22.02.2025 17:21 A Smithsonian museum has delayed the opening of an exhibition that includes photographs taken after the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to 2026 instead of this year as initially scheduled, an official said Friday, citing time constraints.
The exhibition "World War II in the Air" at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington was expected to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the end of the war. But the museum is undergoing a multiyear renovation that has fallen behind schedule, leading to the exhibition's postponement, according to the official.
Read full story here22.02.2025 17:01 WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani said Saturday he aims to build momentum toward a potential title unification bout by defeating Mexican challenger David Cuellar.
The two boxers are undefeated heading into Monday's showdown at Tokyo's Ariake Arena. Nakatani has earned 22 of his 29 victories by knockout, including his three most recent bouts, while Cuellar has 28 wins and 18 KOs.
Read full story here22.02.2025 15:38 Environmental regulation authorities on Friday seized 121 turtles and 16 frogs, including a number of endangered species, following a search of two bags at Mexico City airport that were checked in for a flight to Japan's Narita airport.
Among the confiscated creatures were 53 narrow-bridged musk turtles, which are subject to export restrictions under the Washington Convention or the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Read full story here22.02.2025 13:52 The 20th edition of an annual ceremony to assert Japan's claim over a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan was held Saturday, in a long-standing sticking point in bilateral ties.
Shimane Gov. Tatsuya Maruyama and Eriko Imai, a Cabinet Office parliamentary vice minister representing the central government, attended the annual event held in Matsue, western Japan, and called for a resolution to the territorial dispute over the islets called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.
Read full story here22.02.2025 13:42 The Kubota Spears ran in a season-high 10 tries to beat the Shizuoka BlueRevs 62-14 in Japan Rugby League One on Saturday.
The champions of the 2022-23 season took a 19-7 lead into the break and stepped up a gear in the second half en route to improving to a 7-1 record with a draw. The BlueRevs dropped to 6-3.
Read full story here22.02.2025 12:48 Tours to North Korea via China are set to resume next week after a five-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to several China-based tour agencies, even though their destination will be limited to the northeastern city of Rason.
Some travel agencies began accepting applications for the tours after staff members visited Rason and discussed details with North Korean officials. Currently, Pyongyang only allows international tourists to visit Rason, which hosts a special economic zone.
Read full story here22.02.2025 12:41 Japan's Ruka Hirano and Sena Tomita won snowboarding World Cup halfpipe gold medals Friday in the last event of the season.
The 22-year-old Hirano won his second event in a row in the men's competition after scoring 93.00 points with his third and last run in Calgary, Canada, as he also sealed his third straight overall season title.
Read full story here22.02.2025 7:40 Japan attacker Ritsu Doan brought his season's tally to eight goals in the German Bundesliga after hitting a brace in Freiburg's 5-0 home trouncing of Werder Bremen on Friday.
Doan netted the last two goals of the match at Europa-Park Stadion as he swept into the bottom corner from the edge of the box in the 76th minute before tapping home a low left-wing cross in second-half stoppage time.
Read full story here22.02.2025 7:10 An Indonesian man will be the first to take advantage of Japan extending the scope of its specified skilled worker visa to encompass the road transportation sector when he begins work as a bus driver in fiscal 2025.
Iyus, 40, who came to Japan in 2013, attended a language school and worked at a travel agency before joining Tokyo-based Nikko Kanko Bus Co.
Read full story here22.02.2025 6:16 Researchers in Japan have found that flies fed excessive amounts of caffeine generally die within seven days, a discovery that could lead to the development of insecticides that are less harmful to humans.
While previous research showed stimulants in high concentrations can suppress growth in insects, it was unclear if caffeine would be effective, according to the research team at Okayama University.
Read full story here22.02.2025 5:45 The New Zealand city of Christchurch on Saturday marked the 14th anniversary of the devastating 2011 earthquake that claimed 185 lives and injured thousands.
Of the victims, 115 died when the six-story Canterbury Television Building collapsed in the magnitude-6.3 temblor, including 28 Japanese studying English at a language school on the building's third floor.
Read full story here22.02.2025 3:19 The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
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Read full story here21.02.2025 18:50 Japan's ruling coalition and a small opposition party on Friday reached an agreement among their policy chiefs, sorting out their differences on free high school education and social security reforms, in a move that would ensure parliamentary approval of a state budget.
The working-level agreement comes after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito party, took heed of demands from the Japan Innovation Party. The opposition party has demanded expanding financial support for households with high schoolers regardless of their incomes and cutting medical costs by 4 trillion yen ($27 billion) yearly.
Read full story here21.02.2025 17:30 Foreign ministers of the Group of 20 countries met in South Africa on Thursday to discuss Russia's war in Ukraine and other global affairs, with the rare absence of the top U.S. diplomat leaving room for China and Russia to expand their outreach to developing and emerging economies.
The first day of the two-day meeting centered on global geopolitics including Ukraine, with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya vowing to continue support for Kyiv while also expressing hope that ongoing diplomatic efforts to negotiate peace will help bring an end to the nearly three-year war.
Read full story here21.02.2025 17:20 Japan's top court denied Thursday a long-term residency visa to an American man who married his same-sex Japanese partner in the United States.
The Supreme Court upheld the Tokyo High Court's 2023 ruling that said a same-sex couple in Japan does not have the equivalent status as a heterosexual couple. The man, Andrew High, had argued that the denial violates the Constitution's guarantee of equality under the law.
Read full story here21.02.2025 17:10 A Japanese court on Friday rejected the request of thousands of residents to suspend operations of two reactors at a nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan.
The power complex is located near a number of active volcanoes and an active fault but the court said there is no specific risk of a severe accident caused by a natural disaster.
Read full story here21.02.2025 11:30 The U.N. nuclear watchdog collected samples of treated radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Friday, with China participating for the first time.
Japan and China have agreed to Beijing's involvement in the sampling and analysis of the discharged water under the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The latest move is part of efforts to facilitate China's resumption of Japanese seafood imports, government officials said.
Read full story here21.02.2025 8:39 Mina Tanaka scored two first-half goals and set up the third goal as Japan defeated Australia 4-0 in the opening game of the SheBelieves Cup women's football tournament Thursday.
The team, nicknamed Nadeshiko Japan, won its first match under new Danish head coach Nils Nielsen at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, Texas.
Read full story here21.02.2025 7:20 Japan's core consumer prices in January rose 3.2 percent from a year earlier, the fastest pace in 19 months, due to higher rice and energy costs, government data showed Friday.
The growth in the nationwide core consumer price index, excluding volatile fresh food, accelerated for the third straight month, having climbed 3.0 percent in December and 2.7 percent in November, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
Read full story here21.02.2025 3:24 Japanese journalist Shiori Ito, who directed an Academy Award-nominated documentary about her own sexual assault case, said Thursday that she will reedit part of the film to address allegations that the film includes unauthorized content.
The documentary, "Black Box Diaries," has been screened in over 50 overseas countries and regions since its world premiere at a film festival in January last year but not yet in Japan due to legal concerns.
Read full story here21.02.2025 3:08 The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
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Read full story here20.02.2025 17:42 China on Thursday collected Japanese fish samples for the first time as part of U.N. nuclear watchdog-led additional monitoring of the discharge of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima power plant into the sea.
Based on an agreement between the Japanese and Chinese governments in September to work toward lifting an import ban on Japanese seafood products, concentration levels of radioactive materials in the samples will be analyzed at labs.
Read full story here20.02.2025 16:48 Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday told family members of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago by North Korea that U.S. President Donald Trump had made a promise to raise the long-standing issue should U.S.-North Korean talks resume.
Ishiba also vowed to exhaust "all available means" to resolve the issue, calling it even more "urgent" after the recent death of a family member who had long hoped to see their loved one return.
Read full story here20.02.2025 14:18 Japan and Britain are arranging to hold a ministerial economic dialogue in Tokyo on March 7, government sources said Thursday, amid concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's protectionist trade policies, including tariffs.
It will be their first such meeting of the economic version of the "two-plus-two" gathering, with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yoji Muto set to discuss the importance of free trade with their British counterparts, the sources said.
Read full story here20.02.2025 14:08 The yen strengthened to around a two-month high against the U.S. dollar in the 149 zone in Tokyo on Thursday, amid rising speculation that the Bank of Japan could raise its benchmark interest rate at its next policy meeting.
Investors snapped up the yen, pushing it to 149.95, as stronger-than-expected gross domestic product data earlier this week fueled speculation of further BOJ tightening, lifting Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond yield to a fresh 15-year high.
Read full story here20.02.2025 12:31 Three people were arrested for illegally exporting around 30 tons of wagyu beef from Japan to Hong Kong by falsely claiming it would be sent to Cambodia, local police said Thursday.
Sun Yongchao, 53, a trading company executive from China, Wang Ennian, 71, a corporate officer at a separate firm, and Wang's daughter Hana Kiriyama, 45, were arrested on suspicion of violating the customs law and the law on the prevention of infectious diseases in livestock.
Read full story here20.02.2025 11:02 Ukrainian ballet dancers Nelia Ivanova and Svitlana Shlikhter were deeply moved when the audience gave a standing ovation during their Japan-based troupe's performance in Latvia ahead of the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Throughout the performance in the Baltic country neighboring Russia, the troupe called for an end to the war in Ukraine and expressed gratitude to those back home in western Japan's Awaji Island who have been supporting the group's activities.
Read full story here20.02.2025 8:34 Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto is arranging a visit to the United States to ask the U.S. government to exempt Japanese products from higher tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump, a government source said Thursday.
The Trump administration has said it will impose 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports from March 12, and Muto is looking to make a trip to the United States before that, the source said.
Read full story here20.02.2025 8:27 Asahi Uenaka and Jun Amano netted after halftime Wednesday to give Yokohama F Marinos a 2-0 victory away to Shanghai Port and place Steve Holland's men atop the Asian Champions League Elite's East standings upon completion of the league stage.
Marinos came into the clash at Shanghai's Pudong Stadium with their ticket to the round of 16 already booked, along with fellow J-League clubs Kawasaki Frontale and Vissel Kobe.
Read full story here20.02.2025 8:26 A senior representative of a Taliban opposition group expressed disappointment Wednesday that a high-ranking Japanese foreign ministry official met a delegation from the hard-line Islamist organization during its first-known Japan visit since its 2021 takeover of Afghanistan.
Abdullah Khenjani, head of political office for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, an armed group loyal to the previous government, told reporters in Vienna that he believes "the people of Afghanistan felt so disappointed" with the meeting in Tokyo.
Read full story here20.02.2025 8:04 BREAKING NEWS: Trump says he is mulling 25% tariffs on forestry products
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A Smithsonian museum has delayed the opening of an exhibition that includes photographs taken after the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to 2026 instead of this year as initially scheduled, an official said Friday, citing time constraints.
The exhibition "World War II in the Air" at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington was expected to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the end of the war. But the museum is undergoing a multiyear renovation that has fallen behind schedule, leading to the exhibition's postponement, according to the official.
Read full story here
WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani said Saturday he aims to build momentum toward a potential title unification bout by defeating Mexican challenger David Cuellar.
The two boxers are undefeated heading into Monday's showdown at Tokyo's Ariake Arena. Nakatani has earned 22 of his 29 victories by knockout, including his three most recent bouts, while Cuellar has 28 wins and 18 KOs.
Read full story here
Environmental regulation authorities on Friday seized 121 turtles and 16 frogs, including a number of endangered species, following a search of two bags at Mexico City airport that were checked in for a flight to Japan's Narita airport.
Among the confiscated creatures were 53 narrow-bridged musk turtles, which are subject to export restrictions under the Washington Convention or the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Read full story here
The 20th edition of an annual ceremony to assert Japan's claim over a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan was held Saturday, in a long-standing sticking point in bilateral ties.
Shimane Gov. Tatsuya Maruyama and Eriko Imai, a Cabinet Office parliamentary vice minister representing the central government, attended the annual event held in Matsue, western Japan, and called for a resolution to the territorial dispute over the islets called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.
Read full story here
The Kubota Spears ran in a season-high 10 tries to beat the Shizuoka BlueRevs 62-14 in Japan Rugby League One on Saturday.
The champions of the 2022-23 season took a 19-7 lead into the break and stepped up a gear in the second half en route to improving to a 7-1 record with a draw. The BlueRevs dropped to 6-3.
Read full story here
Tours to North Korea via China are set to resume next week after a five-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to several China-based tour agencies, even though their destination will be limited to the northeastern city of Rason.
Some travel agencies began accepting applications for the tours after staff members visited Rason and discussed details with North Korean officials. Currently, Pyongyang only allows international tourists to visit Rason, which hosts a special economic zone.
Read full story here
Japan's Ruka Hirano and Sena Tomita won snowboarding World Cup halfpipe gold medals Friday in the last event of the season.
The 22-year-old Hirano won his second event in a row in the men's competition after scoring 93.00 points with his third and last run in Calgary, Canada, as he also sealed his third straight overall season title.
Read full story here
Japan attacker Ritsu Doan brought his season's tally to eight goals in the German Bundesliga after hitting a brace in Freiburg's 5-0 home trouncing of Werder Bremen on Friday.
Doan netted the last two goals of the match at Europa-Park Stadion as he swept into the bottom corner from the edge of the box in the 76th minute before tapping home a low left-wing cross in second-half stoppage time.
Read full story here
An Indonesian man will be the first to take advantage of Japan extending the scope of its specified skilled worker visa to encompass the road transportation sector when he begins work as a bus driver in fiscal 2025.
Iyus, 40, who came to Japan in 2013, attended a language school and worked at a travel agency before joining Tokyo-based Nikko Kanko Bus Co.
Read full story here
Researchers in Japan have found that flies fed excessive amounts of caffeine generally die within seven days, a discovery that could lead to the development of insecticides that are less harmful to humans.
While previous research showed stimulants in high concentrations can suppress growth in insects, it was unclear if caffeine would be effective, according to the research team at Okayama University.
Read full story here
The New Zealand city of Christchurch on Saturday marked the 14th anniversary of the devastating 2011 earthquake that claimed 185 lives and injured thousands.
Of the victims, 115 died when the six-story Canterbury Television Building collapsed in the magnitude-6.3 temblor, including 28 Japanese studying English at a language school on the building's third floor.
Read full story here
The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
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Read full story here
Japan's ruling coalition and a small opposition party on Friday reached an agreement among their policy chiefs, sorting out their differences on free high school education and social security reforms, in a move that would ensure parliamentary approval of a state budget.
The working-level agreement comes after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito party, took heed of demands from the Japan Innovation Party. The opposition party has demanded expanding financial support for households with high schoolers regardless of their incomes and cutting medical costs by 4 trillion yen ($27 billion) yearly.
Read full story here
Foreign ministers of the Group of 20 countries met in South Africa on Thursday to discuss Russia's war in Ukraine and other global affairs, with the rare absence of the top U.S. diplomat leaving room for China and Russia to expand their outreach to developing and emerging economies.
The first day of the two-day meeting centered on global geopolitics including Ukraine, with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya vowing to continue support for Kyiv while also expressing hope that ongoing diplomatic efforts to negotiate peace will help bring an end to the nearly three-year war.
Read full story here
Japan's top court denied Thursday a long-term residency visa to an American man who married his same-sex Japanese partner in the United States.
The Supreme Court upheld the Tokyo High Court's 2023 ruling that said a same-sex couple in Japan does not have the equivalent status as a heterosexual couple. The man, Andrew High, had argued that the denial violates the Constitution's guarantee of equality under the law.
Read full story here
A Japanese court on Friday rejected the request of thousands of residents to suspend operations of two reactors at a nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan.
The power complex is located near a number of active volcanoes and an active fault but the court said there is no specific risk of a severe accident caused by a natural disaster.
Read full story here
The U.N. nuclear watchdog collected samples of treated radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Friday, with China participating for the first time.
Japan and China have agreed to Beijing's involvement in the sampling and analysis of the discharged water under the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The latest move is part of efforts to facilitate China's resumption of Japanese seafood imports, government officials said.
Read full story here
Mina Tanaka scored two first-half goals and set up the third goal as Japan defeated Australia 4-0 in the opening game of the SheBelieves Cup women's football tournament Thursday.
The team, nicknamed Nadeshiko Japan, won its first match under new Danish head coach Nils Nielsen at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, Texas.
Read full story here
Japan's core consumer prices in January rose 3.2 percent from a year earlier, the fastest pace in 19 months, due to higher rice and energy costs, government data showed Friday.
The growth in the nationwide core consumer price index, excluding volatile fresh food, accelerated for the third straight month, having climbed 3.0 percent in December and 2.7 percent in November, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
Read full story here
Japanese journalist Shiori Ito, who directed an Academy Award-nominated documentary about her own sexual assault case, said Thursday that she will reedit part of the film to address allegations that the film includes unauthorized content.
The documentary, "Black Box Diaries," has been screened in over 50 overseas countries and regions since its world premiere at a film festival in January last year but not yet in Japan due to legal concerns.
Read full story here
The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
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Read full story here
China on Thursday collected Japanese fish samples for the first time as part of U.N. nuclear watchdog-led additional monitoring of the discharge of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima power plant into the sea.
Based on an agreement between the Japanese and Chinese governments in September to work toward lifting an import ban on Japanese seafood products, concentration levels of radioactive materials in the samples will be analyzed at labs.
Read full story here
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday told family members of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago by North Korea that U.S. President Donald Trump had made a promise to raise the long-standing issue should U.S.-North Korean talks resume.
Ishiba also vowed to exhaust "all available means" to resolve the issue, calling it even more "urgent" after the recent death of a family member who had long hoped to see their loved one return.
Read full story here
Japan and Britain are arranging to hold a ministerial economic dialogue in Tokyo on March 7, government sources said Thursday, amid concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's protectionist trade policies, including tariffs.
It will be their first such meeting of the economic version of the "two-plus-two" gathering, with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yoji Muto set to discuss the importance of free trade with their British counterparts, the sources said.
Read full story here
The yen strengthened to around a two-month high against the U.S. dollar in the 149 zone in Tokyo on Thursday, amid rising speculation that the Bank of Japan could raise its benchmark interest rate at its next policy meeting.
Investors snapped up the yen, pushing it to 149.95, as stronger-than-expected gross domestic product data earlier this week fueled speculation of further BOJ tightening, lifting Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond yield to a fresh 15-year high.
Read full story here
Three people were arrested for illegally exporting around 30 tons of wagyu beef from Japan to Hong Kong by falsely claiming it would be sent to Cambodia, local police said Thursday.
Sun Yongchao, 53, a trading company executive from China, Wang Ennian, 71, a corporate officer at a separate firm, and Wang's daughter Hana Kiriyama, 45, were arrested on suspicion of violating the customs law and the law on the prevention of infectious diseases in livestock.
Read full story here
Ukrainian ballet dancers Nelia Ivanova and Svitlana Shlikhter were deeply moved when the audience gave a standing ovation during their Japan-based troupe's performance in Latvia ahead of the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Throughout the performance in the Baltic country neighboring Russia, the troupe called for an end to the war in Ukraine and expressed gratitude to those back home in western Japan's Awaji Island who have been supporting the group's activities.
Read full story here
Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto is arranging a visit to the United States to ask the U.S. government to exempt Japanese products from higher tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump, a government source said Thursday.
The Trump administration has said it will impose 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports from March 12, and Muto is looking to make a trip to the United States before that, the source said.
Read full story here
Asahi Uenaka and Jun Amano netted after halftime Wednesday to give Yokohama F Marinos a 2-0 victory away to Shanghai Port and place Steve Holland's men atop the Asian Champions League Elite's East standings upon completion of the league stage.
Marinos came into the clash at Shanghai's Pudong Stadium with their ticket to the round of 16 already booked, along with fellow J-League clubs Kawasaki Frontale and Vissel Kobe.
Read full story here
A senior representative of a Taliban opposition group expressed disappointment Wednesday that a high-ranking Japanese foreign ministry official met a delegation from the hard-line Islamist organization during its first-known Japan visit since its 2021 takeover of Afghanistan.
Abdullah Khenjani, head of political office for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, an armed group loyal to the previous government, told reporters in Vienna that he believes "the people of Afghanistan felt so disappointed" with the meeting in Tokyo.
Read full story here