end of fiscal 2023.
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20250123-234655/

23/01/2025

Defense Minister Gen Nakatani has told reporters that the government intends to boost defense capabilities on Japan’s Yonaguni Island, located 110 kilometers away from Taiwan.

The government intends to develop facilities to deploy surface-to-air guided missile units on Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani told reporters on Wednesday.

23/01/2025

Japan to Host Trilateral Meeting with China and S. Korea in March, with Agenda Expected to Tackle Climate, N. Korea

The government is arranging with China and South Korea a trilateral meeting of foreign ministers, which is planned to be held in Japan in late March, a Japanese government source has said.

23/01/2025

Masahiro Nakai Announces His Retirement
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20250123-234620/

23/01/2025

Japan’s Nikkei Stock Rides Tech Boost Higher; BOJ in Focus

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Thursday as SoftBank Group and other technology stocks tracked their U.S. peers higher for a second straight session, while investors awaited the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy decision due on Friday.

23/01/2025

House Passes Immigrant Detention Bill That Would Be Trump’s First Law to Sign
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/ap/20250123-234596/