DARK SECRETS: 24 - The Real Truth

Plastic bottle dinosaur skeleton makes roaring debut in Tokyo

A giant model of a dinosaur skeleton made from about 20,000 empty plastic bottles went on display Friday in the Shinjuku Sumitomo Building in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 28, 2023

Kuriyama fills out WBC roster, includes Nootbaar

Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama filled out the rest of his roster for the upcoming 2023 World Baseball Classic, naming the remaining 18 players on Thursday in Tokyo for the tournament that starts in March.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 27, 2023

Toyoda's successor to accelerate automaker's transformation

The appointment of Koji Sato as Toyota Motor Corp.'s new president represents a key step in the automaker's transformation into a "mobility company."

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 27, 2023

Lawson begins trial providing unsold food to children's cafeteria

Lawson Inc. has started an experiment to provide unsold fried food at one of its Tokyo shops to a special cafeteria that offers free or inexpensive meals to children.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 26, 2023

Former abductee urges Japan-North Korea summit

Yasushi Chimura, who was abducted by North Korea in the 1970s, met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday and urged him to hold a summit with North Korea to secure the return of other abductees still being held in the country.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 26, 2023

Robbery group suspected of involvement in over 30 offenses

A criminal group suspected of involvement in the robbery and murder of a 90-year-old woman in Tokyo is alleged to have committed more than 30 offenses across Japan since last year, according to investigative sources.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 25, 2023

Temperature drops below freezing in 46 prefectures

Forty-six of Japan's 47 prefectures saw subzero temperatures on Wednesday morning amid the strongest cold wave so far this winter, with only Okinawa Prefecture staying above freezing.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 25, 2023

Full minutes posted from expert meeting on national defense

Full minutes of the Advisory Panel to Comprehensively Discuss Defense Capabilities as National Strength have been posted on the Cabinet Secretariat's website, as part of the government's efforts to increase transparency of discussions and broaden the public's understanding.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 25, 2023

Hall of Fame slugger Hiromitsu Kadota, No. 3 on all-time HR list, dies at 74

Pro baseball Hall of Famer Hiromitsu Kadota, whose 567 career home runs are currently third on Japan pro baseball's all-time list, has died, it was learned Tuesday. He was 74.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 25, 2023

Supreme Court denies lawsuits challenging vote disparity in 2021 election

The Supreme Court issued a unified ruling Wednesday that the October 2021 House of Representatives election -- in which the weight of the vote in a less populated constituency was up to 2.08 times greater than that of a vote in a densely populated one -- was constitutional.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 25, 2023