HEADLINES
20 local governments including Hokkaido introduce new l...
Twenty local governments including Hokkaido and Hiroshima prefectures on Wednesd...
Japan begins day care system regardless of parental emp...
Japan began implementing a public system on Wednesday that allows children to at...
Will 'bicycles are a nuisance' mindset change among dri...
TOKYO -- Bicycles are popular across generations in Japan, yet for many drivers ...
Foreign students in need of Japanese language training ...
The number of foreign national students attending public schools in need of Japa...
Narita airport operator considers land expropriation fo...
CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The operator of Narita airport, east of Tokyo, is consid...
Tokyo stocks surge, Nikkei index up 5%, on hopes for en...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks surged Wednesday, with the Nikkei stock index endi...
Nikkei extends gains, up over 5% on hopes for end to Ir...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index extended its gains on Wednesday, briefly...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Baby spotted seals b...
Two baby spotted seals have been born at Noshappu Aquarium in the city of Wakkan...
Shibuya introduces on-the-spot fines for littering and ...
Shibuya Ward in Tokyo will partially revise and enforce the Ordinance for Creat...
M5.0 quake jolts eastern Japan; no tsunami warning issued
n earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 rattled eastern Japan on Wednes...
Bill to allow joint custody after divorce goes into effect
A revised law in Japan allowing joint parental custody after divorce went into e...
'Multicultural coordinators' promote coexistence with f...
KITAKYUSHU -- The Kitakyushu Municipal Government has begun assigning "multicult...
Movie Review: Wahoo! 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' lev...
(AP) -- There are some things you might expect, even count on, in a Super Mario ...
M5.0 quake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 rattled easte...
Football: Japan beat England for 1st time with Mitoma w...
LONDON (Kyodo) -- Kaoru Mitoma scored the winner as Japan beat England for the f...
Editorial: Children's welfare the priority as post-divo...
The revised Civil Code that allows divorced parents in Japan to share custody of...
