- New Delhi claims Chinese military building structures in Indian-controlled area of Kashmir https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006735373 7 comments worldnews
- Some cloth masks the government started distributing to each household were contaminated with stains, bugs or hair, the Japanese health ministry said Saturday. https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006498050 5 comments worldnews
- Japan’s government won’t ask hairdressers, home improvement stores to close - Economic Revitalization Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said hairdressers and home improvement retailers are “businesses necessary for a stable life. I am not thinking of including them in businesses subject to restrictions.” https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006476317 8 comments worldnews
- Taliban meets Chinese government in Beijing https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006027499 10 comments worldnews
- New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern introduced a new bill to Parliament that aims to further tighten gun laws, as the country marks six months since the mass shooting in Christchurch that killed 51 Muslim worshipers. https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006005368 4 comments worldnews
- Record Mekong water shortage raises concern over Chinese dams http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005899422 4 comments worldnews
- Widespread use of hydrogen energy essential for decarbonized society http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005790305 7 comments worldnews
- EU ignores U.S. calls to ban Huawei in 5G security blueprint http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005634622 38 comments worldnews
- 2020 Tokyo Games to use hydrogen fuel to light cauldrons, torch during relay http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005444199 10 comments worldnews
- Mattis resignation raises concerns about lack of check on Trump http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005441579 23 comments politics
- In China, your car could be talking to govt: China has called upon all electric vehicle manufacturers in China to make the same kind of reports — potentially adding to the rich kit of surveillance tools available to the Chinese gove as Pres Xi steps up the use of technology to track Chinese citizens http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005380569 68 comments worldnews
- Uniqlo’s 1st automated warehouse cuts manpower by 90% http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004885809 29 comments technology
- Fake news triggers flood of applications from ninja hopefuls http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004610201 5 comments nottheonion
- Decommissioning Fukushima reactors should promote disaster reconstruction http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004517432 3 comments worldnews
- Tokyo metropolitan government to introduce “solar roads” that collect energy from the sun via solar panels installed beneath the surface of roads and “power-generating floors” that generate electricity by utilizing the vibrations created by people walking, according to sources. http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004500668 17 comments technology
- Japan reacts coolly to North’s vow to ‘stop nuclear tests’ http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004389778 3 comments worldnews
- Ohtani not assured roster spot on Opening Day http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004310494 362 comments baseball
- No state dinners held in Trump’s 1st year http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004148457 5 comments politics
- Trump could face challenge in 2020 primary, Republican warns http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004146798 82 comments politics
- Tens of thousands march to demand Trump’s tax returns http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003642921 21 comments politics
- J.League nets major broadcast deal worth $2 billion with major British online sports content distributor Perform Group http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003092081 14 comments soccer
- A senior Japanese government official predicted that Clinton “will change her stance again to supporting [the TPP], if she becomes president.” http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003001897 283 comments politics
- Japan adding mandatory programming education to all elementary schools http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002951918 30 comments programming
- Japan: ¥1.4 billion stolen from 1,400 ATMs http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002963984 3 comments worldnews
- The government said Wednesday it aims to double the annual number of foreign visitors to Japan to 40 million in 2020 from the current 20 million. The new target was included in a vision compiled by a panel on tourism policy, chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002842601 10 comments worldnews
- 6 chapters of TPP pact still unresolved http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002266704 42 comments worldnews
- Japanese stationmaster cat tama dies http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002243671 9 comments worldnews
- Germans need to overcome their traditional fear of the large-scale collection of personal data by companies and instead embrace its opportunities, or risk being marginalized in the global economy, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday. http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002211364 13 comments worldnews
- 73% of Japanese say South Korea untrustworthy http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002206358 195 comments worldnews
- Robot enters Fukushima reactor vessel http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002072566 4 comments worldnews
- 747 tons of tainted water leaked at Fukushima http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001994711 3 comments worldnews
- 747 tons of tainted water leaked at Fukushima http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001994711 3 comments worldnews
- Extensive damage slows Fukushima storage pool fuel removal http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001981695 3 comments worldnews
- 30,000 more a year ‘should leave Tokyo’: As part of its strategy to vitalize local communities and economies, Japan aims to increase the number of people who move from Tokyo to provincial regions by 30,000 per year by 2020. It also plans to have 70,000 fewer people move into Tokyo every year. http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001805037 17 comments worldnews
- China's Wang Blasts Japan http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001602470 3 comments nottheonion
- Can the world accept Japan’s stance on resumption of research whaling? http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001584606 11 comments worldnews
- Five Japanese scuba divers were found alive Monday in waters off the Indonesian resort island of Bali three days after seven Japanese divers went missing. http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001041791 7 comments worldnews
- Nearly 1,000 of Japan’s prefectural and municipal governments will continue to use Microsoft’s Windows XP even after the U.S. information technology giant ends its support for the operating system in April, according to a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey. http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000703474 13 comments microsoft
- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said about four tons of radioactive water spilled out of a tank at its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station on Tuesday. The water seeped into the ground around the tank, TEPCO officials said. http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000692162 29 comments worldnews
- Two years after a wholesale shutdown of Japan's nuclear power plants demanded by the people, Japan is once again going to reactivate its nuclear power plants, much to the chagrin of the already massively irradiated local population. http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000239698 4 comments worldnews