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A man wearing a t-shirt in support of QAnon, participates in a 'Back the Blue' rally in New York on Aug. 9, 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 16, 2023
U.S. political violence driven by new breed of 'grab-bag' extremists
Such radicals eschew firm creeds. Instead, they embrace notions, no matter how divergent, that blends with their particular grievances.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2022
2020 U.S. election conspiracy theorists could soon oversee voting
A victory in November could allow election deniers to restrict voting access or seek to block certification of results.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Nov 3, 2021
Trump's real estate empire pays the price for poisonous politics
Trump's business brand was once synonymous with success, an image that now clashes sharply with a political brand rooted in the anger of his largely rural and working-class voter base.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Jul 2, 2021
Serious tax charges test loyalty of longtime Trump ally
The indictment against Allen Weisselberg threatens the 73-year-old executive with years in prison and puts heavy pressure on him to implicate the former U.S. president.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 12, 2021
How Trump’s pied pipers rallied a faithful mob to the Capitol
The backers were inspired by conspiracy theories and whipped into action by Trump's desperate calls to 'save” democracy by reversing his loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 10, 2021
U.S. lawmakers say police downplayed threat of violence before Capitol siege
In interviews and in public statements, lawmakers fumed over the failure of the Capitol Police — a 2,000-member force dedicated to guarding the Capitol Grounds — and other agencies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2020
Too hard to vote? Fired-up Black Americans are doing it anyway.
In the historically Black neighborhoods of Waco, Texas, the usual get-out-the-vote activities in this U.S. presidential election year were upended by the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 10, 2020
How a few lawyers pushed voter fraud fears into the U.S. mainstream
For months, U.S. President Donald Trump has tried to convince Americans that the Nov. 3 election will be "rigged,” claiming without evidence that mail voting will open the door to mass cheating.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 1, 2020
The mask middlemen: How pop-up brokers seek big paydays in a frenzied pandemic market
Brian Kolfage, a Florida military veteran, recently convinced Americans to donate millions of dollars for a privately built wall on the U.S. southern border. Now he has jumped into a new venture: hawking millions of protective face masks that are in critically short supply during the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2018
How Republicans are using immigration to scare voters to the polls
Analysis
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
An AI star seeks to bring self-driving cars to Japan by 2030
Japanese startup Turing plans to unveil a self-driving car with at least 30 minutes’ driving range next year and develop a fully autonomous car by 2030.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.

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From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

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Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
By Alex K.T. Martin

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