THE GUARDIAN
 
Not content with one jaw-dropping shock in Group E, Japan managed a second in feverish conditions to beat a multitalented Spain side and claim another place for Asia in the last 16 of this increasingly unpredictable World Cup.
Two goals in three minutes just after half-time – one t...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan, the United States and South Korea have tightened their sanctions against North Korea to curb Pyongyang's weapons programs following its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test in November, targeting the country's officials and organizations.
Tokyo said Friday that it ha...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan has told China and Russia it has "severe concerns" over their frequent joint air force activities around Japan's territory, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Thursday.
"We will closely monitor the increasing cooperation between the two countries with a sense of ...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 Suspect still at large after professor found on Tokyo Metropolitan University campus with multiple neck wounds
Shinji Miyadai, a Japanese sociologist known for his research on the trend of girls dating for money and the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, was seriously wounded Tuesday in ...

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NHK
 
Japan's health ministry says it confirmed 14,399 new cases of the coronavirus in Tokyo on Wednesday.
That is up 1,549 from a week ago, marking a sixth straight day of week-on-week increases.
The ministry also confirmed 11 deaths.
There are 18 seriously ill patients who are on ventilators or...

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REUTERS
 
A Tokyo court upheld a ban on same-sex marriage on Wednesday but said a lack of legal protection for same-sex families violated their human rights, a comment welcomed by plaintiffs as a step towards aligning Japan with other G7 nations.
Japan is the only G7 nation that does not allow sa...

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CNA
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's public support slipped to a new low in a poll published on Sunday (Nov 27), as a series of cabinet resignations has compounded anger over the ruling party's ties to a controversial religious group.
Support for Kishida's cabinet fell to 33.1 per cent f...

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NIPPON
 
The Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education on Sunday held its first English speaking test that forms part of the entrance examinations of metropolitan high schools.
About 69,000 applicants, mainly students of public junior high schools in the Japanese capital, took the test, introduced in...

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AP NEWS
 
The number of babies born in Japan this year is below last year’s record low in what the the top government spokesman described as a “critical situation.”
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno promised comprehensive measures to encourage more marriages and births.
The total of 599,63...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese prosecutors and a fair trade watchdog on Monday searched offices including the headquarters of major advertising agency Hakuhodo Inc on suspicion of rigging bids for contracts related to test events for last year's Tokyo Olympics, just days after raiding another ad giant ov...

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