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ArticleJapan avoids tak­ing harsh stance on U.S. sanc­tions against ICC

In a bid to pro­tect Japan-U.S. rela­tions, the gov­ern­ment is tak­ing a cau­tious approach to cri­ti­ciz­ing Wash­ing­ton over the sanc­tions imposed on the Inter­na­tional Crim­inal Court by U.S. Pres­id­ent Don­ald Trump’s admin­is­tra­tion. Japan...

ArticleFRONT PAGE PHOTO

Vis­it­ors to the Nagai Botan­ical Garden in Higashi-Sum­iy­oshi Ward, Osaka, take pic­tures of the fluffy, pale-pink flowers on muh­len­ber­gia capil­laris plants, which are now at their best. Muh­len­ber­gia capil­laris is a North Amer­ican...

ArticleEgg prices in Japan near record highs amid rising pro­duc­tion costs

ArticlePM asked to pre­vent crimes by U.S. mil­it­ary in Okinawa

Prime Min­is­ter Sanae Takai­chi told Okinawa Gov. Genta Koja on Oct. 7 that Japan and the United States will dis­cuss meas­ures to pre­vent the recur­rence of crimes like the recent incid­ent in which a U.S. mar­ine was arres­ted on sus­pi­cion of...

ArticleTokyo exhib­i­tion focuses on people of for­eign des­cent with lep­rosy

ArticleDes­ig­nated cit­ies expect short­falls in crema­tion capa­city by 2040

Nine of Japan’s 20 gov­ern­ment-des­ig­nated cit­ies expect to face capa­city short­ages in their crem­at­ori­ums by around 2040, accord­ing to a sur­vey by The Yomi­uri Shim­bun, as the aging of the coun­try’s baby boom gen­er­a­tion drives a surge in...