The Mainichi - Japan Daily News

GENEVA (Kyodo) -- A working group of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Wednesday urged North Korea to improve the human rights situation in the country in line with nearly 300 recommendations, addressing issues such as the decades-old matter of abductions of Japanese nationals.

TOKYO -- There is one term I inevitably hear when interviewing families of asylum seekers in Japan: "karihomen," or "temporary release."

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks were slightly higher Thursday morning, as gains in exporters on a weaker yen were limited by tech shares that tracked overnight declines in their U.S. counterparts.

JAKARTA (Kyodo) -- After receiving his first call-up in roughly a year, Celtic striker Kyogo Furuhashi said Wednesday he needs to seize the opportunity and make an impact for the Japanese national football team in their World Cup qualifying campaign.

TOKYO -- Japan ranked a record low 92nd in the 2024 English proficiency ranking of 116 countries and regions where English is not the native language, the Japanese subsidiary of a Swiss international education company announced on Nov. 13.

Last month, the Tokyo High Court ruled that Japanese law, which does not recognize same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional. This was the second ruling of its kind from an appellate court, following a similar verdict from the Sapporo High Court in March this year.

CHIBA -- A 47-year-old man from Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, was arrested on Nov. 13 on suspicion of murder and robbery after a female worker was found

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended lower Thursday as earlier gains in exporters boosted by a weaker yen were more than offset by selling of semiconductor issues tracking recent weakness in their U.S. counterparts.

TOKYO -- Children from financially struggling families are more likely to feel that school is not fun, a survey of some 6,000 parents and children from impoverished households has found.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Thursday ruled out abolishing the death penalty, rejecting calls by domestic legal experts for a review amid international pressure to end executions.