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JAPAN
Jun 1, 2022
Japan’s experience rebuilding can help Ukraine, Tokyo's envoy says
By Kanako Takahara
Ukraine has estimated direct losses from the war totaling at least $650 billion, with the indirect cost being as much as $1 trillion.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2022
Japan's weather agency to issue advance alerts to prevent rainfall disasters
By Magdalena Osumi
Working together with industrial, academic and governmental organizations, the JMA is developing better forecasting tools to prevent catastrophic damage and death.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2022
Japan eliminates airport testing and quarantine for some arrivals
By Kanako Takahara
The eased measures come as the country plans to open its borders to inbound tourists on guided tours from June 10.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 1, 2022
Japan Times 1972: 3 Japanese kill 26 at Tel Aviv
Tragedy strikes in 1972 when three Japanese gunmen terrorize Israel, and police take into custody the criminal that would become known to the country as 'Boy A.'

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 1, 2022
In pictures: Two months on, Shanghai emerges from COVID lockdown
Following two months of frustration, Shanghai's COVID-19 lockdown ended Wednesday, prompting celebrations tempered with fear that an outbreak could return.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 1, 2022
After two months, a scarred Shanghai's COVID-19 lockdown ends
By Brenda Goh
Following two months of frustration, despair and economic loss, Shanghai's draconian COVID-19 lockdown ended Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 1, 2022
China plans for years of 'COVID zero' strategy with tests on every corner
A network of tens of thousands of lab testing booths are being set up across the country, with the goal of having residents always just a 15 minute walk away from a swabbing point.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 1, 2022
Climate change, driven by rich nations, brings African refugees to their doors
By Maya Averbuch, Antony Sguazzin and Katarina Hoije
The number of Africans trying to make it to the U.S. southern border could potentially hit a record this year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 1, 2022
‘The killings didn’t stop’: In Mali, a massacre with a Russian footprint
By Christiaan Triebert, Mady Camara and Elian Peltier
Witnesses and analysts say the death toll was between 300 and 400 by their most conservative estimates, with most of the victims civilians.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 1, 2022
Johnson faces new threat of confidence vote over lockdown parties
By Andrew MacAskill
A damning official report published last week detailed a series of illegal parties at Johnson's Downing Street office during COVID-19 lockdowns.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 1, 2022
Climate change is behind weird rainfall patterns in Europe, study says
By Laura Millan Lombrana
The research is the first to show the direct link between seasonal rainfall trends in Europe and climate change
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 1, 2022
Biden agrees to provide Ukraine with longer range missiles
By Max Hunder and Pavel Polityuk
The U.S. is providing Ukraine with high mobility artillery rocket systems after Ukraine gave 'assurances' they will not use the missiles to strike inside Russia.

BUSINESS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jun 1, 2022
Indian private refiners profit from cheap Russian crude as state refiners suffer
By Gavin Maguire and Nidhi Verma
Private refiners have helped drive total Indian fuel exports 15% higher in the first five months of 2022 compared with the same period in 2021.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 1, 2022
How influencers hype crypto, without disclosing their financial ties
By David Yaffe-Bellany
Some promoters are not well known outside crypto circles but have large followings on social media, where they broadcast market tips, interspersed with sponsored content.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2022
How the world is paying for Putin's war in Ukraine
By James Herron
Russia is being propelled by a flood of cash that could average $800 million a day this year — and that's just what the commodity superpower is raking in from oil and gas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2022
Russian yachts and money going where U.S. influence has waned
Turkey, Israel and the UAE have emerged as magnets for Russia's wealthy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2022
Global fuel supplies vulnerable as refiners struggle with closures, cutbacks and war
By Laura Sanicola
With capacity shrunk by the pandemic and demand rebounding, the strain could persist for years and keep prices elevated.
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2022
Kishida touts 'grand design' for capitalism reform at policy launch
By Yuko Takeo
Kishida said the country needs to focus on new areas of growth as a panel laid out proposals for his 'new form of capitalism” aimed at reducing social disparities and driving the economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2022
Japan tweaks budget goal wording to gain more fiscal flexibility
By Yuko Takeo
Japan's target of balancing its budget excluding debt payments by 2025 had long seemed unlikely, even by the government's own growth projections.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2022
Manufacturers led the way for Japan's first quarter 3% corporate expenditure rise
By Tetsushi Kajimoto
Firm business expenditure could raise hopes for policymakers counting on cash-rich Japanese corporations to splurge on investment in plants and equipment.

Opinion

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 1, 2022
Is Japan overtaking China on infrastructure financing in Kenya?
By Patrick Anam
Could Kenya be the first “win” for Japan and the Group of Seven's Build Back Better World versus China's Belt and Road Initiative in Africa?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 1, 2022
What a Netflix hit really reveals about Japanese risk-taking
By Gearoid Reidy
Japanese parents crave job security for their kids. If anything, the country could afford to be a little more out there as far as risk taking goes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2022
The decline and fall of 'Davos Man'
By Mark Leonard
The Ukraine invasion loomed large at this year's annual World Economic Forum, where political and business leaders once gathered to celebrate globalization and pursue more of it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2022
With 100 million refugees, the migrant crisis has barely begun
By Andreas Kluth
War and famine will make millions more take flight. And then comes climate change. How will the world cope?

Sports

SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jun 1, 2022
New challengers arrive as retired greats enjoy end of 'long goodbye'
By John Gunning
Long stints in Japan's national sport aren't as common as they might seem at first glance, especially in sumo's upper echelons.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 1, 2022
Dustin Johnson headlines inaugural LIV Golf event
World No. 13 Johnson, a two-time major champion, is the highest-ranked player in a field that currently includes 26 of the top 150 golfers in the world.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 1, 2022
Mayhem assured as Cheese Rolling returns to British sporting calendar
As extreme sports go, there are few as curious, or bruising, as Cheese Rolling — an event that was first recorded in 1826 and which has become part of Gloucestershire folklore.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
Air India crash report to offer peek into last seconds
Members of the Indian Army's engineering arm prepare to remove the wreckage of an Air India aircraft in Ahmedabad on June 14.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

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